40 Yrs Old, - Indianapolis, IN

First I just want to thank all of you ladies for sharing your experiences. I have read so many of your reviews and it's really helpful to hear what to expect from people who have been through it already.

I'm 5'11", 195 lbs, DDD. I've been considering breast reduction for years. When I was 22 years old I saw a doctor for neck/trap pain and that was the first time I had a doctor tell me that it was common for women with large breasts. So 18 years later I am finally doing it.

Health insurance approval was super easy. I just went to my primary care physician and told her I have been having neck/shoulder/back pain for most of my adult life and that I have tried over the counter medications, wear bras with wide straps, do yoga, but nothing helps and asked her if she thought breast reduction would help me. She said absolutely and wrote me a referral to a PS. I had the consultation with the PS and she submitted her note and the note from my doc to my health insurance and two weeks later I was approved.

I made the HUGE mistake of watching a video online of the procedure. Jeeez! That was kind of horrifying! Having the doctor explain it to you is one thing but actually seeing it is quite another.

My husband has been very unsupportive. He hasn't wanted to hear anything about the surgery or wanted anything to do with it at all. So last night we had a big blow up and I told him he better find a way to get happy and supportive about it because it is happening and I'm scared and self conscious enough without having him against me on it. So we'll see how that goes....

I am concerned about what size I will end up. Since I am so tall I don't want to end up too small and look out of proportion. My PS said everyone always wants to be a C so she pretty much makes everyone a C unless they tell her otherwise. That seems small for me but maybe then again I think my perspective is skewed from always smashing myself down with minimizer bras. I'm not sure I really know what a C would be so I don't really know what size I want to be. I would love to hear if anyone has info on how you decided that?

Still pretty painful but not as bad as I expected. I'm very bruised and using Arnica gel 3 times a day. Fortunately my husband has come around and he's been taking great care of me

Doc said I can shower on the third day so sometime later today I will finally be able to do so as long as I keep my back to the water and don't overdo anything. My mom is going to come wash my hair thank goodness! The pain is getting better all the time and now is really only there when I go from lying to sitting to standing.