Tuberous Breasts "Reconstruction"

It will be 5 months next week since my expanders were replaced with 615cc implants. At first glance I was petrified at the look of them. After all when you get your boobs done you expect them to be perfect. My dr told me to wait and give it some time to drop and he sure was right! It took a few weeks and a lot of massaging but they dropped and look beautiful! I can't stop admiring them. I actually take selfies now and I'm wearing almost only low cut dresses and shirts. It has changed me completely as a person and a major confidence boost.
They were a little sore and I was a little paranoid about doing the massages and messing with them, but it keeps them soft! I've been rubbing vitamin E on the scars every night and it has helped lighten them Up a lot. I also bought my very first Victoria's Secret bra! Money well spent now that I have something to put in it.

After my expanders were filled to 620cc I had to call it. They were very rock hard and uncomfortable and started to stretch under my arms. I reached 40D cup which was my goal. They fit very nicely but I still had a shelf like bottom to my breast. I knew that was the tissue expander so I tried not to be discouraged.
On April 6th I went in for my implant surgery. I was a little sore afterwards but nothing like the first one when they placed the expanders in. They are beautiful and I could not be happier. He fit in 615cc silicone implants and they fit my body type so much better. My areolas has stretched a little since my initial surgery in December but I am glad he did a reduction then because they would be the size of bologna slices by now if he didn't. He also said he's glad he waited to do a lift with the switch surgery (expanders out implants in) if he had done a lift he could not have gotten that extra 100cc in. I have a large frame so that extra 100 did help. He released a few muscles underneath so that they would round out. I'm only 3 weeks out so they have not settled in yet 100% but they are already amazing. We will go back and think about a lift once they settle into place which should be between 6-12 months.

After a long battle and a lot of fine detail reading of my TRICARE insurance policy, they approved to cover me 100% for my breast reconstruction. It is a breast suspension, trimmed the size of my areolas and inserted my breast tissue expanders and filled them with 100cc. I have been going in every 2 weeks to get 60cc added. I started off barley a size B. If they made a 38A that would have been my size. I am a pant size 12/14 with a big booty, wide hips, broad shoulders and my breast have never fit my body right. They have always made me feel extremely insecure and uncomfortable with every aspect of my life. They became painful after my 3rd child, I wasn't able to breast feed my babies long at all after they were born. I never had enough mammary glands to make enough milk to feed them.My plastic surgeon said he had never seen any insurance cover a congenial abnormality correction so he was very pleasantly surprised to see that mine did. I had a referral letter from him, one from my PCM and I wrote my own accounting on why it was deemed a medically necessary procedure.
The expanders and surgery was painful but nothing too extreme. It felt more like someone (like the hulk) had punched me very hard in the center of my chest. My chest bone, or the muscles connected to it, hurt the worst. They were very tight and made it a little difficult to breathe. My areolas were only 1in from my chest wall so it is going to take a while to get my muscles stretched out. It has been a month and I just tried on a normal bra and I am now a full B. I am going for a full D. I will keep updated on my progress but they definitely have a difference already. The expanders make my breasts very hard and unnatural feeling. It is temporary which is a relief.
When I go for my fills it starts off the first few days all stuck up above my normal breast until the muscle gradually stretches and the saline descends. Every fill just makes me feel like I'm wearing a tight bra and not much pain. The worst is when the needle is inserted though my skin into the expander. They have to push the needle in the full depth to push through and that hurts worse than anything. The needle is a bigger gage and I refer to it as a straw even though that's an exaggeration. 
My lift restriction is down to 10lbs and my range of reach is limited. Which makes it difficult to care for my 3 kids but I know I have wanted this for 17 years and it will be worth it in the end. For the most part my major limit on reach is behind me, I am a month out and still sleeping elevated because of the too stretched feeling I get when I reach up while lying down. And also there is no exercising that is allowed for quite a while after surgery. No running, no fast paced arm movements, no weigh lifting, not even a leg press because it flattens out your back and stretches the muscles too much. I am going a little stir crazy from the limits I have but it will be over soon enough. I will try and post in the next few weeks for updates.
The cost is 10,000 total with it being 5,000/ per surgery and needing 2 surgeries. One to fill and correct areola size, fills and the 2nd will be to replace the expander with the implant.