As I am writing, I'm waiting for my hydrocodone aka Vicodin to kick in. I had my second filling today. I added another 60 cc making it a total of 270 cc. I'm pretty happy at 270 cc so we discussed now next Monday's fill will be my last one. My plastic surgeon joked how his job was not to change my career. :)
The confusing part about cc vs cup size is that it really depends on our body type and the type of mastectomy. It is safe to say that typically, around 250 cc is a full B. A fellow Cowgirl told me that her 350 cc was a D but she is also very small framed. I will turn to my Cowgirls to get their filling size and go from there because implants already come in predetermine sizes.
My filling today was much like my first filling. The only thing was that my right breast continued to leak saline from my injection port for several minutes following my fill. He said it's fairly normal due to the pressure. The picture above shows how an expander looks like and the gray circle is the port. He nicely placed the port slightly above my incision scars so the expansion port doesn't bother me on a daily basis. My future blog will be my decision of saline or silicone?
Besides some discomfort, I didn't feel much pain until driving home. My breasts started to feel sore. I arrived at the gym around 6:00 pm and put in a little over 30 minutes on the stationary bike. I downed a Larabar in the car and headed home. While I was preparing dinner and my green drink, my breasts really started to ache. I took my bra off and it immediately felt better. Ten minutes go by and the throbbing continues. I debate back and forth whether to take a hydrocodone, ibuprofen or nothing at all. I chose nothing at all until I couldn't stand the pain. It's now 10:16 pm and I'm getting some relief. I was told to take my pain meds at the onset and not to wait. I blogged how I would take my meds as I needed to but today I failed to listen to my docs and myself. Next Monday is hopefully my last filling. I will arm myself with by hydrocodone and ibuprofen. I will take one of them as soon as I feel any discomfort. Lesson learned.
The confusing part about cc vs cup size is that it really depends on our body type and the type of mastectomy. It is safe to say that typically, around 250 cc is a full B. A fellow Cowgirl told me that her 350 cc was a D but she is also very small framed. I will turn to my Cowgirls to get their filling size and go from there because implants already come in predetermine sizes.
My filling today was much like my first filling. The only thing was that my right breast continued to leak saline from my injection port for several minutes following my fill. He said it's fairly normal due to the pressure. The picture above shows how an expander looks like and the gray circle is the port. He nicely placed the port slightly above my incision scars so the expansion port doesn't bother me on a daily basis. My future blog will be my decision of saline or silicone?
Besides some discomfort, I didn't feel much pain until driving home. My breasts started to feel sore. I arrived at the gym around 6:00 pm and put in a little over 30 minutes on the stationary bike. I downed a Larabar in the car and headed home. While I was preparing dinner and my green drink, my breasts really started to ache. I took my bra off and it immediately felt better. Ten minutes go by and the throbbing continues. I debate back and forth whether to take a hydrocodone, ibuprofen or nothing at all. I chose nothing at all until I couldn't stand the pain. It's now 10:16 pm and I'm getting some relief. I was told to take my pain meds at the onset and not to wait. I blogged how I would take my meds as I needed to but today I failed to listen to my docs and myself. Next Monday is hopefully my last filling. I will arm myself with by hydrocodone and ibuprofen. I will take one of them as soon as I feel any discomfort. Lesson learned.
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