53 Y/o Removing Submuscular 250cc Smooth Saline Implants

First, thanks to all the women who have posted on here. I have so many questions and honestly didn’t even know which questions to ask until I read some of your reports so THANK YOU ALL from the bottom of my implant covered heart!
I am 53 and had my first boob job when I was in my mid 30s. I spent 10 plus years with those big buggers which were always way to big for me. I had requested a full C but told him to judge what would fit me best. Wow, did he go big! So ladies be very clear what you want if you go this route.
I never really had full regret, as I always wanted bigger boobs but they sure made shopping a challenge and I stopped running all together because of their weight. They are HEAVY!
After putting up with them for 10 plus years (I never wanted boobs this big!), I spoke with my surgeon about downsizing. He said he didn’t think I could go much smaller because I’m wide (note: I don’t think I’m any wider than most). Following his suggestion, I opted to replace my implants with 250cc smooth round moderate profile saline implants as they wouldn’t stick out so much. My previous ones had been high profile and were also saline but I don’t recall how many ccs they were. At the same time, I opted for a lift. After recovering from surgery, I had some tattooing to cover up the nipple scars but that ended up being a sort of orange colour I’m not all that fond of. I also ended up with much larger nipples ... how the heck does that happen!?! I guess from stretching.
My goal now is to visit my original surgeon and request that he get these things out of me. I only told the assistant booking my consult that “they’re still too big” so I’m hoping I don’t get push back from him on removal. I get the feeling he's a “boob man” and he may try to discourage me or push me to get different implants but quite honestly, after having great big and medium great big boobs, I am so ready to have my small boobs back. I realize I won’t actually get back what I had before, but I’m hopeful that removing the implants and possibly modifying my scars / removing extra skin, will leave me with something not too horrific. Fingers crossed. My consultation is on Dec 1st. My explant will be the soonest appointment I can get!!! I have included some pics of how the girls look now and will post after pics as I progress. Here’s hoping this journey ends with a smile and as few tears as possible.

I’m getting antsy to hurry up and get these things gone. My boobs ache and my neck and back hurts all the time. I go for massage therapy regularly to try to get relief ... of course the implanted boobs get in the way and my shoulders roll forward because of them.

I used to jog/run and had done a 1/2 marathon before implants but after I cold never be comfortable running and ultimately gave it up. About 2 years after implants I was diagnosed with IBS and many years later food intolerance after having horrible continual loose stools for years. I was also diagnosed with anemia because my red blood cell count was so low. Further testing turned up nothing until I had a blood test which showed I had food intolerances to wheat, dairy, beans, brewer's yeast, and a whole slew of other foods. I think all of this has been my body trying to tell me that SOMETHING(S) have to go.

When I first got implants they were WAY bigger than I wanted but I tried to enjoy having what Mother Nature had denied me. After putting up with them for about 8 years, I went back to my surgeon to tell him they were just too big. We discussed my options and he said that lower profile implants were the way to go. I wish I had found this website back then. I chose to have a lift when the implants were swapped out. I was happy with the lift but the scars ended up being jagged and my one nipple separated when my family Doctor removed the stitches so I had to have that restitched. After a while, I decided to have the white scars tattooed to hide them a bit but the colour wasn’t great so more money down the drain.

It's been about 7 years since my last surgery and I’m done with these nuisances. Trying to repair and replace and refit and adjust to these has been a long road. When I wear tops that are fitted, I feel like a stuffed sausage! My discomfort during exercise has also left me fatter and unhealthy. It’s time for these to go and for me to take back my life! I’m hoping that explant will help relieve some of my brain fog and lessen my IBS/food intolerance symptoms but if nothing else, I just want be ale to sleep comfortably, get a massage without lying on big bags of fluid and exercise without weights attached to my chest.

Of course I’m nervous as hell what I’ll look like after they are out but my hubby says that me being comfortable is the most attractive thing to him. Bless his pea-pickin' heart! I just hope he thinks that after it's done cause I ain’t goin' back to implants no how! Fat transfer ... maybe but for now I just want to see where I’m at without them.

Nov 1st can’t come soon enough. I’m tempted to call and ask for a surgery date as I feel that every moment I wait is a later surgery date for me.

I have had one consultation (with my implanting surgeon) and have another one today and one on Dec 22nd. At my request (read begging and pleading) my implanting surgeon agreed to drain my implants right there at consultation, as I was desperately looking for some immediate relief. Both he and his team were somewhat surprised at my request but they agreed to do it. In fact, my surgeon said that it made total sense (with saline implants) to do this so that we could see what was left and could better determine a course of action with the implants drained.

My surgeon had an intern do the draining as he was very busy with consultations and, given that it was a very simple procedure, it’s a learning tool for the intern ... win/win. It was SO simple and not at all uncomfortable! I was asked if I wanted freezing but the intern and I agreed that that would just be two needles on each side instead of one so I decided on not getting any freezing. The “pinch” couldn’t have been any smaller! I barely felt her and she just hooked up a tube to the end of the very large syringe and then attached a very long thin needle to the tube. I held the top of my breast and pushed down to assist in her finding the implant and also to help push the fluid out. I was SO relieved when she said we were done and I sill had a boob in my hand!!! Yay, I still have boobs! I’ll add pics shortly.

Unfortunately, my original surgeon is booking two years out for surgery so I’m hoping for a work around to get the empty implants removed much sooner than that. My surgeon said I could just leave them in but I want these empty bags out of my chest! They are, after all, foreign objects. I can’t feel them though so that’s good.

I have a consultation today with another surgeon here in Toronto which should be a bit unusual since my boobs are now deflated. I’m hoping he has better surgery dates than my original doctor or that he'll agree to removing them under local without a need for precious OR time. Seriously, scrub up an examination room and lets boogie!

I’ll post what happens today at my consult and will post pics at that time. Best of luck to each of you undergoing this (or another) process. So far I feel much relief at not carrying that weight and pressure around any more .... now to remove the bags!