I had a breast reduction AMA

[Bigtitsbetty]

I had a breast reduction two weeks ago. I’ve gone from a 34GG/H to a 34D.

Crack on with any questions!

[Singletrackmind]

Hope you are resting up this weekend @Martinisarebetterdirty -
I certainly am as it was TOUGH going back to work last week! Felt sore & swollen every day, had to lie down for 30 mins as soon as I got home to recover.😬

I have the same sunburn feeling + swollen + weird occasional stabbing/ ‘zingy’ type pains (nerves I think 🤷‍♀️) in both boobs that come & go. Nipple sensation is there in both but not amazing yet & my right boob is consistently the one that feels all of these things the most, including patches of over sensitivity like yours.

Trying to be patient & reminding myself to not lift heavy things off high shelves in the kitchen …. ahem.

Hope everyone is ok!

[Martinisarebetterdirty]

Three weeks in Tuesday @Madagascary and I feel sore and burnt when I go from sitting to standing or lying, eases off after a while only to come back when I move again. Ibuprofen for me today I think.

[Madagascary]

Yes. You know you’re trying to run before you can walk right? I went back after two weeks and was sore (not pain) st the end of every day.
fire doors and just standing.

[Martinisarebetterdirty]

Yeh I know, it’s hard when you feel ok though. I spent yesterday doing nothing and another day of that today, hope that sets me up for next week.

[Madagascary]

but you don’t feel ok! 😀. When at work please do the bare minimum too.


set yourself a mental deadline “by a month after the op I won’t feel so stingy “

[Singletrackmind]

@Martinisarebetterdirty yeah what @Madagascary you kinda feel 'ok' but really there's still a massive amount of healing to happen. I am pottering, doing a little walk then resting, nothing else.

[Heartfullofcheese]

Doing nothing today as I’m a little concerned the bottom T isn’t as healed as it should be. So lots of reading and napping. I did a lot of walking yesterday so hoping a rest day will help.
Everyone back at work, look after yourselves and rest up as much as possible. I think it’s even more tempting to overdo it because this surgery is a choice maybe?

Can’t believe we will need a new thread soon!

[Martinisarebetterdirty]

I know you are all right! Noted, am ensconced on the sofa 😃

[Madagascary]

@Madagascary

How’s things today @Skidamarinkadinkadink ? I found pushing myself up in bed hurts at your time.

my lipo under my arms is way more sore. Boobs feel a bit bruised at the end of the day but back at work after two weeks

Found this from 2 weeks past mine

[Madagascary]

@Madagascary

With regards to posture and things like that, at the moment, I’m hunching my shoulders as I walk around at work to stop any movement, I remember reading the Sally Hughes video, or rather watching it, and she said the same that you walk with your shoulders up and hunched because you’re feeling so kind of precious about them.

When the drugs wore off I was fine.

I stop taking morphine after three days and even then had only taken intermittently.

I was off most painkillers by five days and just take occasionally now if I’ve overdone it

And this. I’m a secondary school teacher. Going back to work was very physical. Plus on the third floor of a building. So yes. TAKE IT EASY

[Bigtitsbetty]

I took a month off and I work at a computer all day. I think it’s so important to take the time to heal properly. I took 6 weeks off after my hysterectomy and I worked from home. Some might see it as lazy but I wanted to recover in my own time.
For the next thread should we move from AMA to another section or have a We have had breast reductions AUA?

[Singletrackmind]

@Bigtitsbetty great shout for a new thread/ title if this one is maxing out.

On recovery, I would have taken longer if I could … but more than 2 weeks would have required explanations/ organisation that I didn’t want to give or would have been able to do in my line of work. I’m just being very careful at work & am curtailing all my usual ‘doing’ to maximise recovery. Just back from a walk/ lunch then it’s on the sofa 😀

[Madagascary]

Great! Thanks btb

[Bigtitsbetty]

NEW THREAD
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/AMA/4876452-weve-had-breast-reductions-ask-us-anything

[Bigtitsbetty]

@Singletrackmind It’s really difficult if you don’t want to discuss it with your employers. Sofa for the win today!

[Touty]

I had mine done on November last year but scarring still visible, is this normal?

[Madagascary]

@Touty

I had mine done on November last year but scarring still visible, is this normal?

Same. And yes the scarring will never really go I think

I’m sure they told you that

[ILoveMyBedTooMuch]

I had mine done in 1995 and there are still faint scars.

[Touty]

@Madagascary my scarring is still think and Pink underneath the breasts, what’s yours like?

[Touty]

Thick

[MaHHoosiveStill]

@MaHHoosive

Thank you so much for this thread @Bigtitsbetty was recommended it on an AIBU post tonight and just read through the whole thing!

Finally spoke to my GP last year after hating my huge boobs for years and years and having fully expected to be told to "deal with it" was surprised to be told he deemed me eligible for a referral on NHS but he didn't want to refer me until id lost some weight as that would be the first thing they'd look at (NHS is subject to getting BMI down under 27)
Was around 11 stone at the time of seeing Dr although through adult life weight has averaged 8.5-9.5 stone (got super fit in lockdown 2 then gained a lot during lockdown 2 making me heavier than I've ever been in my life)

Currently wearing a 30HH (hence the user name I just changed to!) but even when dieting and exercising and getting down to 8-8.5stone I was still wearing an E-F cup.

Am aware even if I am referred it's only the start of a very long journey and there is a chance that private may be my only option, but this thread full of positive stories has made me all the more determined to get them reduced whatever it takes time and money wise 🙂

I deactivated my account so can't post as Mahhoosive so have a new name for my latest update

So I followed up with GP last week and was devastated to be told that no I won't be referred as it's deemed cosmetic surgery.

The GP I saw originally has now left the surgery but when I called the receptionist was understanding of my position and arranged a telephone appointment.

Dr was polite but simply said NHS don't fund it and suggested seeing a physio re back and neck pain and to improve my posture. Absolutely devastated and cried on and off the phone. That was the response I was expecting when I originally called up, but to have it now after having my hopes up for over a year and desperately working to achieve the BMI and get myself fit and healthy was absolutely crushing.

The most frustrating part is that I checked our trusts policy assuming it had changed since I initially saw my GP and it's word for word the same as the screenshots I took back then.

I appreciate the NHS is stretched hugely but I don't understand why the doctor kept referring to it being a cosmetic procedure and saying it CANT be done on the NHS when the publication of policies says otherwise?

I've been feeling so low since, I just have lost all hope and as much as I don't want to "cause issues" is there any right way to question the policy online re reductions Vs what my GP says to me on the phone?

I'm not even sure she fully understood my previous notes as she kept talking about giving advice on weight loss when I was very clear at previous in person appointment that it was about my bust size and how I couldn't exercise well or reduce them no matter my weight (I only mentioned weight as at the time I was heavier than usual but explained for context even at my lowest ever weight I was still an E-F cup) and he understood that as talked about ensuring well fitting bras etc.

Is there any hope for me? I'm so down and no way can I afford it privately 😔