HP Allergan saline implants (400/430cc) vertical, then anchor lift - Love Them!

I had been seriously contemplating this procedure for two years. I have never had any form of plastic surgery and am big on acceptance of self and setting a good example for my girls. However, I had a LOT of ptosis and it was affecting my self-image apart from any outside opinion.
I changed my mind a few times on implant and lift type as well as surgeon. I chose Dr. Campbell based on my confidence that he listened carefully to my preferences, operates from a patient preference approach guided by strong confidence in outcomes that can achieve those results, and seems fully engaged in his work.
I went with saline implants and a vertical/lollipop lift. My rationale, again is my own and not intended to deter any other person from their confidence in preferences. I believe all implants will achieve beautiful results and can be well suited to the right person. Since I had a good bit of breast tissue to begin with, I believed the rippling sometimes caused by saline otherwise would not be an issue. My husband and I are not concerned with the feel of the breast as we are both much more visual by nature. Saline and silicone have essentially equal rates of longevity, rupture and capsular contracture. The images I have viewed of silicone revisions that have had bits of implant migration were unpleasant to me. I believed saline migration would take the form of deflation and therefore I would know immediately if there were an issue and I would like to address the issue immediately. By migration I mean, bit(s) of the implant not adhering properly such that they come off. The more pricey textured implants are said to be less likely to do so, but I become cynical as the price goes up (newest silicone) and the original (saline) is still on the market while said to be equal in safety and appearance to the right individual.
As to the lift, prior to meeting Dr. Campbell, I was convinced I would need a full/anchor lift based on my level of ptosis. Again, his confidence won me over with the assertion that I would “actually get more lift and less of a cone shape result from a vertical vs. an anchor lift.” He recommends an anchor for those with 12 or more cm of ptosis vs. my 7-8 cm (droop from the point that the breast meets the chest.
From post op day 1, I was extremely pleased with the results. I had worried about a poor outcome so much that I think it played into my excitement. But, today I am still very, very happy. They are up high, which was a priority, they are exactly the size I envisioned, and they feel great. Even with possible/probably slight dropping and reduction in size over the next 3-6 months, I feel confident I will stay extremely happy with the decision and result.
As I write this I am post op day 12. I do have a high pain tolerance, but the pain was not bad. I would rate my labor pains as a 7 on a scale of 1-10 (fentanyl, epidural). With this procedure postop, I felt like I had a base level of 4 that went to a 0 with meds for the first 3 days. I felt mostly swollen during that time. I had no idea how my body would respond. So, I took the pain meds and muscle relaxer around the clock for the first 24 hours not wanting the pain to get out of control while sleeping or the muscles to cramp up due to possibly too much stress from implant. Percocet 10 every 4-6 hours (as needed), Flexeril 10 every 8 hours (as needed). I then extended the time frame by an hour for the next two days. By day 5 I was only taking the muscle relaxer at night and no percocet. Days 4-7 the discomfort was just annoying to the point I wondered and worried if it would persist. My left breast had not dropped as much as the right (I could tell by feel and only very imperceptibly by sight) and I felt a rubbing sensation as I bent over. It's hard to describe and sounds trivial, but it bothered me more than the pain up to that point and thereafter. It persisted through day 11 and then: ta-da - no more annoying sensation! I did minimal massage (just a few mins at night in front of the mirror) up to that point (day 5-11). I was not instructed to do so, but I was very interested in the comparison from left to right and would feel the upper portion of each while feeling the entire circumference and palpating for what I guessed would feel like nodules if capsular contracture. I don't know if that helped the sensation subside, but it made me feel more in control of understanding what was happening.
Overall, it was a breeze but I am not going to let that fool me into beginning activity too soon. I see the MD tomorrow and will ask him when specifically to resume high and low impact cardio along with strength training. In terms of upper body, I imagine I will eliminate chest presses, push ups and burpees but continue bi and triceps. He had suggested 4-6 weeks to return to activity, but I didn’t give him the specifics of my workout routine at that time. So, tomorrow I will have advice and will follow it. This is too expensive and too right to mess up!

These are the postop day 13 photos. Some are up close to see the scars. We did talk about massage today to help the implants settle into the capsule, hence the oily pictures. The right side I am only cupping in an upward motion from below. The left side I'm massaging up, down, in and out. I can start walking and doing the elliptical at the gym, but the heavy, high impact cardio and toning/lifting will have to wait another 6 weeks.

In shirt w/out a bra (kindof a no-no early post op), but I didn't do it often