Now that I've had the surgery, everyone has been asking me if I have any regrets. I can definitely say, now three weeks post-op, that I have NO regrets! So many of the reasons are the little things I think many women take for granted. Having had the surgery and knowing both sides of it, I don't think I will ever take these for granted.

• I can go to Shopko or Walmart and buy a bra now! I got three sports bras for less than $20! My bras when I wore a G were between $40-60 and I had to buy them online. Oh - and these new bras are sports bras! I couldn't find a sports bra in a G cup. One of my new ones is a hideous mauve color that I had to get just because I can now! All the larger cup bras online are black, white or beige. Wow - colors!
  
  
• When I go on a walk, I get sweat on my back. I don't come home with puddles of sweat under my breasts. When I walk fast, I don't hear the "flop flop flop" of my breasts hitting my stomach. I know what the smaller breasted women are probably thinking .... "Ewwwweee! That happens?" Yup. It sure does. But not anymore!!!!
  
  
• When we go out to eat, I can put a napkin in my lap and it actually makes sense to do it now! While wearing a G, I would get what I called "shelf stains". Every time food dropped, instead of falling onto that napkin, it would hit my breasts. Other people could eat spaghetti or French onion soup in public and not have to worry about ruining their clothes. Now I can, too!
  
  
• All my t-shirts fit now. You know when you go to a concert or WWE or whatever and there's all those t-shirts to buy? Well, the ones I had before actually fit me now. I don't have to worry about them stretching over huge boobs and having room to cover the rest of me, too. Now they just fit because my breasts are a normal size.
  
  
• When I shave my legs in the bathtub, my breast doesn't get all full of shaving cream when I bend my leg.
  
  
• There is now absolutely no way I can hide a soda can under my breast. Yes, believe it or not, I could hold a soda can under my breast, and you wouldn't know the difference. I don't feel like a freak show anymore.
  
  
• You know the really pretty lingerie and sundresses that have either the built in bras or the "boob pockets" in them? My breasts actually fit into the "boob pockets" now. I can actually buy that kind of stuff and it looks nice on me.
  
  
• I put on one of those pretty little nighties that I'd worn a hundred times before and my boyfriend told me, "Go put that away! You're not fair ... I'm sick." My response? "Oh my god! You mean it actually does something for you now?!" Clothes that are meant to look sexy look sexy now!
  
  
• I'm no longer "Jill - you know, the one with the big boobs". Now I'm "Jill - you know, the one who had the surgery". No difference? Maybe not much. But I still like the latter better.
  
  
• My breasts are firm now! They're not all saggy and squishy. They look like they're in their 20's instead of their 80's.
  
  
• I don't wake up in the morning because my breasts hurt so much I can't stand it. I've taken my post-op pain meds less than I was taking the Darvacet before the surgery.
  
  
• I've been told I carry myself better now and that I just "look happier".
  
  
• I can JUMP!
  
  
• I can wear a shirt size that doesn't have ANY X's in front of it!
  
  
• When I hug someone, I hug them, not my breasts.
  
  

I'm sure as the healing process continues and I'm able to do more activities, this list will get longer. As is, I think you have a pretty good idea of the before and after. I am soooooooo glad I had my surgery!