Quote Originally Posted by Pax View Post
Glad to hear you've made your decision, and that you're at peace with it.

Regarding drains, when I had my reduction (from E cup to B cup) I had drains too, a couple of helpful hints from my experience:

- Make sure you have help for dressing changes, working around the drains takes more than two hands.

- Put things you'll need during your recovery at lower places in your home, you can't lift your arms up high so if your favorite coffee mug lives in an upper cabinet, be sure to put it on the counter or you'll be sad.

- Get some button front shirts handy, you can't raise your arms to pull on a t-shirt (this was a tough one for me... when you have E cups you don't own any button front shirts).
Yes. I went from DDD/F down to D (would have loved a B or C, but my boobs are so wide that there was no way to do it without giving me "pancake" boobs). I also had drains. They are annoying, but not too difficult to deal with.

Something else to consider is a shower chair/stool of some sort. I had one for the first week or two after my surgery, since I couldn't get my incisions wet. It was easier to get the rest of me clean when I could sit. Later we gave the chair to my hubby's grandparents as they became increasingly infirm.

Best to you through all of this. You are so strong. You will get through this and it will be just one crummy blip to put behind you.