1 year post-op

So I'm really excited to finally be getting my implants. I wanted them way before I was ever legally allowed to get them. I've always been active in sports--the last few years it's been yoga though, so that has left me very petite on top. However, I have a very muscular structure and a big butt, so I don't feel that my upper body is proportionate to my lower body. I have the most difficult time finding clothes that fit me becauseI am so narrow on top, and constantly have to get things altered. Due to age and financial limitations, I have had to wait until now to even consider getting them.

I don't want to look fake, although I realize that in a bathing suit they will be obvious. My PS and I agreed on 375cc HP silicone unders and I feel confident with that. Initially it was between 304cc MP and 375, but since I am narrow and I would like the upper fullness and they'll be under the muscle, I think they'll be perfect. I was looking for a full C, small D at the most, and I don't think they'll ever be bigger than that.

My husband is active duty Army and was just deployed for a year so I'm very excited to finally be doing this. I'm a little nervous because the Army is moving us the first week of May and I'm not sure how recovered I will be by then. We have to drive cross-country too! My PS said I would be fine to move as long as I am not too active and don't life anything heavy. I'm also a little concerned because I get surgery on a Thursday and have to return to work on Monday--I have a desk job though and don't move at all, not sure how my typing on a keyboard all day long will affect my pain and healing.

I've done a lot of research about how to prepare for surgery and what I will need post-op to speed up the healing process. If anyone has any tips to offer please do! I look forward to starting this journey in 16 days and to getting to know others on here!

I forgot to mention what my stats are! I'm 5'3", 115 lb, 32/34A, 25" waist. I measured 34A at my consultation but it varies. I think 375cc high profile will be perfect. I'm confident about my decision, just nervous now that everything is set and paid for in full. Surgery in 2 weeks...this is going to be torture having to wait now. I don't actually have a pre-op which is confusing because most other people I know had one. I have pre-op instructions and will send in my lab results and will hear from the surgery center the day before as to the actual time I need to be there. I'm still debating on how much time to take off of work too. I have surgery scheduled for a Thursday and was going to take Friday off, and then I would have the weekend, and if I really needed to then Monday as well. So 4-5 days if you count day of surgery. What do you guys think? I'm an admin assistant to a regional director on an Army installation, so I literally sit in a chair at a desk/computer all day long without moving. Hopefully ill be okay--I know everyone heals differently. Ahhh I'm just feeling so many things right now, like this is actually happening... :)

Okay so now I am less than 2 weeks away from my surgery date and its crazy to think this is really happening! I feel like I'm not going to be prepared no matter how many lists I make or things I buy---that I'm going to forget something or underestimate the pain I'll be in. I've had surgery before though, abdominal laparoscopy for an ovarian cyst, so I at least know what to expect with that, but I'm sure this is way different. I did have 3 incisions with that surgery though, 1 in my belly button, one right about my public bone and one over my left ovary. I think it took a year for those scars to fade and even now I can still see them a little bit. Anyway, so now I am starting to question if I went with the right size...I have a feeling it's pretty common to do this right before surgery, but I'm thinking if my husband and I loved the way the 375cc high profile silicone felt, won't they be smaller when I get them under the muscle? Should I go bigger to compensate for that? Unlike some of your PSs, mine didnt offer to order multiple implant sizes for the day of surgery, but I know it's not too late to change the size. My patient coordinator had been really helpful in answering any random questions I have since my last pre-op, but I feel like she also doesn't know as much as my PS would and can tell she guesses on some things. My PS doesn't believe in using a drain pump or pain pump because he doesn't want to connect anything on the outside of my body to the inside of it...to prevent risk of infection. That makes sense to me but I'm just scared ill be in a lot of pain since I don't do well with pain killers. Did any of you not take pain killers post-op? I'm thinking about trying to get him to fill Valium or a muscle relaxer or something for me for when I go pick up my prescriptions. Also, how soon were you able to move around? I ask this because we have a townhouse that is 3 stories and our bedroom is upstairs...will I be able to to up the stairs the day of surgery? I've officially put in my leave for work and am gojng back on Monday, Tuesday at the latest, and my surgery is on the previous Thursday. So 4-5 days later. I'm really nervous about that...but I did tell my boss about the breast implants just because she and I are kind of close and if I'm in a lot of pain I don't want to have to pretend like I'm not at work. Ahh it's just so close now. I want to get it over with so that I don't have any more time to second guess some of the choices I made or to obsess over them any longer lol.