Thursday, June 13, 2013

Man boobs for me!

Yup. I have man boobs now. I've swollen so much under my arms that I now have weird man boobs. It doesn't hurt but it is annoying to have my arm rub against it constantly, especially since I have no feeling in the swollen part. 


The good thing is, I know it will go away. Patience, patience. Ugh. In the meantime I learned that its called seroma and its swelling and fluid buildup because I have extra skin where my expanders are. Basically it's empty space that my body decides to fill up with fluid. Yay. Dr. C can drain the fluid but I think I'll just let my body reabsorb it naturally. I'm not a huge fan of too many medical interventions if they're not necessary. I did find a massage technique called lymphatic massage that I think is helping. I found YouTube videos that demonstrate how to do it to yourself. You're basically massaging your armpit. Fun stuff. But my swelling goes down when I do it so I think it's working. I'll keep at it and hopefully the swelling will just stop altogether soon!

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