CONSIDERING BUT HAVE ISSUES, FEARS

Thank you, I'm much more concerned about you than I am myself. You have had to deal with much more than me. I'm doing much better emotionally and physically. I pray that all goes well with your BR and the rest of your life. Great job with the weight loss BTW. It's so true that in some cases breast size is not about being overweight, It's about hormones. Sometimes being sensitive to naturally produced ones and sometimes HRT or oral contraceptives. Weight loss will help some but not all.

Thanks for sharing with me. I really feel that the right decision for me will be obvious when the time comes and I have very little anxiety about it now. Before I was tramatized. After gaining all that weight, my blood pressure spiked and I became pre-diabetic, so health and fitness really had to take priority. I'm down 20 pounds now and I can squeeze back into my DD bras, although they don't fit. It kind of scares me when women say they loose weight but the size of their breasts doesn't change. I'm hoping that won't be the case for me. So far, they are gettting smaller little by little. I still have 30 pounds to go. About your hubby situation, I don't see how he could not like your new boobs too. LOL

Keep up the weight loss, I am working on that as well. Am down 8 pounds since Easter. Would like to lose about 15 more, keeping it realistic! Hubby will like them before long! I was a DD when I was 18 and weighed 115 and those days are long gone! I am shooting for 135 pounds and expect it will be a slow weight loss! Even at 135 I was still a G! Have had terrible shoulder ruts for a long time, hoping they will get better! Keep us posted on your decision progress, I am SO happy!

Well for sure don't get discouraged. Slow steady weightloss is by far the best. I'm using a low carb, higher fat approach and it is working. I'm losing about 2-5 pounds a month and I'm never hungry. Many people have commented on what I said about my husband in my original post. I think I gave the wrong impression. All I ment was, I was happy with my breasts, he was happy with my breasts, I had not pain or discomfort, so I never considered a reduction and I never would want scars anyway. Not that his opinion was somehow "holding back". When I first posted I was not understanding all the issues that bring women to the decision. Until I gained all that weight in such a short time, I had no issues of my own. Wow you're a skinny minny, I had topped out 205 pounds. I believe all your issues will just keep improving.

Far from a skinny minny girl! LOL, but along with seeing my feet means seeing my flabby tummy! Need some good core work in my future!

Just start slow. I'm doing core work every week. At first it just hurt, but now, I'm feeling the strength coming and seeing results. It's funny because the women on this site getting breast augmentation joke about how getting larger breasts makes their bellies disappear and makes their waists look smaller. LOL The thing is I want my belly and waist to REALLY BE smaller, because healthwise that's whats important. Just be patient and don't get discouraged. Doing a moderate effective amount of fitness work every week all year is better than doing alot for a while and then getting burned out and quiting.

Agreed! Getting some core work getting out of bed without using arms!

I know this post was a while ago but I wanted to respond anyhow . I hate that we are all put in categories . I hate that society looks down on women if they aren't a size 0 or a 6 . The reason I had my BR is because I was in so much neck and shoulder pain that it was either a BR or cervical fusion . Because I could no longer turn my head . I am over joyed because since my BR I can now move my neck . I was so shocked that I had immediate relief . I wanted this surgery for years because I hated having breast so large . And they made my body frame look bigger than I was. I will never regret my decision to have the surgery . But I would never let other people make me feel like I was a freak because of my big breasts . I did this for me , for my health . And when I heal I hope to be healthier than I've ever been .

I really admire you. You have a quite strength that is so powerful.

Thank You Em :-) My relationship with God has brought me great peace . Its my personal choice .

That's exactly where I am at. Cervical fusion or breast reduction. I'm so irritated right now they denied the referral. The PS called me and told me to take their online BR surgery class and they would schedule an appt for me to discuss lipo VS surgery. I did why they asked last week and I still haven't heard from them. You give me hoped glittergal

You Go Girl!!!

Sadly, I do still think social pressure to be small and skinny is part of the motivation and is why so many chose to go so small, but that is their choice.

Yes, there is pressure to be skinny. I never considered societal pressures when I had my reduction. I was motivated by constant pain while working at a very physical job and breast cancer. All the women on my mother's side had their first positive cancer results around 36-38 years old. I just turned 36. That family history freaked me out. I got tested and nothing cancerous was spotted but they would watch a few areas. I took action to prevent breast cancer and more crippling pain. I got sharp pains just turning or putting on a bra. It is your personal choice and your body. I had almost 7 pounds removed with surgery. 42G to 40B/C.

Thanks for responding. I just mean in a general way. I don't think societal pressure applies women who are suffering with great pain an other issues. But, just reading the reviews, pressure to dress like everyone else and not be singled out as different are almost always mentioned. This is tremendous social pressure. Really society needs to change so that busty women aren't bullied and made to feel inferior.

Emmaddd, I hope you find what makes you comfortable. I have opted for a breast reduction because I want to feel more comfortable with my body. I provide counseling services for substance abusers, I love the work but I also know that I can't make them do anything. With that being said I can give them information and hope for the best, but I know when they get "sick and tired of being sick and tired" they will do something. That is how it was with me. I am "tired" of having to "move" my breasts into the right position to get a good nights sleep, I am "tired" of going on the store and hunting for bras that don't fit right, or aren't even available because some other big breast chick got them already, I am "tired" of having my shirts stretch wide because of how wide they appear in a bra. So you see, when you are ready, you will do something. It's all up to you girl, do what you like and have fun doing it, I know I am...! :) :P

Hi and thanks for responding. From point of view the inconveniences you point out would be enough to make want to alter my body. Having said that, I feel attractive and beautiful as I am. That is why I am in no hurry and am only looking at reduction as a possible option only if its the only way to treat pain and discomfort. P.S. Try shopping for bras online.

Correction, the inconveniences you named would NOT be enough to make me want to alter my body. LOL

Well Emmaddd, there are more, but those are the ones that annoy me every single day. I have groves in my shoulders, I have lots of side boobage, rashes, and numbness in my fingers in both hands. According to some this could be related to the extremely big breasts. I am also experiencing back problems which I just assumed were just normal aches and pains but now know are caused by the extra weight of these breasts. I could go on and on and on, but we are each individual and we have to decide for ourselves what makes us happy. My reduction was years in the making, it's not something I just woke up one day and said, "I am going to get a BR", it was something that I have thought about, put away for a few years, bought back out, and thought about again. Now I am just "tired" and ready to do something. Regardless, goodluck in the future, I wish you all the best in your choices. April's Miracle

You're wise for weighing your physical condition and not rushing into this before making a final choice. I have seen a few who made an emotional choice and regretted it. Being happy with your choice is the most important thing.