11 weeks Post Op ! - Norfolk, VA

Well ladies, just as most have I've been coming to the RealSelf site for a while, but now i've finally decided to officially become apart of the community. Where to begin?... I guess the summer before my Sophomore year in high school was the beginning of it all. I was a large B/C most of middle school and my freshman year and then that summer puberty worked it's magic and turned my self-esteem upside down. I gained about 15-20 lbs and my chest became more, for lack of a better word, prominent. By the time I graduated in 2001 was 155-60 lbs in a D/DD. As time went on I got back down to about 145 but the girls stood strong and didn't budge a bit. More time passed my weight fluctuated a lot and by the time I was 23 I was in a DDD. A month after my 24th birthday I got married and a few months later I was pregnant. My boobs ballooned once again, and to top it all off my milk never came in. So there I was excited about being a new mommy but bummed about the body that I had been left with, 180 lbs and in a DDDD.

Fast forward to 2010 and 11 more lbs, I had some health issues (which btw caused the weight gain), and had to have surgery. By the end of my recovery I was determined to lose weight. I lost about 20 lbs and thats when the major back pain kicked in. It started out as a dull ache between my shoulder blades and one morning 2 months later I was in so much pain that I thought I was gonna wet the bed because I could barely move my upper body.

Fast forward some more, my PC sends me to a breast specialist and she agrees that a BR is necessary but because of insurance purposes I needed at least a year of documentation before my carrier would even allow submission of my claim. So for the past year I've visited my PC once a month to document the pain and discomfort that I experience on a daily bases. Having shared all of that, I'd now like to share my silver lining. Today after a very long and trying year , oh and more weight gain, I went in for my follow up with the specialist. My file should be submitted sometime early next week if it wasn't done today, and they are confident that it won't take the usual 4 wks to here from the insurance company because the amount of and type of documentation included in my file. Well, with hopes that I haven't you, I ask: Keep me in your prayers ladies, I'm almost there!

So i've been waiting ever so anxiously for call from the Dr.'s office and guess what?, they called Friday while I was in the shower @ 20 mins before close of business. So of course I foolishly called them back thinking that someone was really going to answer after missing office hours by a whopping 4 mins. Needless to say, it has been bugging me all weekend! My final thoughts: Come On Monday!

So,thanks to hurricane Sandy I get a rainy birthday and no news until Wednesday!