mmmm... maybe I shouldnt of read that!!

Hi everyone



My BA is all booked (25th September 2011) and paid for, which I am very excited about..nervous but defo looking forward to it.



Last night I was on here and looking on the complication and revision page, I was quite shocked with some of the stories I had read. I think maybe I was being a bit naive before reading some of them, yeah I am aware of the risks but its things you read in magazines and papers and yeah the surgeon tells you the risks but I think that I had the expression of 'it will never happen to me'. After reading some of them it made me stop and think something could actually go wrong. Now I feel like maybe I shouldnt mess around with what mother nature gave me.



I know there are risks with any surgery any operation but now I am thinking I shouldnt fix whats not broke.



I am gutted I am feeling like this as i was 100% sure this is what I wanted before and now I just dont know, maybe its just nerves as the date gets closer...



One of the things that particularley scare me is the CC, and as I am a smoker I was informed that my chances of this happening increase by 20-30% apparently.



Am I being stupid???

Looking into it too deep and did anyone else feel like this..
claire

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Everyone gets nervous before as their op approaches you will be fine it's just nerves hun x

It's completely normal to feel like that as your day gets closer. I am 22nd September and have been through all kinds of different emotions!! You will feel excited, worried, scared, guilty.... the list goes on!! Don't read things like that hun - I'm not. Like you say, any surgery can go wrong you just have to hope it doesn't same as you have to hope you won't be hit by a bus or struck by lighting!! If it is something that you want and you don't do it you'll only wish that you were getting it done (if that makes sense) then you'll have all the emotion of that do.... xx

No-one can tell you to definitely go for something or not. There are risks involved yes and they are significant. They made me reluctant to go ahead with it for years and years. It all depends how much you want this operation but it is not something you should ever decide on a whim and not truly think deeply about.



In saying that, the vast vast majority of women that have BAs are fine and ecstatic with their result. Even the ones that end up with minor complications (and even some girls that need a re-op soon afterwards) are ok with it and say it is worth it.



If you are healthy and happy going into the op and do everything to look after yourself as you heal the chances are it will all be a success.



Worry is normal and healthy. Just think about it for a while.



How unhappy are you with your natural boobs? Maybe they are actually absolutely fine the way they are? xxx

Hi love my date is on the 7 September.Like yourself I was really excited but I read the same thing and I don't want them done anymore.

But really I do and I think it us because the date is getting close and nerves set in.
I will still be getting them done and still can't wait ,I have said to my self if anything does go wrong it can be fixed either way.
Hope this puts your mind at ease a little and when they are done and looking fab you will be pleased you had them done .x x

Hi star fade hope your healing well ! Did you have a lot of pain or was it ok ?

It does just sound like pre op nerves something we all go through. Thinking why do we need the op, we should be happy with what we got. I started to think before my op that I could learn to live with my boobs and that they were fine, but I had hated them since the age of 16, I had always wanted a BA but the reallity of actually having one was scary. I hated my boobs enough to go see surgeons and book and pay for an op, and their I was wanting to pull out and run away and hide. I realised like you I was scared of the complications and I was convinced that as I am so unlucky that a complication would 100% happen to me, as it's just my luck. I dont know at what point I realised I 100% wanted my BA, probably reading on here that it was the best thing everyone had ever done, and the people who did have complications, even really bad ones wouldn't want to give up their new boobs. It is very rare that someone has a complication that can't be fixed. I became determined to not give up on my almost life long dream. I didn't want to let my fear take away something that would make me feel happier. I did it, I felt amazing and I didn't have any complications.

CC is a risk, and I am a smoker, I just can't stop yet. But CC can be rectified, they can re-op to fix it.

I did exactly the same thing the other night, I sat read through the complications section and quite literally scared the bejeezus out of myself!
I then decided that maybe it wasnt for me and I should be grateful for a healthy body that has fed 3 children. I think this lasted for about 24 hours lol, and then was back on the case reading up on surgeons!
I dont think we would be human if we didnt have nerves, worries etc but at the end of the day you have gone as far as having consultations and booking your op, this is not the actions of someone who is happy with the way things are.
I have no doubt I will be a wreck by the time I get to your stage, but I also know that if I get that far and then back out I will be kicking myself within hours!!!
Good luck hun with what ever you decide to do xxxxxxx

Hi SS. My op went well and I've had no complications. This time 2 weeks ago I was sitting in a hosplital bed and the op was all over!



I am very very glad I did it and delighted with my new, enlarged boobs. in lots of ways they are just my old boobs, plumped out a bit :-)



The pain is hard to describe and different for everyone.



I stopped pain meds after 3 days and didnt really need them tbh....I was almost totally numb (and still have numbess. You just feel tender and like you've been battered around a bit, but no acute pain or stinging or anything. i just felt sorry for myself and exhausted and had trouble sitting up when I'd been lying down...



My ribs are very tender and my incisions are taut and uncomfortable and I feel sorry for them :-(



I also really really wanted a variety of delicious drinks and lollipops and ice lollies and things to chew from day 1-3....dont know if it was the drugs or what lol



I slept with my teddy bear also for the first week. Ha. i regressed a bit and was a bit of a 'booby baby' lol



Ice and all things cold are great to have ready for your new additions because they may well be hot and swollen and feel sunburnt like mine did.



I recommend having something like a small bendy tube of something in the fridge (I used a tube of wasabi paste but toothpaste might work) so you can put it down your bra and in between your breasts. It is soso nice! Hee!



xxxxx

In reading the complications babe, you may have got the pre-op jitters hunni, but most importantly you gained from it, you actually educated yourself about capsular contracture and smoking and believe me hun, thats not a bad thing! You found out something thats so important when having surgery and through this you can actually do something for yourself to lower the risks!

Don't take this as a negative sweetheart! Think of it as a positive!

Through BJSF you can now help yourself, put away your pre-op fears hun and make plans to stop smoking! It's hard for every smoker but if you seriously want the best from your op, you CAN do this. You do have a support network herebabe and you can make a start by going to see your GP and ask for help, get started now hun and you will not only get the best from your surgery, but you might also decide after all this that smoking isn't for you afterall and then you get the best for your health all round too.

This really is a positive Clarebear and we'll be here for you every step of the way babe if this is what you want to do.

If not, at least when you do have your surgery sweetheart you'll know the risks involved and be prepared for that.

I totally felt that way!! I was seriously thinking of giving my BA day to my good friend who couldn't stop telling me how jealous she was!!
But, I am so so happy I did it, and its only been 8 days, but I love my boobies and we mommies deserve them!!!!! I breastfed three kids, my boobs were a disaster, and I just feel so great now. Everything looks good on me!!

Hiya clarebear!



When thinking about this stuff my logic is...



When you get your hair coloured - your hairdresser could fry your hair off bald, it's unlikely but it's possible. When you drive a car - you may have an accident, it's not likely, but it's possible. When you swim in the ocean - you could get bitten by a shark, it's not likely but it's possible.



The thing is that there is always a risk with everything in life.



There is a risk associated with everything we do and the only thing we can do is follow the 'risk management' strategies available with anything. For example, we look left and right before we cross a road. We are managing the risk of being hit by a car!



So, manage the risks of surgery - stop smoking, don't drink leading up to your operation, make sure you fast for the appropriate time, make sure your surgeon is aware of any medical issues you may have, etc.



No matter what we do there is always a risk - minimise it and always think positively!



xxoo

its much more likely that there will be no complications than there will. Chances are, everything will be fine.

I was unlucky and needed a re-op, but im still glad i went through with it