47YO and Done with These Tatas - Louisville, CO

I, like so many of you, have had back and neck pain for years. I have wanted to have a BR for so long I cannot remember when I started thinking about it. I checked it out about 10 years ago and my insurance at that time said no! I was, of course, discouraged after that. I figured that if I just lost weight they would subside. Didn't happen. Gained a lot of that weight back in pity eating, too. I am a 42H right now. I am hoping to go down to a 42C, although my PS first recommended a D at consultation. I go in for my pre-op this Thursday and I plan to discuss this with him further until I can get him to understand that smaller is better, although I know he can only do so much. At my consultation I believe he guesstimated that each breast weighs about 7 lbs right now. Wow!! He plans on taking half of that off. I am also going to find out how much extra it would be to get lipo on the sides of my breasts (under my arms). I am anxious to get rid of this back and neck pain. I cannot wait to feel this weight lifted off of my chest. I cannot wait to be able to walk around the house braless and not worry about smacking something off of the table. Maybe even just wear a tank top in the summer and not worry about sagging. I admit that I am nervous about the surgery itself. I have never had surgery before. I am lucky enough to be able to take 4 weeks (and two days) off from work and receive full pay. I thought I was going to have to work from home quite a bit, but now have someone covering for me in full while I am out. That has been such a relief. I will be recovering for the first two weeks at my mom and dad's house. This will enable me to do nothing but heal, and also save me from the pain of my cat or one of our three dogs jumping on me while I am sleeping. My husband will stay with me in the hospital after the surgery. They are keeping me at the hospital until Saturday morning since the surgery is so late in the day. My husband will also be with me at my mom and dad's house on the weekends. Unfortunately, he does have to go to work, but with me staying at my parents’ house, he will not worry about me being alone all day. I feel like I am ready, although I am sort of "nesting" around home to make sure that I haven't forgotten anything.
I know that my belly will be more noticeable after this procedure, but I know that I can get that back under control again. I have been doing 5K’s this past year, one each month. But with these boobs bouncing around everywhere it has been hard. I cannot wait to do my first 5K with my new girls.
Tomorrow will be 11 days to go for me. The countdown has begun. I plan to post on here as much as I can to not only get helpful advice and needed support from all of you wonderful ladies that are sharing with all of us, but also to hopefully be able to help anyone else that is considering this procedure or that is waiting to have theirs done.

I am ready to get this done. My emotions are all over the place now. The 29th cannot get here soon enough. I have my pre - op tomorrow morning. My recliner is being delivered tomorrow afternoon. I trained my backup at work today; only four workdays left. My mom will be my primary post op caretaker, so she is coming to my appointment tomorrow to find out what she needs to do and what I will need for optimum recovery. I feel so lucky to have her here. Other than some packing, I can't think of anything else to do but wait. We are taking our last clamping (glamorous camping) trip this weekend. At least the last trip for a couple of months.

Come on surgery date!! I am ready!!

I am home! Surgery went well. I don't have the official numbers, but I think he tool a total of 7 pounds. My back pain is gone. Neck pain is done. And, although I don't like it, I can see my belly! Lol.