41 Years Old, Asian, No Kids, 34B to ??

I left the office and did more research for a couple more months. I called a few other surgeons but didn't connect with them the way I had with Dr. Columbus. So, I set up a second consult. I had more questions prepped but had narrowed down my wish pics by a LOT. We talked about the specifics in each picture - what I liked in each and the feasibility for me. I was thrilled when he said he could accomplish everything I wanted!! Now my biggest concern is that I have truly no idea what it takes to get the size I want. How big is too big? What if I go through all this and you can hardly tell the difference? I don’t want to go too small! Dr. Columbus is amazing. He’s patient and understanding. He’s done so many of these that I’m sure he’s encountered many women asking the same questions but he never seemed annoyed and was always understanding and confident. One thing he said that really resonated with me was that he viewed this as an enhancement. He didn’t want to make me look sleazy, rather enhance what was there to make me look and feel beautiful. He recognized there’s a balance. Like, just fake enough to make people wonder. After the second consult, I was suddenly more excited than nervous. This was a shift in my emotions. I had been so nervous about whether or not I was doing the right thing. I had a conservative upbringing and had never in my entire life considered elective surgery of any kind. Something had changed in me though and I realized that technology and medicine had come a long way. The implants are much safer now and it (my breast shape) was the one thing I couldn’t change on my own. I can diet and workout and feel good about the way I look from that perspective but I would never be able to meet my desired goals on my own. And as such…I set my surgery for Dec 13th!

Only the second half of my first review posted so it makes no sense. Here's the first part:
This first review will be LONG because I'm catching up!
I wanted to add a review because I did a TON of research and found very few reviews that I could relate to closely. I'm a 41 y.o. Asian with no children. I am pretty active, healthy and fit. I'm no fitness model - this girl loves to eat! But I stay in good shape. I have been unhappy with the shape of my breasts for as long as I can remember. The size wasn't ever too terrible. I wore a 34B but bras always gapped. They say your body starts to fall apart at 40 and I think they were right when it came to me! Even before that, my once perky breasts started to sag. I have never had kids, although I've been pregnant twice (miscarried) but not far enough along to have affected my breasts (at least, so I would think). I wanted to have some more volume and shape with a nice rounded upper pole, side boob and realistic cleavage. Not a huge gap but also no uniboob!

My pre-op stats are as follows:
41 y.o. asian
5'0"
126 lbs
34B (sort of)

I'm writing this 4 days after my surgery but will continue to update as things progress since it's still early on. After doing much research online and in RealSelf, I decided to go for a free consultation with Dr. Michael Columbus from The Plastic Surgery Group. He had many good reviews and the practice has been around for a very long time. He is a founding partner. I had, as I said, done a lot of research. So, when I went for the consult, I had a long list of questions and TONS of “wish” pictures. Dr. Columbus was friendly and easy to talk to right off the bat. He answered all my questions and provided me with tons of information - almost too much! I showed him many of my pictures but quickly found that I had way too many. During my consultation, he took measurements and determined my bandwidth to be 13.5". Based on my desired goals, he said that he would do over muscle with Mentor Memory Gel Moderate Plus. Going over muscle made it more difficult from a research perspective. The majority go under muscle. I had no issue with going over muscle and was actually excited that this meant I could potentially get back to working out faster. I don't lift weights much but do a lot of cardio in the form of high intensity, high impact Zumba. Coming into the holiday season and knowing I couldn't work out was killing me!

Something went wrong and my entire review was just erased so I'm re-writing it. Hopefully I capture everything again. The day of surgery went smoothly. My nerves were crazy! I was trying to calm myself down but having my husband there was key. He has been supportive and caring throughout this entire process. He was my rock. Dr. Columbus came in and did his final markings. He said that after reviewing his notes from our mtgs that he thought he would go with high profile vs moderate plus as we had originally discussed. I didn’t have any issue with this and just said, I just don’t want to go too big. He assured me that he understood what I wanted. Shortly after, I was wheeled back. When I woke up, I was shocked when they told me he had gone with 500 cc high profile. This seemed much bigger than we had talked but after looking at the Mentor chart again later, I can see it still is within my bandwidth. Time would tell!

I felt surprisingly good. Laura, Dr. Columbus’ nurse, had told me I would be amazed by how good I felt how quickly afterwards and that that was the issue sometimes. Women felt great and would overdo it and hurt themselves. I kept telling myself I would not push myself too hard. I didn’t feel any of the immense pressure that other ladies experience. I felt almost no pain but I was still heavily medicated of course. They gave me a Percocet before I left the surgical center, quickly got dressed and off we went. Once we got home, I climbed in bed with little help and pretty much stayed there the rest of the day and night. I took one Percocet after a few hours but hated the feeling it gave me. I felt woozy and like I was on a roller coaster with terrible motion sickness. I decided my pain wasn’t bad enough to deal with that and quit taking Percocet after that. The biggest sensation I had was that feeling of tightness where my skin felt very stretched and my boobs felt huge. I mean, they are! Isn’t that the point!? I was using ice packs to provide some relief to that swelling and stretched feeling.