Today I got my first expander fill and it went very well. It felt way weird because the needle was so big and it had to go through my muscle into the expander. They use a magnet over my chest to find the port, once they do he wipes it with iodine and then puts the very large needle into my boob. He filled me with one syringe and then hooked up the next. He filled me with 120cc's of saline in each side so now I have a grand total of 470cc's in each side. I have another fill appointment in 2 weeks and the another 2 weeks after that (the day before my birthday). I'm hoping that might be all the fills in need and then I can wait for a bit (hopefully a month) and then get my 2nd surgery to swap out the expanders for gel implants! A lot of women have to go to the doctor to get filled for a few months to get as many cc's as I am going to get but my surgeon likes to fill me up as much a possible each time to get it over quicker. (I guess it looks bettwr as well when its not drawn out) For instance, most women start with 100 to 150cc's after their initial surgery and then get 50-100cc's of saline at each fill. If my doctor did that I would only be at 200cc's currently and I'm almost at 500. So I am thankful he likes to get it done! I am blessed with my mom's very high pain tolerance because I'm handling this all very well. I currently have a cold so I took some ibuprofen to help me sleep but I'm really not in any pain at all. In fact, it's more comfortable to me to be full then when it gets stretched out because then my expanders shift and not only is it awkward that my boobs are lopsided from moving the wrong way (ha) but it can also hurt. Last night my expander kept jamming into my rib cage so I had to keep pushing it up, it looks like I'm constantly fondling myself but I'm really just trying to get comfortable haha. I apologize to whoever I am around and let them know I'm just trying to put my boobs (or "foobs" fake boobs) back in place so I don't look like "Blinkin" from Robin Hood Men In Tights. If you have seen it you might remember the scene when they dress up in disguises like women and Blinkin, who is blind, has very lopsided boobs. Little John looks at him and says "Blinkin, fix your boobs! You look like a bleedin Picasso!" yep, that's me! Haha (not that bad but the definitely move!)
All in all today was a success! I'm feeling very good (minus the cold) and I was given the ok to hold Audrey. I do get sore pretty quick because if you have ever held her you would know she beats the crap out of you! Lol I'm glad I can hold her though because she has her first cold/fever and it's not pleasant. She just wants her mom or dad so it's nice I can try to comfort her. I'm going on my first camping trip with my new foobs so let's hope all goes well and I don't fall on them and get a flat tire :). It has been suggested I fill them with air instead of saline, (by my loving family) so they are lighter but I think helium would be better because then I could float away like the old man in Up! Haha The things I think about late at night... Lol Good night all!!
(below is a picture I took of the very large needles used to fill me up.) :)
