Sjay 141 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) Omg my chest is so so tight today, feel like they're going to burst out my chest!! reckon today has been the worst so far. It's so tight it's giving me a horrible eebie jeebie feeling, it's quite suffocating and making me feel really anxious 😱😫 did anyone else feel a bit weird like this?! Edited November 23, 2015 by Sjay 3 love and glitter xo, Katewell and boobalicious_melb reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ittybittyk 760 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 Omg my chest is so so tight today, reckon today has been the worst so far. My chest feels so tight it's giving me a horrible eebie jeebie feeling, it's suffocating 😱😩 did anyone else feel a bit weird like this?!Sorry to hear you're feeling a bit crap. I had a lot of tightness early on and occasionally had it right up until 3 weeks PO. Just try and take some deep breaths and that will help to stretch things out. Also try and breath low into your diaphragm. That should help the suffocating feeling. 3 boobalicious_melb, Katewell and Sjay reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heather86 415 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 Tightness, air bubbles, squishing swishing noises, bruised, feeling drained and tired for the first week then it started to slowly settle down. Even now I get little zap feeling inside boobs but been told that's also normal as nerves reconnecting. I have feeling in 1 nipple but not the other. It's a journey and takes months to feel normal again.  4 Blossom, RH4K, boobalicious_melb and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sjay 141 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 This post op bra is not helping matters it's making me feel even more constricted but I'm sposed to wear it 24/7Â 2 Countrygirl94 and love and glitter xo reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heather86 415 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 This post op bra is not helping matters it's making me feel even more constricted but I'm sposed to wear it 24/7 I hated mine and loved going for a shower and feeling free. Ice really helped me the first week with the ache and tightness feeling. Have you got an alternative post OP bra? I found it helped swapping them about. 2 Sjay and Katewell reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sjay 141 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 I'm actually wearing the bigger sized post op bra I have and it still feels so tight, think I'll try some ice on them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
love and glitter xo 697 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 Sjay you're exactly everything I'm feeling!! I'm post op day 3. Tightness, and then when I shower I take my bra off and it feels like my implants going to pop out from underneath, yep, hating shower time very much. Post op bra is suffocating me. Yep exactly the same grr  1 Sjay reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carli1988 180 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 During the first week and a bit i felt so tight, i mistakenly thought i was having an asthma attack sometimes it was so tight. Take a deep breath into your tummy and it helps relax and relieve the anxiety 1 Sjay reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rattlie 230 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 yep the tightness made me very panicky i think because its similar to the feeling of anxiety, it feels like someone is pressing on your chest making it hard to breath makes u  feel claustraphobic in your own body, the skin between my boobs itched like crazy aswell everytime i moved cos it was stretching.I freaked myself out thinking about what was happening, way to much time to sit around and think during recovery lol 1 Sjay reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaisieF 1,114 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 I had that tight feeling for weeks. I don't think I breathed properly for a long time - I felt like I was taking shallow breaths for at least 2 weeks. Actually, to the point where I couldn't really talk on the phone as I'd become breathless.It'll get much better soon sjay, you've just got to give yourself time. 2 Katewell and Sjay reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katewell 1,023 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 I Rememer the 3 rd or 4th day they were so tight and heavy on my chest I started having a panic attack ! I had cold sweats and started regretting what I had done and literally wanted to pull them out (like when u stuck in a tight space) I needed to calm myself down and tell my self to breath slowly and to think on the things that make me happy I ended up falling asleep as i tired myself out 😪 3 rattlie, Sjay and barbalicious40 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Countrygirl94 249 Report post Posted November 23, 2015 I no! The tightness is bad enough now  I don't want it to get worse! 1 Sjay reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sjay 141 Report post Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks for all the replies ladies, it's reassuring to know everyone goes through it. I think it's emphasised for me even more as I already suffer with anxiety and panic attacks, I don't think I realised what a toll it takes on you mentally as well as physically. Cannot wait to be a few weeks down the track from now and the tightness to have eased! 1 Ittybittyk reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ittybittyk 760 Report post Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks for all the replies ladies, it's reassuring to know everyone goes through it. I think it's emphasised for me even more as I already suffer with anxiety and panic attacks, I don't think I realised what a toll it takes on you mentally as well as physically. Cannot wait to be a few weeks down the track from now and the tightness to have eased!it definitely gets heaps better. I must say that once I got into my third week, I found a massive improvement all round. Now I just need to try and get some flexibility back and start easing into gentle exercise - this was so far from my mind until now. Just goes to show how much progress happens in the 3rd week. Not long to go xx 3 Katewell, Sjay and Countrygirl94 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
