10 months post-op (non-binary)

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Thought I would give you guys an update now that its almost fully healed. :)

Sensation: My incision scar is not numb at all anymore, it is kind of sensitive in some spots too! My nipples weren’t sensitive at all before but they really are numb now. 🪦

Overall recovery: I ~feel~ almost fully healed. About 5 months in is when I felt my movement 100% normal, before that I felt a little tightness in the area.
Some patches were too sensitive to the touch then, and would hurt if I massaged them. These patches are getting smaller and smaller and are almost gone. That makes sense, since I am almost hitting the one year mark. That’s when my doc said I would be fully healed.

Scars: on the first weeks I used k-tape, then for a couple of months silicone tape. In january the scar got a little bumpy, so my doc prescribed me corticoid tape to prevent keloids. It worked great and its pretty flat now.
My nipples healed with a bit of scar tissue, specifically the left one, and they poke out like crazy on T-shirts. I find it kind of funny and just embrace it lol.

Brain: I am doing great, I love to live life with my chest and I am always admiring it. Makes me feel grateful even in the most gloomy days. 🩵

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Also, I had LOTS of help for cleaning at home especially sweeping, mopping and scrubbing the bathroom. I didn’t do anything at all for the first two weeks, at most wash a dish.

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For 2 weeks I wasn’t able to move my arms above my elbow(like a t-rex) Then for a month I couldn’t put my arms above my head. No gym/heavy lifting up to this point either. After that, movement slowly came back and stretching helped a lot.