Happy Revision Holiday

I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving, eating everything in site, filling your belly's and being with love ones. I had my revision reconstruction surgery the week before the holidays, so I was still sore but that did not matter. My family came down for support and my mom cooked a big Thanksgiving feast.

Even though I could not laugh as hard at all the jokes, having them around made my pain not as painful. I'm in week 2 of recovery from surgery and let me just say I am loving the results thus far. I don't want to get too excited, but my doctor did a great job and even had a little liposuction on the sides.

The only issue I am having is the part where he did the liposuction which is normal but it harden up so I have to massage it every single day, but it is getting better. My surgery this time was only 2 in half hours, so it was not that long. The best part was my room. It was a suite. Felt like a hotel room. It was HUGE and I enjoyed every single moment of it.

The procedure:

• Lift
• Bigger size went from 480cc to 590cc. Now I know that may sound HUGE, but its not. It depends on your body frame and trust, I  AM NOT a boob girl lol!
• Liposuction under right arm by the breast. It was creating dimples in my breast.

Caspuslorrhaphy-(Internal Bra)my breast bottomed out. Refer to Crawford Plastic Surgery for additional information but I have the definition below:

Capsulorrhaphy: To elevate the breast and restore a normal appearance, sutures may be placed in the lower pole of the breasts. The capsule that holds the implant is adjusted, and the position and size of pocket is tweaked so the implants sit higher on the chest.

Through it all, I think the best part was seeing the nurse that took care of me for my bilateral mastectomy. She too was going through cancer treatment and she came by to visit. That made my day knowing that she was doing well and LOOKED FABULOUS!

Taking care of someone with the same diagnoses as you while going through your own treatments is true definition selfless. I will always remember and cherish her for the rest of my life. So If you are nervous about getting lumpectomy or bilateral mastectomy just do your research and make sure you are comfortable with your decision because you have to live with it for the rest of your life.

PS:I will post before and afters's later. Love ya!
xoxo
Superbritt

LivingFree and Topless

Mastectomy is an option...... is what my breast surgeon told me. Never had a problem with my breast. Matter of fact, I loved my breast, the size and the perkiness of them lol! Being told you have to get a unwanted boob job because of your age and the chance of recurrences is 70% was mind blowing especially for someone who is only 26 years of age. For any other young woman this probably would be a dream but for me it was a nightmare. You're talking to someone who never had surgery and never thought about having surgery unless it was a mommy makeover (after children).

Coming to the realization that I will no longer have my own was a lot but at the end of the day I knew my boobs were replaceable but my life was not. Researching what a bilateral mastectomy entails was heartbreaking for me knowing that I could no longer breast fed, or have a sexually arousal. That was Breaking News for a 26 year old. I had a good surgeon and he explain the outcome of the surgery and what to expect afterwards.

Bilateral mastectomy is the removal of both breast including majority of your breast tissue and is a major surgery and for some not an easy decision. Below is the paperwork I received on the day I made the decision to chop my boobs off. Pretty simple on paper right?
this is before I had surgery. They staged me at a 1. Now once they went in, it was a different story. It was stage 2B with 3 tumors.

• Tumor 1-2.5
• Tumor 2-1.5
• Tumor 3- 0.5
• Went into 2 lymph nodes out of the 3 tested but very minimal

I'm pretty sure this looks like chicken scratch but to me it was everything I needed to know.

My breast never defined me as a women. Well let me take that back. According to text book and evolution and what's in stealed in us as young women .Now wait! before the surgery, my thoughts were not feeling complete and not feeling like a complete women, but now I consider them accessories, warrior wounds and represents a strong, phenomenal black women.

Now that I have completed my chemotherapy, it's time to finish my reconstruction and make them even more perfect. Tell me what you think? These were taken before my final surgery. This was my celebration for finishing Chemotherapy. I CELEBRATED MYSELF. I SAW MYSELF AS A BLANK CANVAS and FEELING LIKE BARBIE! Love ya!
xoxo
Superbritt

PhotoCredit: Todd Patrick
MakeUp: Candace Hampton