Did You Eat and Gain Weight While Recovering from Breast Reduction?

[Desdemona 48]

I'm getting ready for Breast Reduction. I'm having about 350g off each one. My MD says they will take some fill out of my band for the surg. I'm guessing this is because of swelling. I'm a bit worried about going on an eating tear when they remove some fill. How long did it take before they replaced your fill? Were you hungry? Did you eat much while recovering with some of the fill out? Did you gain weight?

[JosieK 120]

neither my PS or lapband surgeon thought i needed to take any fill out of my band

i will tell you i did not feel like eating after surgery. this was for about 10 days....so i was worried about the opposite-getting enough nutrition in

good luck

[Desdemona 48]

Josiebies-- Thanks for replying. Interesting. My band MD said they would take out some fill but maybe the PS will decide differently. So in your case, you may have gotten a weight loss boast both from the removal of tissue and less food intake for 10 days.

Are there others who will let me know there experience of this?

[onikenbai 33]

I have experience of having a reduction without having a band in at all, and I still lost weight. I went from a 36FF to a small 36 C (which is about 5lbs of boob that I was happy to never see again). After surgery you really aren't that hungry. I don't know if it's the drugs or what, but the munchies just aren't there. When all else fails, stay away from the TV and its endless food commercials!

I recommend you stockpile all the pillows you have in your house on your bed. Sitting up will become a 10 minute process for at least a week and not lying down completely flat will make it a whole lot easier to get up again. Cancel all trips to pilates class for at least a month. Maybe you will fare better than I as you don't seem to be having quite as much taken away as I did, but you will be stiff for a bit.

Somebody else on the board was complaining that they weren't pleased with their PS surgery just a few weeks after the fact. Don't worry too much if things are a tad uneven or lumpy at first as it takes months for all the swelling to go down and to settle into the nice plump, round shape you want. Now, if one of them is square, maybe be a bit concerned

[Desdemona 48]

Onikenbai -- I really appreciate your thoughtful reply. You gave me some important info that I didn't know about. My MD seems to think I'll lose about 5 lbs.

My spouse will be away for the first wk of Aug and I have a small dog. I was thinking of having the surg just a few days before that but now I'm wondering if I should wait until he is back so I won't be alone. Or -- will I be OK enough a few days after the surg to mange on my own?

Anybody else? How much did you lose? How was the operation for you? Did you have fill removed from your lapband?

[onikenbai 33]

If he's planning to take off less than 5 days after your surgery, I would say wait until he gets back. After about 5 days you should be ok as long as you have stocked the pantry before he took off because grocery shopping will be pretty low on the list of things you're going to want to do.

See what your surgeon says as maybe your procedure may be a bit different than mine was. I personally have two 12 inch scars across my chest as I had the inverted T pattern done. Maybe yours will be smaller or have a different pattern. Mine was done a number of years ago now and techniques change.

[Desdemona 48]

Thanks. I'm going to have the anchor incision. It does sound like mine will be less invasive than yours. I know what you mean about not wanting to go out shopping. Thanks for the advise. Best!