26 Years Old, No Kids, 5'9, 125lbs, 34B. Finally Doing It! - Miami, FL

So... all set! I can't believe it yet! I have pre-op appointment tomorrow and surgery this Friday! I was reading realself like crazy and honestly this was a huge help for me so I decided that I will share my experience as well.

I wanted this surgery for so long but I was tooo scared of the pain and recovery. I couldn't overcome my fear of pain. But finally I decided that enough is enough and booked my surgery! I actually visit my Doctor in 2013 for a consultation but never end up doing it- first of all I was super scared and second I needed to move out of the country. I was forced to do this and move to a country I have never been so this was difficult time to make any decisions. Anyway, I am back in US and first thing I did when I get back was to go again for a consultation. My fear of surgery was worst than ever, I was even stressed to have this consultation! But I realized that I will always be scared, fear won't go so I decided just go ahead and do it. I am very nervous but when I am starting to be scared I remind myself why I want I always wanted to do it and I get better.

So far I bought few things for my surgery:
Pillows
Neck Pillow
Ice Packs
Juice Squeezer? for a natural orange juice
Clothes for surgery
Straws
Water, water and water

Below some questions I have prepared for tomorrow to ask my Doctor:
1. Is there any technique that will allow me to wake up without pain? (I know some girls describing waking up in a horrible pain when others feeling only pressure and I am really scared of being in pain)
2. Will nurses help me to dress?
3. What I should bring with me on a day of surgery?
4. Will I wake up in tapes or sports bra?
6. How often do you see complications after this procedure?
7. How many follow up appointments I'm going to have?
8. How long after surgery I will sleep in a recovery room?

He and his staff answered already like 100 of my questions so I guess everything else is clear to me.

And we will discuss shape and size of implants tomorrow as well. When I tried them last time I liked 371cc, Doctor told me that since it is going under a muscle it will look smaller and to achieve 371cc look I will need to get 421cc. I was researching realself reviews and I am surprised how same sizes can look different on different people. Sometimes I think 421 will be perfect, next time I feel like it could be too small. Well I will try again tomorrow.

About my surgeon- I was so sure that I want this surgery to be performed by him that I never considered even to go to someone else. I know that they say that you should go to at least 3 doctors and then make decision. But honestly Dr. Hochstein does amazing work, is very talented and I truly trust him.

Yeeey! I'm on the other side! Excuse my typos if any but I'm writing this from my iPhone. So yesterday was my surgery, I was told to arrive at 9:00am. I waited like 30 mins and then the nurse called me and ask to come with her and change to very stylish hospital clothes lol and do a pregnancy test. I was already freaking out. Then they took me to another room to put my IV on and a nurse did it but my vain was too thin or sth and she called another nurse to redone. Before she started the Doctor called me to mark me. It took maybe 30 seconds. And what he said freaked me out- he said that we will need to do a high profile ( only thing I didn't wanted) because my chest is small or narrow and it needs to be a HP and he left. My god I freaked out. Only thing I didnt want is to have those two balls boobd. I really felt I havent discuss with him what I want exactly on my pre op (was with him maybe 1 min then) or before surgery so I was close to cry. He just said that to trust him and he knows what he is doing. And yes that was the reason why I choose him, I was really trusting him so I kept this words in my mind. Then I come back to nurse to try again with my IV and I told her my concerns and she was truly amazing. She went to the doctor by herself and make sure about his decision and asked what exactly size I'm gettinh. That was so nice of her- she told me she won't let me go to the surgety with any doubts. So she came back and said that because my chest is so narrow a moderate profile would be too wide for me and I'm getting 425cc. I was still concerned if this is a correct size but well I won't know exactly how I'm gonna look until its there. So the other nurse ( cool as well) come to try to put my IV and then anaesthesiologist suddenly come and said that we need to go to the operating room. Nurses said that I dont have IV yet but he said we will do this in a operating room. My goodness I freaked out, I wanted seriously to run away and back up when I saw this one bed in this big room with a huge bright light. Anaesthesiologist saw that I'm stressed and he just decided that they would even put my IV under anaesthesia. Then only thing I remember is to wake up in zero pain, no shaking, no nothing. Nurses gave me some warm blanket and helped my to dress. All staff was awesome. I'm now 1,5 day after my surgery and I still havent experience any pain. I hear that I would feel like an elephant would sit on me but any if that stuff neither. Just a bit tight and thats it. After first night I just felt when I was standing up to the bathroom that they are just heavy but that's it any pain. So far so good. I'm on so heavy drugs that I'm just sleeping and eating, bit TV and thats it. Taking it easy and my husband is a huge help. Seriously I am so blessed that I have not experience any pain so far. Today will be my second night so I will update you how it goes tomorrow.

So today no pain at all again. I just cant believe. Feeling dizzy and sleeping a lot today, waking up only to take meds. So far so good, tomorrow is my post op appointment when I will got change to my new bra thar I'm going to wear for 6 weeks I believe. No pics update today as I'm still in bandages but I will update you tomorrow once I have my bra. So far extremely surprised that there is no pain and sleeping is good too! Definitely neck pillow saved me life :) if you u have any questions at this point feel free to ask.