43, 185 Lbs and Tired of Feeling Too Small! - Dallas, TX

I am an even 6'-0" and have always been that "tall, skinny" girl. I have a decent bottom half and long legs, but I am also long waisted, so the overall effect is just kind of stretched out! I have battled self esteem issues and body image issues my whole life because as you all know, clothes have only recently been made "for us" tall gals. In high school, I had to wear boys jeans for the length! In a time where all the other girls got to wear the cute tapered Guess or Generra jeans, I had to wear Levi's. All the shirts had shoulder pads, and they just made me look and feel gawky and awkward. Fast forward to my adult years: I've always been around an A cup until I had kids. I finally made it out to a large B/small C while I was breastfeeding, but as we find out: the Boobie Fairy giveth, and she taketh away! I spent a few years eating garbage and ballooned up to about 198lbs. - just slightly less that what I weighed full term with my second daughter!! Nothing against my 200 lb sisters, but my frame isn't built for it.

My second daughter poked a hole in my belly, so now I have lovely little hernia slightly above my navel. Because my chest is so small, at times, my belly sticks out farther than my chest! I hate that! While school shopping with my 14 year old a couple of months ago, the stupid little cashier asked me "when are you due?" I wanted to cry. I don't know what is worse: having people think you're pregnant when you're not, or being so tall and underdeveloped that people call you "sir"? Yeah, that happens to me too. People just suck.

I have whittled back down to around 185 with a goal of 175 to feel comfortable in my skin and ease up on my joints. Now that I can start to see my ribs again and have a little curve to my hips, I want to fill out my top half.

I had a couple of consultations with doctors here in Dallas that have been pioneering the dual-plane technique, and I have decided to go with Dr. Adams. My surgery is tentatively set for the week before Valentine's Day, 2016. That gives me time to get as much of it paid off in cash so I don't have to finance very much. Based on my height and width, we are looking at maybe a max fill of 445 cc round silicone implants. His practice utilizes the 24 hour recovery method. According to this program, I should be able to do surgery in the morning, go home later that afternoon, take a nap, be up a couple of hours later, and showering! Patients are instructed to do over the head arm raises and go out to dinner that evening to keep moving. By rights, I should be able to go back to work the next day! I sit at a computer, so it's not a whole bunch of heavy lifting. Doe anyone else's Doctor use this technique?

I went to VS to check out the Bombshell bra. I had never heard of it until someone on this site had made mention of it. If you are also in the dark, it is SO SUPER PADDED, and claims to take you up two cup sizes. There is also one that will take you up one cup size... I'm going back for that one later. My idea (even though I did it backwards) is to ease my coworkers into getting used to me with bigger boobs slowly, so it doesn't become an overnight thing.

I stuffed my rice sizers into a sports bra, then strapped on one of my regular bras to get an idea of the look of my ideal volume. Those suckers were heavy, and I didn't want to mess up a perfectly good bra, so I invested in the Bombshell. Going to try it at work tomorrow... Wish me luck!

I just faxed in a cc authorization to put another chunk of money toward my BA! I'm trying to pay down the total with as much cash as I can to keep from having to finance as much. The plan is to pay off the financing with my tax refund money, ASAP! I have not quite two months to get it done... Merry Christmas everyone!