My mom and I was just talking about this topic earlier today. I haven't been sleeved yet, but after reading several posts on here I am wondering if I will actually lose these things once the weight starts falling off? I too am genetically well endowed so I worry they won't go down much

I know what a pain they are too (especially in the back)! I hope yours start to shrink soon! Maybe they will be the last thing to go.

I haven't been sleeved yet...but I did have breast reduction when I was 19 and it was one of the BEST decisions I have ever made. I'm 5'5 and at the time I weighed about 145ish and had E/F size breasts. After surgery I went down to a small size C. Now that I've almost doubled my weight (wince) I have a large D.

Before the surgery, though, my back killed me on a daily basis. The key to getting insurance companies to pay for it is to make sure they see it as a health problem, not a vanity problem. Ie- your back/shoulderneck hurts, your bra straps dig into your shoulders, you get tension headaches at the base of your skull, its causing your spine to go out of alignment etc. You might want to start laying some groundwork with your GP or a chiropractor now. My doctor was absolutely amazing and its important to find one that you trust and who also knows how to work with the insurance companies!

As for my recovery, it was actually rather painless. I stayed with my parents and my mom was amazing and made sure that I was on a continuous round of painkiller so I was at a constant therapeutic level. In fact, they had to call the doctor so she would tell me that I needed to rest because I was up be-bopping around! I'm fair skinned, so it took awhile for the scars to fade but now you can barely notice them. Frankly, I wouldn't have cared if it had made me look like Frankenstein as long as my personal torture devices went away!

Good luck and if you have any questions about before, during, after, whatever feel free to message me!

At the time of my VSG I was a 44H. 18 months later I am a 34 DDD. I have lost 125 lbs but even though I've lost volume, the breasts are still there, just deflated =(. That DDD cup still isn't adequate to properly contain all the empty skin and I'm not even at goal yet. I'm afraid that when I am at goal, in another 40 lbs, that I will be a 32DD, and it will all be empty shriveled skin! =( =( I intend to get total body reconstruction after achieving goal, I think a mid C cup would be just fine.

I am curious too. I have a large chest, and I have been thinking about what I am going to do with the boobies. When I was lighter three years ago my boobies went down to a 38DDD. My boobies never had that perkiness. Like the other poster said, in order for insurance to cover it, you have to show that it is causing issues. I have heard the same thing for the tummy tuck. Show that it's causing some skin rashes etc. I also heard that insurance may not cover both, but all insurances are different so I do not know how true that is. I do know that I won't have any work done until at goal. No sense in me doing it not at goal, but I will start the process near goal so once I'm there I've already waited the recommended amount of time.