anyone with top surgery?

[dogbrain]

i'm about four and a half months post-op and i'm curious who else here on melonland has it too! if you're willing to share, how are you liking it? is there anything you feel like you can do now that you couldn't before? i love hearing about other folk's experiences :-}

personally, there are a lots of tiny things i can do now that i was either too dysphoric or just completely unwilling to do pre-op, like lounging around shirtless and tying my towel around my waist after a shower, among others of course 

[squidlifecrisis]

Congratulations!!! it's an amazing feeling.

I had my mastectomy about 18 months ago. I still haven't told all of my friends because I'm worried they'll be jealous. Come to think of it, I've never talked to anyone about how much I love it. every day it gives me confidence. I haven't thought about suicide since.

-I don't have to wear bondage gear under my clothes anymore
-LESS SWEAT.
-my clothes finally fits the way it's supposed to
-I am excited about buying clothes for the first time
-I feel attractive for the literal first time in my life
-I can now lie prone
-I can now lie lateral, either side
-just sitting around playing video games topless after a shower feels awesome
-I can now "Do It Shirtless," which is a motivation to power through household chores when I just don't wanna
-my subcu fat regrew where the elastic band of the sports bras was compressing my ribs
-the skin on my chest isn't completely numb anymore
-i care about my whole body now, have been exercising and stretching and eating healthier

I'm still too shy to go to the pool without covering up. it's been deeply taboo my whole life. and well, I'm unambiguously androgynous, rather than masculine. I look pretty different. I'm not worried about stares as much as silence. Polite silence and disgusted silence sound exactly the same.

I know it's sexy af... they're just not ready for me yet.