Ready to Explant After 17 Years - The Woodlands, TX

I feel pretty awesome! Still think this is the best thing I ever did. It still hurts every once in a while, but not bad at all. I had to bite the bullet and go back to work after ten days, and it was a bit rough,..but I think getting 'back in the game' early helped the whole reshaping thing along. I'm very happy with my outcome. And hopefully I'll continue to improve, but honestly I didn't expect such good results so soon. Not to toot my own horn, but I think I look great!! ..and WAY better than I did before..I highly recommend Dr. Gill and the whole explant process in general. I owe a great deal of Thanks! to all you ladies who went before me. If yall and this site weren't here, I'd still be dragging around about six pounds of poison with me. I am sooooo much happier this way!

Today is the two week mark! . I had to go back to work two days ago, it's a pretty heavy job and I was a bit worried, but I was fine. I'm "body tired" and resting today but it felt really great to get back into things. EVERYTHING was so much easier! This was, up to date, my best decision EVER! I am very happy with my natural breasts. I think they look a lot better in real life than they do in the pics. That camera picks up everything! Even so, there is a big difference. I'm still a little bit bruised, my ribs and sternum and underneath my breasts still hurt when I apply pressure. Easy fix though,..I stopped pokin' at them.
All in all, I couldn't be happier and I feel great!. Those silicone implants were not just hindering my performance, I truly believe they were poisoning me. Every day that's gone by since the surgery, I've felt better and better. It's like my body's been waking up slowly. - Maybe that sounds a little nuts, but I don't know how else to put it. I turned off the silicone faucets and now I feel a whole lot better! I think I look better too! :)
I need to give a great big THANK YOU! to everyone for all of your support, kind words, and the gift of sharing your experiences with me. I want to also say, to any woman reading this right now thinking about about explanting, Go for it! You won't be disappointed.

Went and got my drains out yesterday, what a relief! That may be the worst part. I'm off the antibiotics and the pain meds now and I'm feeling pretty good. Although necessary, I don't think the meds help you feel "good" . Between those, the surgery, and the anesthesia, I've been kind of out of it and a bit uncomfortable . Except for the first two days after, it had to be whatever they gave me in the hospital, because I felt freakin awesome!
There is a little improvement as far as the appearance of my breasts. Of course I have holes where the drains were, and i'm yellow and green from the bruising, but overall looking better every day. I'm getting used to moving around without anything hanging from my chest and I like it! I can breathe better, my back and neck don't ache, I can sit up straight, and my vision is definitely getting better! I don't know how many of you believe in silicone illness, but I'm a believer. Every time I've gone to the eye doctor, I tell them there's a weird fuzzy thing still going on. Well, it's clearing up! I'm thankful for that.
So, yesterday was my first day out, did some shopping after the appt., totally exhausted myself! I decided to try on some bras while I was out, ..it wasn't worth the effort!..I decided I'm sticking with my sports bras. That's never been a big issue for me anyway, I live in them anyhow. Maybe some time down the line, I'll go get fitted and invest in some fancy ones, but for now it's just not that important to me.
All in all, I don't have any regrets as far as having this procedure done and I know I'll continue to improve.
Just as an added note, one of these days here soon, I'm going to dig out my pre-implant pictures. It's a polaroid from over 20 years ago. I'm waay bigger now with the implants out. I don't even think I was done developing when I decided I had to have implants. What a shame.