Yesterday I went in for my 4th expansion and boy was I relieved! In my last post I expressed concerned because my doc was wanting to do a 385 cc implant which meant he would expand me to 400 cc. I was afraid that was going to be WAY to big for my small frame. After talking to my therapist about it on Monday, she suggested that I just take pics (like I always do) and when I feel like I'm ready to stop expanding, then I must stand my ground and tell him. For anyone who knows me, you know how hard it is for me to do that. I always feel like I'm going to step on someones toes. However I realize that he is the professional and has done this a few times. Anyways, I went in today and was filled to 300 cc's. When he's done, he always steps back and takes a look to make sure they look okay. It made me laugh because I was talking to him during expansion about how many more expansions we needed to do in order for him to put in a 385 cc implant. He steps back to assess my progress and was like, "Okay, I think we're good at this size!" LOL I was thinking to myself, "Thank gawd!" because boy were they getting large and round and FULL!
You may be wondering why I would do one more expansion if we both like the current size and the reasons is, is because the expanders are a bit bulkier than the implant and it will give him some wiggle room during surgery in case he needs to go a tad bit bigger. So we will stop at 360 cc's next Tuesday. Then the expanders will need to "rest" for 2-3 weeks and from there we can schedule my exchange surgery! I just can't believe we are already this far in this process. Don't get me wrong, I don't want these expanders in for any longer than I have to, but man time is flying and this experience will never happen again. That is bittersweet!
Tomorrow marks my 6 week post-op, so I will report back and add photos then. Until then, here are my new, size 300 cc, expansion #4 boobies, in an old workout top; excuse the cat hair! HAHAHA