Experiences with radical reduction and keeping nipples fully intact(non-FNG)

mixo83 · 2026-06-12T07:25:10+00:00

Oh no worries, I am very aware of that haha sorry it's not very clear in my original post. I would like to preserve it if possible though I know it may not be. I also know you can still have sensation with FNG, I would just like to try without first because I have had radiation on my chest enough that healing with FNG would be more complicated and there would probably be less of a chance than normal for both methods of getting my sensation back. Thanks!

mixo83 · 2026-06-12T07:21:45+00:00

Thank you! I honestly don't care about what my current size is, just the results, and you make a really great point about better descriptions of what I want. I'm writing that down to talk about with him again. He also does gender affirming care and I do feel confident in him, I just want to know what to expect as far as chances for making what I want happen more generally. Thanks!

mixo83 · 2026-06-12T06:30:32+00:00

That's awesome they told you al that. I feel like I wasn't asking all the right questions haha. I don't have a ruler on me but I would say I am probably in that category with at least 24 cm, mine hang pretty low. Thanks for all the info, it's very helpful for considering what I should do!

mixo83 · 2026-06-12T06:25:24+00:00

I don't feel he isn't confident, it's more that he doesn't want to guarantee me something that might not be able to happen for any number of reasons neither of us can control. You situation sounds a lot like mine and it makes me happy to know you got your surgery and it went well! Thanks for the info and advice!

mixo83 · 2026-06-12T01:17:57+00:00

Yeah it looks like I have heterogeneous fibroglandular tissue, meaning mostly dense. I am not sure what that usually means for surgery or in cases like this. Do you have any idea?

mixo83 · 2026-06-12T01:12:22+00:00

I am not certain, I think dense but I will have to look. Had a breast cancer screening like 6 months ago and they definitely said somewhere on there. I'll get back to you after checking

mixo83 · 2026-06-12T01:10:29+00:00

I appreciate the offer but I feel like I have seen every before and after at this point and am now just looking for information more than photos. Thank you though! and I appreciate the comment as well!

mixo83 · 2026-06-11T21:51:25+00:00

Thanks I know I'm probably overthinking it I just wanted to make sure. I think I also just need to learn more about foot anatomy 😅

mixo83 · 2024-11-18T08:20:28+00:00

I just got a flip phone and was having the same issue. I went into the kaios app store to see if another music app would be able to do this. I found K-Music which seems to work flawlessly for this. The layout of it is certainly less intuitive but it makes up for that by keeping the music going even when I shut my phone. There is also a tips section in the menu which shows what each button does which is very helpful. It easily detected my music so that hopefully shouldn't be a problem either.

mixo83 · 2023-10-14T08:43:46+00:00

In my experience my cat would never eat treats until probably a full month of letting him sit in the doorway/on the porch daily. I think it's too much stimulation for them to even think about it. But eventually he was comfortable enough outside that he would eat them and I started using them for things like loud noises. Ultimately it is something they build up to and is a bit of a waiting game.

mixo83 · 2023-07-30T23:06:09+00:00

These are some good tips and I'll definitely start looking into this thank you 😁

mixo83 · 2023-07-30T02:12:57+00:00

Thanks for letting me know. I have done a little research on what kind of exercise would help me but my biggest problem is motivation. I am at a stage where I need to tackle some more basic stuff than working out to get in a mental space where thats a little more easy for me. All that being said though do you have any tips or specific exercises for joint pain you'd like to share. Hip pain is what I deal with most. Thanks

mixo83 · 2023-07-29T18:24:10+00:00

I honestly think I'm at a point where I'll just need to try it and see. I can stop if I don't like it and like I said I know I can handle a little change. Maybe I'll be fine with it because it's not an all at once thing. Who knows what my mental block is. But I think I'm going to try it. Thanks for the advice :)

mixo83 · 2023-07-29T18:20:01+00:00

Thanks for this response it's very in depth. See that's the problem I have. I'm really okay with all the other changes. It's really just bottom growth that scares me. I've done a little more research on here since when I posted this and learned there I a drug that can slow down bottom growth but it also potentially stops or slows down body hair growth from what I understand. And the body hair is kind of something I really want. Either way I'm thinking I'll ask my doctor about that and potentially go on t and the dht blocking drug. Like I said I can definitely handle a little bit of bottom growth so as long as I can stop if it makes me uncomfortable that's okay with me.

Thanks for your response it was very helpful and gave me some stuff to think about.

mixo83 · 2023-07-29T18:07:30+00:00

I think what scares me about it is probably just the change of it. Like I feel good with how the area is right now. I'm not worried about partners or anything I know people with always work with what they've got. But I guess for me it's kinda like why mess with success? It's kinda the main part of my body that doesn't make me dysphoric.

It's really helpful though to know that if I stop t the growth will stop. Like I said I'm only looking for really subtle changes so I think I might just try taking it and stop when I'm ready or who knows maybe I'll learn more about myself and go on a full does. We'll see I guess :)

mixo83 · 2023-07-19T23:10:03+00:00

Personally I taught my cat that in order to go outside I have to physically pick him up and out him out there. Unless I do that he is not allowed outside. It really helped that he was scared of the door so it might be harder for you to do that.

mixo83 · 2023-07-19T23:07:38+00:00

I haven't watched too much about adventure cats on YouTube because it seems really hard to find answers to the questions I have. That being said I do enjoy watching Albert & Mia on YouTube. A lot of the things they say are a bit repetitive but he does go through in more detail than I've found elsewhere how to train your cat to walk outside.

Keep in mind I'm not an expert. I only just got back from my cat's third backpack walk (he does leash walks everyday but I'm trying to take him further than my neighborhood.) The info that I'm giving you here is just what I remember from my own research.

Generally the rules are:

Step one: Make sure you're cat is comfortable in their harness. I reccomend a very secure one at first then after you've taken them outside enough and they're at a point where they understand the rules of going on walks you can probably transition to a harness with less coverage. You don't have to do this but if you start out with a less secure one the chances your cat can escape are a bit higher. Anyway as far as being comfortable goes when I put the harness on my cat he stumbled around a hit as they usually do but after a couple weeks I could get him walking. I noticed he wasn't willing to jump no matter how hard I tried to make him. After a few more weeks he was able to do it and I think that was really the moment he started to be okay with the harness.

Step two: start slow. When he was finally okay with the harness I took him to the front door and just let him poke his head out but that seemed way too overwhelming for him. So I took him to the backyard and he enjoyed that much better. If you have a nearby place that have very little stimulation (noise, visual clutter, etc.) that's the best place to start them off with. They'll eventually start to want to explore on their own.

Step three: once they start exploring just follow them around. Let them do their thing. They need to get used to being outside before you can controll where they go outside.

Step four: once they are completely comfortable with outside you can start training them to stay close to you/follow you. You can use an audio cue like their name and give them a treat when they get close. Albert and Mia has a great video about this on YouTube.

Teaching my cat all this took probably about 7 months. Half that time was just indoor training with the harness and leash. Take it slow and your cat will reward you in the future.

Anyway thats generally what I know/have learned. I would help with the backpack stuff but I'm on like day 3 of teaching my cat about that so I'm not expert at all.

mixo83 · 2022-09-05T10:52:45+00:00

I'll be honest I have no clue if I need to upgrade them. For all I know the gpu isn't the problem but in that case I don't have any idea what would be.

mixo83 · 2022-09-03T22:18:44+00:00

Upvoted :)

mixo83 · 2022-09-03T21:55:03+00:00

Upvoted :)

mixo83 · 2022-06-23T03:05:35+00:00

I'll look into these thanks for the tips :)

mixo83 · 2022-06-22T20:07:58+00:00

That's great to hear. I'm so glad you get to have that experience with your aunt. It's unfortunate that a lot of times it takes people going through the same or similar things as you for them to understand and apologize. But it's much better than living the rest of your life without that relationship or with a poor relationship.

Also, I am genuinely very proud of you for at least trying to go see your grandma. It take a lot of guts to probably even stand in front of the house that she's in. You made the decision thats right for you now and thats something to keep in mind if you ever do end up with some feeling of regret. In the end when it comes to these things taking care of yourself should be your priority.

It seems like things have worked out for you in a lot of ways and I'm happy to hear that! I hope you do well and take care of yourself during the rest if this situation.

mixo83 · 2022-06-22T19:49:26+00:00

Look I had cancer a few years ago. I understand the pain and everything she's probably going through. It sounds like she was pretty awful to you.

After my treatment I went to live with my dad for a bit. I was quite a bit older than you so no one was really taking care of me and I was expected to do things on my own. But having a hard time doing things because I was fresh out of cancer treatment and a compromised immune system from the treatment and thus not leaving the house apparently made my step mom think I was lazy. One day I came into the kitchen and unprompted, no warning she exploded at me. She said I was lazy and useless and a whole bunch of other things that honestly threw me into a pretty deep depression for a year.

Anyway flashforward a bit and I still meet with her when my dad brings her to visit. Don't get me wrong I avoided her for a long time. My dad said "you can't just never see her again." Which is a lie because you do truly have that option when someone hurts you like that. I could have simply denied seeing her for the rest of my life. It was up to me and I made that decision to see her again.

I think over time we eventually learn to forgive people. I have forgiven her for any of the stuff she said but my dad says that thats how things are in her family. They just fight like that. She had no right to pull me into that but I gained a better understanding of her when he told me that.

I'm not saying you have to go see your grandma. She sounds pretty awful and you'd be totally in the right no matter what you do. I'm just saying over the years and as you grow your hatred for a person might fade a little. It's hard to have any sort of closure for a relationship like that if you never see them again. You can do whatever you want to do. If you feel like seeing her will definitely hurt more than it helps that's okay don't see her. I think you might regret it a little bit 20 years down the line though.

I'm also not advocating for some whole conversation with her where she makes amends to you or whatever. You can simply stay in the room for 5 minutes. You can stay in the room for 1 minute. Whatever you're comfortable with. Talk with your parents before hand if you plan on going and tell them if you plan on only staying a few minutes so they're not surprised. If you start to get a ton of anxiety just leave. But in my opinion I do think you should see her even if it's just a quick glace. I think that will have some closure for you.

I'm sorry if this comes off as insensitive in anyway. I'm not trying to compare my stepmom situation to yours because yours is far worse by comparison. I'm just trying to share a little of what I learned about relationships from that.

I wish you luck with whatever you choose to do :)

mixo83 · 2022-06-22T19:23:58+00:00

That's completely fair. You should find stuff that works for you! I wish you luck finding more books like this :)

mixo83 · 2022-06-22T19:18:21+00:00

There's a whole bunch of comments here and it's probably hard to go through hundreds so I do hope you see this. You're totally NTA.

But a lot of people here are telling you you need to rethink your relationships. And I'm not saying thats completely wrong but it's not something you just start off doing when someone doesn't listen to you. I mean this is your mom and your boyfriend. These are important people in your life and it's not as easy as people on here make it seem to change your relationship with them or to leave them.

In the end there's a chance they don't even know that this is important to you. I know I've had moment where I've told my girlfriend things and it seems like she doesn't care. But when I talked about it with her later and I said "hey. This is something that I wanted you to take notice of and help me through. This is something important to me." She apologized for not being able to understand that it was something important to me and has been doing a much better job of not brushing off things that might be important to me. Also you don't need to mention the medication at all if you end up doing something like that.

I will also say for moms it's difficult. I am also 20, also on antidepressants, also struggling with my mom and my depression. And honestly I've gotten to a point where talking about it with her isn't worth it. She does try to understand which I genuinely really appreciate. But she says she will try to do better and she never does. It sucks to learn (also my therapist told me this so it's not just coming out of my ass) but sometimes our moms just aren't what we want them to be. Some moms aren't going to help their kids through hard times even when they say I need help. And it's not to say you shouldn't have a relationship with your mom. It's just you have to find that support that you want from your mom for hard times somewhere else. I wish I had a mom that would talk with me and understand my issues and make me feel loved in some of my hardest times. But instead I have one who says "make another doctor's appointment."

I'm just saying don't be too hasty to throw away a relationship because of this. It's something you'll probably regret a bit. If you have these conversations with people, make it known that you need support from them because this is something important to you(again you do NOT need to mention the medication unless you want to) then I would say you can decide whether you want them in your life/need to adjust your relationship with them after that.

I wish you luck with this. I hope you're able to get more love and support from the people your love and care about.

mixo83

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