Normally I am very private regarding my personal life and never make anything personal public. However since so many other peoples postings, vlogs and blogs on their surgery's stories helped me so much, I decided to post my story as well, hoping it will help someone else who is about to go through or is going though this as well. Generally I am someone who likes to take care of myself, I eat well, I work out a lot, am fit, slim, healthy, and I like to look nice. So I felt like I got it all kind of going for me, but there were just two things that bothered me about myself, and there was only one solution to it ... surgery, so in the meantime I kept looking forward to the day that it would be possible. So let's start form the beginning. Ever since I was a teen and my baby nose turned into the 'family' nose, I hated it and hated pictures, and felt insecure about it. However, no one ever knew it. Yet, it always bothered me and I knew that one day if I could change it I would without a second thought. Years and three kids later, and having breast fed all three, my already small boobs were now just small, flat and hanging way too low. Just sad. So to compensate I'd wear super padded bras to give my body some proportion. Me and my man had joked about the day I'd get boobs, but we hadn't really confirmed we'd do it. I though in the back of my head already had it as a must. So one day I with a friend found a surgeon and then I told my mind that the time had come to fix the boobs. He agreed. Then I let him know that since I was going under I want to do my nose to. He did not think it was necessary, he liked my nose. Then though seeing it mattered so much to me, he agreed we'd do both. Time went by and I set everything up with my Doctor. During the wait I organized my recuperation month and set up my kids to spend it with my parents. I would then travel to the city where I'd get operated at and stay at an apartment there for a few weeks while recovering. Here's the catch. I'd be alone. I'm a tuff cookie though, so I figured I'd be fine. Oh, side not here, I braided my hair a few days before the surgery. I recommend this to everyone!! It was a lifesaver, because I wouldn't be able to do my hair or wash it alone for a few weeks, so this ended up to be the perfect solution! Well finally the day came for surgery and I was so thrilled. I'd been waiting so long for this I almost didn't seem real. I went to the hospital that morning, thirsty (you can't drink), with dry skin (no lotion allowed), and on my period, uggghhh. At the hospital we actually ended up having to wait three extra hours because my special implants hadn't arrived yet. I had chosen the B-lite implants because they are the best thing out now, they are 30% lighter than regular implants and have a longer life span as well. I figured If I'm going to go though with it I might as well be with the best resources available. Finally they arrived and I was put to sleep. When I woke up I felt so shitty I just wanted to be put back to sleep! The next two days at the hospital were so hard, I couldn't more. My face and head felt so stuffed and pressured, and my upper body felt completely immobile. Don't ask me how, but I went home the next day, and somehow managed to take care of myself for the next few weeks. Here's the thing, if you get your boobs and your nose done at the same time, you actually are way too limited in everything. You can hardly breath, chew, drink, talk, or sit up or lay down, and you can hardly move. The next few days I basically just eat yogurt and drank water form a straw, took my meds and lay. Here is my big mistake, I was alone. I could go into so much detail on how this was so hard, because I couldn't do anything, but I'll spare you. The days and week of recuperating are a haze, I basically just lay on the sofa and watched tv, eat yogurt, took meds and survived. So one week after I went to get my canst (seemed like the week never ended), and he ended up taking off the cast, cleaning up my nose and retaping it. I was bummed out to not be able to see it. He said it was still too swollen. This same day I saw my boobs. oh man. I was not impressed. First thing I said was 'they are so small!!' and yes they were. He hadn't put in the agreed implant size. I was pissed. He gave me his reasons, that my skin couldn't fit larger implants... but why had he not told me this before!??? Seriously, I am not at all happy with this point, but I will try to not go on about it... at least by boobs are lifted now I guess... An other week went by and I started to feel better and better, I even went out shopping a few times. So in order to 'distract' people from noticing my nose, I decided to do a bit of a change to my hair. I wanted to do an ombre gray look. I found a hair salon and they said they could do it. The day before I was to get my nose tape and boob stitches out I want to get it done. Oh no, what a horrible experience. I ended up being there the entire day and the girl kept trying to 'fix' my hair and re-dye it... well she ended up destroying it and burning it, clumps of hair were falling out, and it turned out to be a gross splotch y yellow brown. What happened to the gray ombre deal she was going to do????!! I was so sad and angry, I couldn't believe she did this to me. I had a hard evening as I stared in the mirror and tried to figure out how to fix this issue. So the next morning before going to the doctors office I want to an other salon and got my hair color 'fixed'. Well they got the color a bit better. My hair though was already to damaged. I knew I'd have to cut it some time soon. I then went to get my tape and stitches off. I saw my new nose. I wasn't impressed. the side view was really nice! The front view though... it was to raised, and I looked 'piggy'. He assured me it would drop in a bit and the swelling would go down and it would look better. Well, at this point I was not at all impressed with the surgery's. All I could do now is wait. So now, new face, new boobs and new hair. I looked so different!! It was strange, I didn't know who I was looking at in the mirror. Then came the day to leave and reunite my man (why was he not with me this whole time you may wonder, well he had a last minute urgent work thing that had come up he add to attend to). Guess what, he didn't recognize me!!! yep, there I was standing in front of him and he didn't recognize me at all, my friend had to confirm to him that it was me! Woowww, so strange! For about two days he would look at me with so strangely, I guess he was in shock with the whole change. The next people I had to confront with the change were my parents and I had to go pick up my kids. I was so worried about this. See, I hadn't told them I was getting surgery! Well, they surprised me, they took it super well and even admitted they had suspected something as I had been so secretive as to my motives on dropping the kids off and not giving info on what I had to go 'do'. After them opther people have notices a big change in me, but can't pinpoint what it is, I just tell them I did my hair. I know w lot of people say you should just be upfront about your surgery's, but I don't know, I just feel shy to talk about it, I rather just have it be a thing that is not talked about with people that know me. Do people think I look good though?! Yesss!!! Everyone says I look amazing! that whatever I did I look stunning! I'm flattered. Oh and by the way, my man now is head over heels for me too now. Actually I will admit, I think he's crushing on me all over again now. I actually never remember him stealing glances at me before, or get shy around me, but all of a sudden he is. It's kind of neat, I think he feels like he has a new me, and it's enchanting. We've been together for a while now, and you know thinks start to get dull after a while, and now with this whole change I feel like our relationship has taken a fresh new start. It awesome!! Am I saying that plastic surgery improved my relationship?! yep, so, so much!! Also I think that it has improved because I am so much more happy now, I feel like life has given me a fresh start, I have confidence like I never new possible, I look in the mirror and I actually admire the reflection! oh, I can't even describe how this has changed how I feel about myself and how it has affected my way of seeing the world and going about life. I feel like I can conquer the world and nothings gonna hold me back! (I'm I exaggerating, perhaps, but that's how I feel) :) So that's my story so far. I'm only six weeks post op, and I still have a lot of healing to do, but so far I'm thrilled! I'm looking forward to see how the next few months and year go :)