31 Years Old and So Ready for a Change! :) - Wenatchee, WA

Hello everyone! :)

So I don't normally write reviews, but I've been stalking this site for a few months now, and decided to share my own experience in hopes that it will help someone else. Reading everyone else's reviews has been super helpful to me and totally prepared me for the questions I wanted to ask at my pre-op appointment, which was earlier today! I'm all set, aside from some paperwork I have to fill out, for August 21st at 6:00AM!

I have always had large breasts. I currently wear a 36G and over the last few years with weight gain and loss, the cup size has gone up and down, but I don't think I can ever remember a time where they didn't sag. I never had perky boobs and like everyone else, had to wear my first training bra before I could barely see over the dashboard in the car. But that's all about to change and I'm so excited! I have had this surgery scheduled since the middle of March or so. I initially went to see my doctor at the end of February, just to see if I could get approved by insurance. I do have upper back pain and strained neck muscles/grooves in my shoulders from my bra, but I never really went to the doctor for it. I did go see a chiropractor for a little while though, for a herniated disc, but my plastic surgeon wasn't sure if a letter from him would be enough documentation, especially considering my visits were due to lower back pain and not upper back pain, but he said to have him write a letter anyway.

And he did! Apparently my neck is at a twenty-three degree angle forward, when it's supposed to be at zero degrees, and I never realized it until I went to see my chiropractor and he took pictures, but I'm completely hunched forward, all due to large breasts. Well, fast forward one week after my paperwork and letter had been sent off to insurance, and I was approved! I couldn't believe it. I think I jumped around the house for ten minutes, and then stared at the paper in awe! :) I'm sure others have felt the same way.

So today was my pre-op. I asked him a million questions. A lot of women on here have very full breasts but when I look at my own, I see marshmallow fluff and sag. I suppose it's really hard to judge your on boobs and how much they weigh in comparison to others, but I was worried that if they didn't take off that certain amount of tissue required by insurance, that somehow I'd be charged the full price after everything was said and done. He assured me that he could not remember a time where that happened and that he's estimating he'll take about 600-700 grams of tissue from each breast. Holy moly! I didn't even know I had that much tissue to give! So I hope that helps reassure other people that have the same worries I do.

I'm 5'7 and 194lbs (hoping to lose at least thirty more after the surgery) and he told me that I'd have a little more droop (but that they'd still be perky) but no significant changes by losing that extra weight.

Now that I've rambled on and on! I have a few pre-operation pictures posted and I'll definitely have more once I've actually had the surgery. My doctor couldn't tell me what size I would be but that I would be significantly smaller. I hope that means a C, but I'll take anything if it means I don't have to wear armor anymore. :)

On another note, I looked at a few before and after pictures that my surgeon had taken of his other patients when my pre-op appointment was finished (there were only about six examples, the others were all breast augmentations) and half of them had uneven nipples. This terrifies me greatly. I'm really hoping for the best during my own operation and wish I hadn't seen any pictures at all! Do uneven nipples happen quite often? Can the body change in the healing process when it comes to that?

So I'm less than three weeks away from my surgery date and I've almost finished gathering everything I need for life post-surgery. I love seeing pictures of what other people have bought in anticipation for their date, so I thought I'd share mine, too. My local Wal-mart is having a really big sale until Sunday, so I bought a couple of tank-tops (only $1.50 each!), two button up shirts, and a couple of camisoles. I also bought some Tylenol Extra Strength, Arnica Montana Pills, Cocoa Butter and a roll of 3M Nexcare Sensitive Paper tape. I have some kind of allergy to bandaid adhesive and this tape was recommended by other reviewers, so I went ahead and got it. Everything is sitting on top of the foam wedge pillow that I got for my bed, so that I didn't have to be confined to the recliner in the living room.

I think all that's left is bottled water for easy access and prune juice! haha I'm really excited. I plan to do some before and after photos in the clothes I bought, so that I have something to look back on after my surgery. I'll post them soon! :)

So I took a some before photos wearing a couple of the new shirts I bought. I bought five or six of those tank-tops in different colors and I can't wait to see what they're like after the surgery. I'd never wear anything like that right now. And that button up shirt is to wear to and from the surgery. It's pretty baggy, which is great, but my boobs are still very prominent in it. I'm only eleven days away from surgery! It's all I can talk about right now, I'm so excited!