32 yo 36G w/o kids in Charleston

My insurance with Blue Choice approved my surgery very quickly--I could hardly believe it! My Surgery was scheduled for July 25th 2016, but four days before the date, I got a rash between my boobs! The surgery was postponed and now I'm just focused on healing and making sure the rash doesn't return.

I spent the entire time leading up to surgery unsure if I would even be operated on today; I wasn't 100% positive my rash was gone. I had my gown on, pills taken, and IV placed (nurse Lynda was a champ and got it on the first try) before I even saw Dr. Kalus to know if we would be going forward. I had all these visions of going through all this stuff and then being told to go home; it was my biggest fear more so than the surgery itself.
However, Dr. Kalus came in, reaffirmed what I wanted (as small as possible and smaller protrusion of the nipples) and then marked me up, no issues! That's when it started to be real for me.
I said goodbye to my fiance and was wheeled out of the pre-op room and into the operating room. The anesthesiologist asked me about my tattoos, I felt a little sting in my IV arm, I breathed in some oxygen from a mask, and then I was gone.
When I woke up, I was facing a wall in a big recovery room with other patients. The nurse was there asking how I felt, and I told her I had a headache and nausea... and then puked twice into a fun bag that looks like a huge condom. The nurse gave me something intravenously for the nausea and headache and both were gone pretty quickly, but it made me super tired.
We left not long after that. I was given a vest to hold my drains and wheeled out to our car (valet parking FTW!). My chest didn't hurt at all on the ride back or for the first several hours. I dozed in and out of sleep, had a protein shake, some tea, lots of water...
Already had to clean out and record what was in my drains! I'm taking that as a good sign. I would much rather have drains than have to process all that stuff on the inside.
Pictures coming soon!

I slept okay last night. I stayed on my back without issue and only woke up a couple times.
Stayed on top of the pain with my meds, so it never got out of hand.
This afternoon I had my first post-op appointment with my surgeon (sorry I was so late, Doc!), and he was satisfied with the amount of drainage overnight and went ahead and took out the drains. It hurt a little when he was pulling them out, but it didn't last long.
After that I had my first look at the new and improved girls! I only saw them from the top, not in a mirror, but I can already tell they look so cute! My nipples look much smaller and flatter, too. I could hardly believe they were my boobs! After the drains came out, he put the padded bandages back on and a couple regular bandaids on the drain sites and told me to keep them on for another 24 hours and then I can SHOWER! yaaaaay
I can already tell how much flatter I am. It's amazing. I'm so happy. I can't wait to really get a good look at them!