37 with Lift and Implants on the Way. Calgary, AB

I am almost 38 years old, living in Calgary, Alberta, working as an RN on a surgical floor. Breastfed 2 babies (who are now teenagers), and have gone up and down with my weight over the years by 30 pounds or so. I have been at my ideal weight of 135 pounds for a few months now.

I saw one other doctor before deciding to go with Dr. Campbell. I immediately felt confident in him. He has a great background (director of plastics at Foothills Hospital, teaching at the UofC). I am told that he is meticulous with his surgeries. He was very personable, offered so much information and answered pretty well every question I had before I had the chance to ask. I should mention that I work with a physician who went to school with Dr. Campbell and speaks very highly of him; how kind, genuine and passionate he is about what he does. Those characteristics clearly came across in the two hour free consult (pretty well every other surgeon in the city charges 100$). I have put down a deposit toward the surgery to hold my date.

I do have another consult in a few days, with Dr. Hall-Findlay. I have heard amazing things about her, and she has an extensive background as well with teaching, writing textbooks, etc. I have every intention on having my surgery with Dr. Campbell, but wanted to have the opinion of one of the other top surgeons in the province. Unfortunately, she is over an hour away in Banff, which is the main reason I will not likely go to her in the end, as I am concerned about traveling back and forth for not only the surgery, but for follow ups or complications. She does have the 3-D imaging, and I'm excited to see how that works, and what she recommends for me.

On June 8, Dr. Campbell will be performing a breast lift with 330cc HP allergan implants under the muscle, using an anchor scar. I am currently a deflated 34C (or 32DD according to Victoria secret, but they seem to measure large for their bras...apparently I am wide breasted and the larger cup is the only one that works). I am hoping for a fuller upper pole, full C or D cup. I don't want huge, or wider/matronly (hence the High Profile with my already wide breasts), and I'm worried about going too big and having sore shoulders from bra straps. Dr. Campbell's nurse, Joanne, reassures me that 330cc is not going to be too big, and that most women wish they had gone bigger after the fact. Joanne did order 330cc as well as a smaller size just in case (285cc I think). Not much of a difference, more of a mental thing I think.

I do not see Dr. Campbell again before the surgery, unless I want to go in with more questions or to try on sizes again.

I will add before photos later.

I was so nervous going in. Staff there was so great. It took about 3 1/2hours, plus an hour or 2 in recovery. The ride home just plain sucked. I felt ever little bump, threw up twice. I don't feel the incision at all. Or even the cut in the muscle. I feel the stretch in my upper chest muscle. The implants are sitting very high, they are supposed to at the start. Thankful I did not go bigger than 325. I am taking hydromorph (dilaudid). The lower side of the dose just takes the edge off. I will try increasing my next one to 4mg. I slept upright using 3 massive pillows which has been comfortable until about 6am with mid back aches. I have been waking about every two hours or so. Thankful for my hubby, he's a pretty big guy (in a good way), and helps stand me up from the bed, and sit me down on the toilet. Good thing we've been together 19 years or the toilet thing might have been a deal breaker, lol. Today, I will be going for some short walks. That's my only plan. Well, that and eating, and sleeping.