The Tennis Racket She Kept Putting Down
Picture a tennis court. Warm morning light, the satisfying thwack of a ball on strings, the particular pleasure of a clean cross-court rally. For most people, it’s just a game. For Janvi, a young woman living in the US, it had become a quiet symbol of everything her body wouldn’t let her do.
She had loved being active since she was a teenager. Sports, movement, the outdoors — these were the things that lit her up. But from adolescence onwards, her body had been working against her. Large breasts meant chronic shoulder and back pain that flared with any physical exertion. They meant sagging, discomfort, and the steady, demoralising experience of having to sit things out. Not because she lacked the energy or the will, but because the physical cost was simply too high.
“I have been restrained in some ways all my life, and I have been looking forward to get breast reduction.”
That restraint wasn’t just physical. It shaped how she moved through the world — the activities she avoided, the clothes she chose, the quiet adjustments that accumulate over years into something that starts to feel normal. The tennis racket kept getting put down. The workouts kept getting shortened. The pain kept showing up.
By the time Janvi began researching her options seriously, she had been living with this for more than a decade. She wasn’t looking for a cosmetic fix. She was looking for her life back.
The Morning She Woke Up Lighter
One month after breast reduction surgery at Divyam Clinic, Janvi stood at her follow-up appointment, just days before flying back to the US. Her wounds had healed cleanly. She had been back at her workouts. And the pain — the shoulder ache that had followed her since her teenage years, the back tension that flared every time she tried to be active — was simply gone.
“My shoulder pain and back pain that comes with having heavy breasts is also gone.”
That sentence, delivered matter-of-factly at her one-month review, carried the weight of years. The relief wasn’t just physical. At ten days post-surgery, she had described feeling “absolutely thrilled” and noticeably lighter. By one month, she was resuming her full routine — day-to-day activities, workouts, and the prospect of finally getting back on a tennis court without bracing for pain. Her wounds had healed without any complications.
The final breast shape would continue to settle over the following months, with full results expected around the three-month mark. But even at one month, Janvi was moving with a confidence and ease she hadn’t felt in years. The racket wasn’t going back down.
From an Online Consultation in the US to an Operating Table in Vizag
Janvi first heard about Dr. Anjali Saple through friends. Living in the US, she did what many patients in her position do — she started with an online consultation, asking questions, gauging answers, trying to work out whether the journey to India was worth making. Dr. Anjali’s responses were detailed and knowledgeable, and that conversation gave Janvi the confidence to book a flight.
The in-person consultation at Divyam Clinic covered the breast reduction procedure thoroughly. Dr. Anjali explained everything — not just to Janvi, but to her mother too, who had her own concerns about the risks involved. The clinic’s approach to family involvement meant that both of them left that appointment with a clear picture of what the surgery would involve and what recovery would look like.
Breast reduction surgery addresses exactly the kind of condition Janvi had been living with: excess breast tissue that creates disproportionate weight, physical strain, and postural problems. Under general anaesthesia, Dr. Anjali removed the excess tissue to bring the breasts into proportion with Janvi’s frame. The first 24 hours focused on managing post-operative discomfort and anaesthesia recovery — Janvi was discharged within that window, having already noticed, the moment she came round, that her chest felt different. Lighter.
By her ten-day follow-up, pain had reduced significantly and her wounds were healing well. She was cleared to return to daily activities, though strenuous exercise remained off the table for a little longer. By the one-month mark, she had crossed that threshold too.
The recovery, she noted at that final appointment, had not been the ordeal she might have feared.
“The healing has been pretty easy. There have been no issues of sepsis or any sort of stuff.”
Dr. Anjali and her team had been reachable throughout — a presence Janvi described as consistent from the first online call through to her pre-flight review. When Janvi looks back at the decision now, the calculus is straightforward.
“It truly is a blessing in disguise.”
The tennis court is waiting.