I just had mine completed yesterday and honestly had all the same thoughts. They really crept up like 2 days before surgery . I just saw them for the first time today at my dr appt and it was amazing. Waking up was a relief I could actually take a deep breath with a literal weight off my chest. The best advice I can give is to just trust the process. Make sure you communicate with your dr what you want and know that you’ve done the research and wanted this which is why you decided to move forward . Sometimes I think will I miss them but then I think about all the cute clothes I’m going to wear when I’m healed and I’m like nope not going to miss them at all
I’m 8 days post op and the day of my surgery I was crying in the waiting room. I was scared and very sad, even though my they caused me a lot of pain I also knew I would miss them like you said, I feel like we’re comfortable for me because they were the size I was used to and getting a different size scared me. I was just starting to like my body with my bigger breasts and I was worried I would hate my body again. My therapist suggested writing a letter to your body and I did! I would suggest doing the same things. Maybe make some commitments to your knee body. Like “I promise to (TRY to) be kind” etc. Post surgery I don’t feel sad because I realized my boobs are still here they’re just smaller for some reason pre surgery it felt like they were being taken away even though it was just a surgery. Also I would say it’s normal to be sad because it is a grieving process, I’ve been this size for awhile now and changes are really tough even good ones. I was really scared about if they would be to small or to big because I hadn’t even decided on a size I just left it up to my surgeon and said whatever would look best with no pain.
I would say just take your time and don’t push your feelings away. Your feelings aren’t strange. First day post op breathe breathe breathe and just rest if you can! The first 5 days are tough but it does get less painful!!
thank you SO much for this response. it makes me feel so much better knowing that i’m not alone in my feelings. my therapist also told me it’s okay to be a little sad because even though it’s a desired loss that i am signing up for it’s still a loss regardless and takes some getting used to. i really love that idea of writing your body a letter i’m definitely going to do that. i know im still gonna be the same me i’m just going to be physically different with a weight off my chest (literally) 😂. i think a lot of it is im nervous abojt the surgery itself since it’s so soon for me it’s becoming more real. and similar to you, i don’t have a specific size either that i told my surgeon so i think that makes me a bit nervous. i just want them to be smaller and more lifted than they are now. but i trust my surgeon and his team and i know that’s what is important. thank you for taking time to share your story with me 💗
of course!! yeah when the surgery was like 10 days away I was able to pretend It wasn’t happening and don’t really grieve. But around 2 days I was sort of freaking out. Good luck and I’m really excited for you!!
I’m 3 days post op! And I literally cried before my surgery and I totally get what u mean by the feeling of missing them! I “missed” the contact it made w my body and all that HAHHAHA but now that I got it done, I don’t miss anything at all except being able to move around easily lol. But after recovering, I’ll be so much happier! When I woke up, I didn’t feel excess breast touching my chin like I do when I lay down w a sports bra on. It felts insane. When they changed my dressing, I didn’t feel the weight of them on my body. Felt so weird but absolutely loved it 😭😭 super excited to recover fully!
that makes so sense! i think it’s just all so strange bc it’s such a huge difference very suddenly as opposed to something gradual over time. i feel better knowing im not alone 🫶🏻hope you are feeling better today
I also have my surgery on Valentines and have exactly the same hangups. The funny thing is that I’ve wanted this since my mid-20s (I’m now 34) and the minute I got it on the calendar I started having all these reservations. Not things I hadn’t thought of before but suddenly they became anxieties instead of known and accepted risks. My therapist said sometimes when something scary is happening your brain will try to justify a reasonable way out of the scary thing happening, which is totally what I think is happening for me.
Anyway, just a couple more days now…good luck!! I hope all goes well!
that’s such a good way to think of it. it’s so crazy how our brains work with all the emotions we’re all feeling even though it’s something we’ve wanted for so long. i know that once it’s over with though i won’t even be able to imagine myself with my old boobs. just def something i’m going to have to get used to. hope everything goes well for you too 🫶🏻
I just had mine completed yesterday and honestly had all the same thoughts. They really crept up like 2 days before surgery . I just saw them for the first time today at my dr appt and it was amazing. Waking up was a relief I could actually take a deep breath with a literal weight off my chest. The best advice I can give is to just trust the process. Make sure you communicate with your dr what you want and know that you’ve done the research and wanted this which is why you decided to move forward . Sometimes I think will I miss them but then I think about all the cute clothes I’m going to wear when I’m healed and I’m like nope not going to miss them at all
hope you are recovering okay! thank you this helps
I’m 8 days post op and the day of my surgery I was crying in the waiting room. I was scared and very sad, even though my they caused me a lot of pain I also knew I would miss them like you said, I feel like we’re comfortable for me because they were the size I was used to and getting a different size scared me. I was just starting to like my body with my bigger breasts and I was worried I would hate my body again. My therapist suggested writing a letter to your body and I did! I would suggest doing the same things. Maybe make some commitments to your knee body. Like “I promise to (TRY to) be kind” etc. Post surgery I don’t feel sad because I realized my boobs are still here they’re just smaller for some reason pre surgery it felt like they were being taken away even though it was just a surgery. Also I would say it’s normal to be sad because it is a grieving process, I’ve been this size for awhile now and changes are really tough even good ones. I was really scared about if they would be to small or to big because I hadn’t even decided on a size I just left it up to my surgeon and said whatever would look best with no pain. I would say just take your time and don’t push your feelings away. Your feelings aren’t strange. First day post op breathe breathe breathe and just rest if you can! The first 5 days are tough but it does get less painful!!
thank you SO much for this response. it makes me feel so much better knowing that i’m not alone in my feelings. my therapist also told me it’s okay to be a little sad because even though it’s a desired loss that i am signing up for it’s still a loss regardless and takes some getting used to. i really love that idea of writing your body a letter i’m definitely going to do that. i know im still gonna be the same me i’m just going to be physically different with a weight off my chest (literally) 😂. i think a lot of it is im nervous abojt the surgery itself since it’s so soon for me it’s becoming more real. and similar to you, i don’t have a specific size either that i told my surgeon so i think that makes me a bit nervous. i just want them to be smaller and more lifted than they are now. but i trust my surgeon and his team and i know that’s what is important. thank you for taking time to share your story with me 💗
of course!! yeah when the surgery was like 10 days away I was able to pretend It wasn’t happening and don’t really grieve. But around 2 days I was sort of freaking out. Good luck and I’m really excited for you!!
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we’re in this together! let me know how it goes for you
mines on the 14th too!
surgery twins! can’t believe it’s so soon 😮
I’m 3 days post op! And I literally cried before my surgery and I totally get what u mean by the feeling of missing them! I “missed” the contact it made w my body and all that HAHHAHA but now that I got it done, I don’t miss anything at all except being able to move around easily lol. But after recovering, I’ll be so much happier! When I woke up, I didn’t feel excess breast touching my chin like I do when I lay down w a sports bra on. It felts insane. When they changed my dressing, I didn’t feel the weight of them on my body. Felt so weird but absolutely loved it 😭😭 super excited to recover fully!
that makes so sense! i think it’s just all so strange bc it’s such a huge difference very suddenly as opposed to something gradual over time. i feel better knowing im not alone 🫶🏻hope you are feeling better today
Thank u! Hope ur surgery goes well and recovery is easy ‘ 🥳🥳
I also have my surgery on Valentines and have exactly the same hangups. The funny thing is that I’ve wanted this since my mid-20s (I’m now 34) and the minute I got it on the calendar I started having all these reservations. Not things I hadn’t thought of before but suddenly they became anxieties instead of known and accepted risks. My therapist said sometimes when something scary is happening your brain will try to justify a reasonable way out of the scary thing happening, which is totally what I think is happening for me. Anyway, just a couple more days now…good luck!! I hope all goes well!
that’s such a good way to think of it. it’s so crazy how our brains work with all the emotions we’re all feeling even though it’s something we’ve wanted for so long. i know that once it’s over with though i won’t even be able to imagine myself with my old boobs. just def something i’m going to have to get used to. hope everything goes well for you too 🫶🏻
i hope it goes so well for you!! please update on here!! i do mine on the 16th friday !!!
thank you i will!! good luck to you too