Age 55, Newly Retired, Tired of Back Pain, want new body - State College, PA

I seriously considered BR about 20 years ago and then I talked myself out of it. I think it was mostly from fear and whether would I be happy with the results. Now all these years later and I have terrible posture, and almost constant back , neck and shoulder pain and chronic migraines. I am hoping for some relief from some of this pain. I'd also like to have breasts that aren't laying on my stomach. I'm not even sure if I remember those days. My PS says I will probably be small, most likely a B. I'm a 38DD in American sizes and 34H in UK. B sounds really small and scares me a bit. She has to take enough to get the insurance to cover. I'm telling myself I will be happy when I can but cute little bras and a normal bathing suit. I'm nervous about getting everything I need to take care of myself afterwards. This website has been helpful.

Well one from today is my surgery. Going for pre-op blood work and all that today. Starting to get really nervous. Just would like to have the surgery and be back home. I will be staying overnight. Having the drains removed the next morning after the surgery. Then go back to the dr the next day.

Well I had my surgery Wednesday morning. Surgery took about 4 hours. My PS is known for being meticulous. That is completely fine with me. She thinks she did a good job with the area between my breasts. The skin there had actually pulled away my chest wall from all the years of saggy breasts. She wasn't sure how much she could correct it or maybe there would be puckers that she could address later in the office. I did get terrible migraine and still getting them from the anesthesia. This has happened to me before when I've been put to sleep. I am a migraine sufferer so something about the anesthesia sets them off. I hope they ease off soon. I stayed overnight in the hospital. I kept telling Them I had pretty bad pain around the bottom of surgical bra. They asked if it was tightness or pain. I said it felt very tight but I was having pain from that digging into my incision. Yesterday morning they got me a bigger surgical bra. It still is doing a good job of compression but is not causing the pain like the previous one. It feels snug without hurting me. They also removed my drains before I came home. I'm very happy about that. Mostly I'm feeling discomfort here at home. Sometimes I have some pain depending on how I move. They gave me 2 Percocet in the hospital yesterday morning for my hour ride home. I took 1at 9 pm last night just so hopefully I could rest a little better. Sleeping on my back and feeling discomfort and twinges every time I move is not easy. I've always been a side sleeper. I got a bed wedge and put my pillow on top of it and stacked pillows around me. I did feel some dizziness and light headless when I went to the BR at 2 AM. That had not happened in the hospital. But I'm feeling ok now. I go back to the dr today. I assume she changes the dressings or maybe she just looks underneath them to make sure everything is ok. I'm a little nervous about having to change my own dressings when/if it comes to that. I took some before pics. When I can actually see the new girls I will post some those and some after pics. Anxious to hear what the dr says today And her instructions as far as timeline for things, such showering etc. and what will I doing as far as me caring forthe dressings. That's it so far. Oh - She took 500 g from right and 448 from left. Maybe update today or tomorrow after I see my dr.