60 Year Old with 24 Year Old Ruptured Silicone Implants, Planning for Explant and Lift. New York, NY

OK here is my implant story!!
In 1990 I decided that after wanting bigger breasts for what seemed like an eternity I would finally do it. I chose a surgeon in Utah (I am from NY) that had an excellent reputation and whose work I had seen on a few friends. He had his own surgi-center and the price of surgery included monitored lodging for you and 1 guest for up to 3 days depending on how you were doing! (I stayed only till the next day) The surgeons name was Wesely Harline of the Weber Clinic in Ogden Utah.(He has since passed)
I was initially thrilled with the results and he personally told me that they would last forever and even joked that after I was dead and buried they would still be intact....so much for that bit of nonsense!
My breasts at the time of implant were a B cup but were deflated and saggy due to having breastfed so the doctor did a donut mastopexy along with the augmentation. I was 117 pounds at that time...very thin and had requested a C cup but after surgery he said that he had determined that I "needed" a D to balance my figure (??) They seemed enormous to me at that time but I still liked them and only started disliking them about 12 years ago. My weight over the years went up to 137 and they became HUGE!!
At that same time, about ten years ago I began having vague problems that I figured might have something to do with the implants. I developed interstitial cystitis, an inflammatory bladder condition, I had numbness intermittently in my hands and arms, burning but sporadic breast pains and chest wall pain but these things waxed and waned. I became involved with alternative medicine treatments , improved my diet and got things under control to a degree. Five years ago I began to have increasing burning pains so I decided to finally have the implants removed. I also felt that they were cumbersome and unattractive giving me a matronly look. Somehow huge breasts become less attractive as you get older..or at least that is the way I feel. I had an MRI and felt sure that it would say my implants were ruptured (I had a hair analysis that showed extremely high silicone in 2003 ) The result 5 years ago was that they were NOT ruptured so I put off my decision to remove them. Fast forward to this November, I again was having intense burning sensations in my breast so I again had an MRI. This time it showed bilateral Implant ruptures!
I started researching doctors, had a few consults but agonized over who to choose and whether to have a lift. The 3 doctors I consulted all thought I needed a lift, one said Benelli, the other two donut mastopexy. So I made a decision and now I am 2 days away from surgery. I am posting some before pics of me with the implants that were taken within the month. I have none of my before pics.
I am totally indebted to all the women on this site whose stories I have read and who have helped me come to this decision which was very hard for me. Going from a big D to a possible A or hopefully B is a daunting thought but suffering the ill consequences of ruptured implants is the greater worry!! I will update after surgery with more details.

I am so grateful the are out and I am fine! I had a bit of a rough night but am feeling better now...should be going home later today. I got a very quick peek last night....can't wait to see more later...thanks to all for the prayers and encouragement.

My surgery was almost 6 hours. My impacts were HUGE....500 CC which I did not know. I had very little breast tissue which my surgeon did the best to rearrange so I will have a good result. The capsules were not completely intact and we're calcified...the implants were a mass of icky goo. I am now all bound up in my surgical bra with lots of dressings that were changed once post op...I did not get to see much. My implants were adhered to the pectoral wall so there was quite a job to remove them enbloc. My sore throat from the intubation is nearly gone and I am feeling better but there is pain involved...I am grateful to be free of them and to have had a great surgeon....I will post pics down the line. Love to all you wonderful courageous ladies!!