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Hannahbearsmom

I know what ou mean...I'm trying to peek under all of the gauze and ace wraps, but not having much luck seeing anything!!!  They do feel nice and squishy:)  for some reason after surgery my one side of my jaw hurts...I can barely open my mouth to chew.  This pain is far worse than the exchange surgery!!!  Thanks again for all of the prayers and well wishes, you all are incredible gals!!!

Hi Ladies!

Did your PS mention that they would be sitting you up during the exchange?

I was informed that I would have a breathing tube for a secure air way as they would be sitting me up to see how the implants were placed.

I had a sore throat for a few days, but not jaw pain. I didn't have any bandages to hide the new girls... Everyone is so different!

Whippetmom,

Hi, my name is Paula.  I had my BMX with TE's on Jan 8th and am currently going through my expansion process...  I am 5'5" and weigh 133 lbs, my rib cage is 30" (which shocked me thought it was bigger!).  My TE's are Mentor Medium Height Contoured Profile Style 6200, 450 cc's.  I was filled at time of surgery to 250 cc's, first fill after was 150 cc's (ouch!) and then second fill was 100 cc's (ouch again).  I am scheduled for 3rd fill next week, so I am currently at 500 cc's and love the size I am right now.  My PS wants to overfill me to 600-700 cc's and I think he is thinking about 450 cc implant (silicone but I don't know anything else about that yet).  I was a small, not very full B before surgery and I would like to end up a very full, large C.  When I was there last time for my fill I told him that I liked where I was but wanted to be bigger for final outcome and he told me not to get greedy and chuckled.  Not sure if he was joking or not, but I just thought I'd come to you and see what you think as far as where I need to be for a large C implant.  He always overfills for this process, he said to get the natural fold under the breast, which I think is fine, but I don't want too much of a sag and I told him that I don't want the final outcome to look like a natural sagging boob, I want it to look like I had a boob job, I want nice perky new girls!  So, if you can help me that would be great.  I have to say that I am probably one of the few that actually like the looks of my TE's, for the most part, and love how they look in clothes.  thank you so much for anything you can help with!

Paula

Wbuggie:  Oh my....I remember you posting that request a few pages back.  I meant to start working on it and got distracted.  A piece of lint can distract me for days!  LOL  MENOTAMOX brain.  Tampa Bay PS.....I'm on it right now!    I'll PM you!

Coolbreeze....I will answer some of your questions in a little bit...

Hi Lyn,  fancy meeting you here!  I have been lurking here for a while now, I'm reading still back on page 349, not sure I'll ever get caught up, i think I just picked a spot in the middle somewhere but it's taking forever... I have to limit myself to one page at a time or I'd sit here all day reading!  I might just skip a few pages and move closer to the end to get caught up...  but just thought I'd throw my info out there and see where I'm at, starting to get excited and nervous about exchange!

Paula

Coolbreeze: You are a petite little gal - 5'3" tall...102 lbs [or do I have it reversed?] and a 28 inch ribcage and so 375 ccs or 400 ccs would work for you.  Let's not talk cup sizes...you might end up a "D" cup with 400 ccs...go look at Breast Implant Sizing 101 again...cup sizing is a misnomer and will only get you in trouble.  If you tell your PS you want to be a "C" you will likely end up a "B".  Wait until you have about 300 ccs in those expanders and let's see how things are shaping up..

NOTE: Those of us who have D plus cup sizes do not look like the D cup you would see with breast augmentation.  I cannot describe why this is, but lack of fat and breast tissue might have very much to do with the phenomenon.  I am a DD cup "bra-size" but I look like a C cup.   This is why I feel in most cases, we want to err on the larger side of the implant spectrum.

Paula:  I would say at least 500 ccs - Mentor Smooth Round High Profile.  Push for at least 500 ccs.  This would be a nice size for you.  I would not want to expand any further than 600 ccs though.  You should be getting fills every two to three weeks -  not weekly - especially if your PS is overfilling the TEs that much.

Whippetmom:  I am having fills every 3 weeks, otherwise there is no way that I could've handled a 150 cc and then 100 cc fill.  As it was I was in a lot of pain.  Thank you so much for your input, I'll write it all down and I plan on asking him a few questions when I go back on Tuesday, so I'll see what he has in mind and hope that they are the same as what you recommend.  If he only over-expands to 600 and if I could tolerate another 100 cc fill I could be done with the expansions, but not sure I can do that... might just go with 2 more at 50 cc's each.  That sounds much more doable.  I know that everyone keeps saying that it's not a race, but patience has never been one of my virtues and I really want to be able to enjoy this summer and be done with surgeries.  He assured me when we started all of this that I would be done and complete other than maybe the tattoos by my sons wedding in July, so I'm holding him to that!  He is planning on doing the nipples at the time of the exchange.  anyway, I'm babbling, thank you again!

And Lilah, thanks for the tip!

Paula

Please add me to the list!  After nearly two years, I am scheduled to get my new nipple/aerola on April 6th!!!  My ps does it under local & does the tattoo first then stiches the nipple.  Sounds painful!!! 

(((((((((((((JOYCE))))))))))))) WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

PAULA... I am going to "take Deborah's 500cc and raise her 50 to 100cc's"

With your stats and height... girl... 450 is gonna give you about a large B.

I am short with rib cage of about 30-32 at the time ( do not remember) and it took 500cc to get me a large C.

I would let the doctor expanded you too the 600 or so.. and put the MENTOR HP SMOOTH ROUND ( like Deb said) 500-550cc. I HATE seeing 70% of us going back to bigger... at least the number seems this high.

Peace!

wbuggie, I am in the Tampa Bay area- Sarasota.  I'm going to Moffitt for my Treatment and would be happy to talk with you about docs..JUDY

Here's my scoop on Sports bras  - I've tried a bunch of them to find one that met my ps's requirements of absolutely no bounce while holding the girls in and up.  I finally found one and tried it out before my revision.  Works beautifully - no flattening of the upper pole (in fact, it's cut low enough that some cleavage shows - cooler to work out in, too), encapsulates the implants, can hook x-back or regular style, and no bouncing (with high impact aerobics) - even of the DDs....  It's the "Max Out High-Impact Underwire Sports Bra" by Bendon.  http://www.barenecessities.com/Bendon-Max-Out-High-Impact-Underwire-Sports-Bra_product_BendonSport73408_,search,.htm

Laura - believe it or not, there are underwires that don't support.  A lot of it is how the cup is structured - cups with seams tend to be more supportive  - as well as if there are support"wings" on the lateral aspects of the cups.  Does it sound like I should apply to work as a bra fitter? 

Oh....I've been wondering why some docs do nips with local or conscious sedation, so I asked my ps why he uses general for nips......he said since he drapes your face, many people get pretty claustrophic.....since that's definitely me, I say bring on the general.....

Julie, my PS said he will use Radiesse to plump my nipples if they get too flat.  I thought I had mentioned that in this thread, but maybe not.  He said the Radiesse should last for years and years if we need to use it.

Julie....You crack me up....a nipple you can latch onto?  Uh...that would be my left one.  Heck, I might need a nipple REDUCTION!