2nd Chance - Las Vegas, NV

When I was 15 years old, I had to have a knot removed from my right breast. I have a long standing of breast cancer in my family and it was growing kinda fast, so they opted to remove it before it got any bigger. So I grew up having my left breast in a B cup and my right breast in an A cup. Between the ages of 19 and 25 I had 2 wonderful children and during those pregnancies I had wonderful round full breast lol. Between 2006-2008 I went from around 215 lbs to 150 lbs. Some of that weight lost was in my breast as well, but mostly in my hips and legs. From 2008 to present I have gone up from 150 lbs to 190 lbs. Last year, 2012, I had to have another tumor removed from my right breast again. That left my left breast in an even smaller A cup. Then at the beginning of this year I had to have a full hysterectomy because of endometriosis. That brought me down to 180 lbs.

So I have had this tummy fat and skin that I can not get rid of and different size breast. I have wanted to get a tummy tuck since 2008 when I saw that I could not loose anymore weight. When I could not get my tummy skin to go back in any farther. Of course I always wanted breast implants to fix my boobs and have what I can real boobs.

So a month ago I started looking online for information about tummy tucks and breast implants. I happen to come across this site and did a lot of reading. I finally made some phone calls and set some appointments. One of the places i went to was up in Vegas to see Dr. Stiles.

I had my consultation with him yesterday and I have to say that he is so different then what you see online. First of all, I let his office know that we would be coming from out of state and that we were wondering if he could see us on a monday as that is my husbands day off. The lady, sorry I do not remember her name, said that I might have to wait, if that was ok, but that he could see me before or maybe after one of his surgeries since monday was one of his surgery days. After seeing his great reviews I told them that yes that would work out for me. So we drove up to Vegas to have our meeting with him.

We had to wait about 10 minutes before going back, no problem at all since he was working us in lol. Michelle, his assistant, came to get us and took us back to answer some questions. She was very polite, asked a lot of questions like what was I interested in, and talked to us while waiting for Dr. Stiles. She asked me to get undress and let me know that Dr. Stiles would be right in.

Dr. Stiles came in about 2 minutes later and started going over everything with me. He is very nice. He listen to what I had to say and was very easy to talk to. He seemed very interested in what it was that I wanted out of this surgery. After answering his questions he showed me what he could do and explained what would happen. I loved the computer screen he had to show me different things, that really helped us see what would be going on! Then we stopped and he asked if I had any questions, but at the time I had none.

Then Michelle started showing me the difference in sizes that I could have in breast size. Being able to really see the difference was a lot of help. After choosing the right size we went to see Jessica to talk about prices.

Jessica was so sweet, she told us how much it would cost for the breast implants, tummy tuck, and lipo. All total would have been around $12,000. My husband and I had talked about how much we wanted to spend and had agreed at $8,000. So I told Jessica we would have to remove the breast implants. The tummy tuck and lipo were more important to me, then the breast implants. So the price came down to around $7,500. We then started looking at dates.

After we got done with Jessica, she asked since they had some time that if I wanted to go ahead and do my pre-op stuff now so I would not have to travel up to Vegas again until the surgery. So we took the photos and did the paperwork. I opted to have my blood work done at home, since my insurance would pay for it.

After setting the date for Oct 21st and signing the paperwork, they gave us a great info package that had everything I needed to know about the surgery, what to do before hand, when to do what and how, and a copy of all the papers I signed. We went ahead and instead of putting the $2,000 down, we just paid for it.

Michelle said that if I had any questions to just call her and she would be happy to help. My husband joked that we didn't have any questions right now, but would as soon as we got down the road. After we left and got some lunch, I started reading through the info pack and told my husband that it answered all of the other questions that popped into my head lol.

So this morning my husband wakes me up (he goes to work way before I do) and says to call the doctor to have them add the breast implants. I was like OMG am I dreaming? I must be lol. I asked him if I heard him right and he said yes. So I just got off the phone with Jessica to let them know to add the breast implants back on. Then of course my wonderful husband calls me a bit late and says ok I spoke to Jessica...You are not bought and paid for lol.

I was so happy I started crying. A chance at feeling confident in myself is just 18 days away.

I will be posting before photos soon.

Here are some before photos of me :(