57 Y.o. Mother of Four Rebuilding Confidence with my New Body Rebuild. Charleston, WV

I'm 57 y.o. mother of four (all breastfed) who has wanted a breast lift for a looooong time! Up until this past July I was: first--too busy raising four kids (2 year space between each) and then--too busy working ALL THE TIME to help put them through college! I resigned from my job last July and then decided to start my rebuild project. First I wanted to lose some weight and get in better shape. By November I had lost 40 pounds and was walking 5 miles a day in addition to starting an exercise class with personal trainer. By the end of November I had convinced my hubby that all I wanted for Christmas was a breast lift! I consulted a plastic surgeon that I had known for 30+ years to see about this procedure as well as a scar revision on my face (small) caused by a childhood accident. He said I was a great candidate for the lift and that LOL my nipples were "perfect"! Then apologized for being "inappropriate"! --but explaining that because they were small it would make the procedure so much easier for him! Hmmmm...At any rate I am scheduled for January 29th and getting excited!! Had pre-op visit this past Friday, was told the nips were "perfect" again lol, got my prescriptions and we're good to go!! I also have done some cool-sculpting treatments but it hasn't been long enough to see full results yet although I can see a difference in the muffin top and my husband says he can as well. And that's only the first treatment to that area--scheduled to repeat in about a month. My biggest problem area that we are treating with cool-sculpting is flabby arms (geez I hope that works! No amount of lifting weights is going to get rid of it!) At this point I feel too old and modest to post any before pics. Who knows....I may change my mind!!

Ok-excited but have all kinds of weird thoughts running through my mind--especially at night. Was pretty much awake from 1-4 a.m. Worrying about things that could go wrong, things I still need to do before Thursday. It's like my brain is on overload! Hopefully all will go well. At this point I wish it was already this time next week so procedure would be behind me!!

Well--it's done! I woke up calm and with no apprehension this morning, thank goodness. I can't tell you how reassuring it is to actually KNOW the surgeon. The nurses were so nice and caring that I feel like I already know them also. And my extra surprise today was that I knew the anesthetist! She and I had worked Open Heart together years (and I mean YEARS--I'm talking early 90s!) ago. And remember, I had a lipoma (L shoulder) removal and 2 scar revisions on my face. My forehead is very uncomfortable now that the numbness has worn off. Breasts heavily bandaged of course. I've pretty much slept since surgery. Breast pain not too bad so far. Only 5 hours post op as of right now. My plan is to stay ahead with the pain meds for 24 hours or so. Sorry if this is all over the place--my daughter told me I wasn't making much sense when I tried to text a couple hours ago. Going to go back to sleep. Have a nice night....