44 Years Young, Implant Removal and Lift (Mastopexy) - Feeling Fabulous and Free! So Happy I Made This Decision!

Hello realself readers! I am not generally one to overshare, but because of the realself community I took the leap and had my implants removed and could not be happier or feel healthier.
After may second baby I felt like I had lost all breast volume and was left with deflated breasts. I was pretty fit and an avid yogi and jogger but was very self conscious of my breasts and nothing seemed to help. I ended up getting 200cc under the muscle moderate profile implants. I wanted natural looking but fuller breasts.
Fast forward 7 years - so sick of the implants - how they looked, felt, made my clothes fit, and how heavy they felt. I felt limited in yoga and certain poses made me very aware that they were in the way. I felt disproportionate as I am fairly petite. Not to mention, over the years the idea of having something "foreign" in my body while trying to eat clean and organic and living a healthy lifestyle felt counterintuitive. I started thinking about explantation about 2 years ago, but really started researching 6m ago. This site helped me make the leap.
I was lucky enough to find Dr. Kuy in Cincinnati. He spent over an hour with me in the consultation, answered all of my questions and listened to all of my concerns. I decided to proceed with implant removal and mastopexy (lift) and got on his schedule for the end of summer.
The day of surgery finally rolled around on 8/17/2017. The days leading up to the surgery I was excited but apprehensive both of the surgery and what my post op results would be. This site helped me through that time. The surgery went smoothly and pretty soon I woke up in the recovery room. The procedure ended up taking longer than expected as Dr. Kuy worked with my breasts to provide a wonderful lift with upper pole volume. He said I would be pretty sore and home I went with my post-op instructions.
The first night was pretty rough. I was super sore and totally exhausted. I swelled from the anesthetic from my fingertips to my toes. I could not urinate and my compression bra felt too tight. Not to mention I am super sensitive to medications and my pain meds left me completely fogged but still uncomfortable. Ice definitely helped. I can't recommend ice packs strongly enough.
Day 1 post-op I still felt wretched. It hurt my whole body to move. I went in to see Dr. Kuy and he changed my dressings and told me I could wear a softer bra so I changed from the surgical compression bra to a front-zip sports bra. AAHH relief. I also stopped taking the pain meds and changed to tylenol every 4 hours and a sleeping pill at bedtime. It felt better to have pain than be completely out of it from pain meds.
Sunday was my first shower. I have to admit it was a super emotional day when I looked in the mirror the first time. I was still marked up with surgical markers, stitched, swollen, bloated in my belly and face and I thought -"why did I do this to my body?!?" Back to realself and read how many other women felt the same way immediately post-op and calmed myself down.
After a few more days of resting and downtime I started to feel like myself again. Day 6 post-op I went the the infra-red sauna to sweat out some of the toxins and bloat and immediately felt better. I can't recommend the infra-red sauna enough. I have been 2 more times. My breasts are filling in, what looked like horrible scars are looking great as the swelling goes down and I know I made the right choice to have this done and picked the right surgeon to do it.
Sorry for the long post. I go back to the surgeon tomorrow and will update photos with day 12 and 14 post-op pics. I did not take any immediately post-op as I was a wreck and exhausted.

here is a post-op day 5 photo. Still with surgical silicone tape and surgical marker

Here is a pic from day 21 post op. Surgical silicone tape still on. Needs to stay until 4-5 weeks after procedure. Feeling so much better and super happy with results. I am fluffing quite a bit. Bra size is now 30c. Really looking forward to getting back to yoga and jogging. Ps says to wait at least 4 weeks then ease back. I don't want to risk compromising healing so will wait one more week. I feel so light and free. My tops fit better and I feel so much more proportionate.