It's not secret that I'm Dolly Parton gone wrong! I've always been larger than normal in the chest area! In 7th grade, I was dubbed Dolly Parton and it was NOT a compliment! A size C in 7th grade is just MEAN! So, it would be no surprise that I have wanted a reduction for YEARS!!!!! When Connor was born I was a DDD/E. After he was born I went to a G and then later to an H. Well, with all this running, I have had enough of "THE GIRLS!". On December 17th, 2013, I went in to Dr. Klomp to get a consult and see if I could be approved, as a medical necessity, to have a breast reduction. Let me tell you, that was one heck of an appointment! Alllll pride went out the window!
Then, the waiting game began. Dr. Klomp had to submit all his findings and pictures (yes pictures, of just the chest area) to my insurance. Well, I received word on January 3rd that I had been approved for the surgery. The only bad news was that I had to have it done by January 19th. #1: There was no way to have the surgery scheduled in that time period. Dr. Klomp could ask for an extension though. #2: I had already signed up for a half marathon in Feburary and was planning to run a 10k in March and another half marathon in July. Given the fact that it's a 6 week recovery time before I could even THINK about running again, I would still have to train and there just wouldn't be the time that I needed. So, after careful thought and racking my brain, I decided to put a hold to the surgery until July.
There were 2 major factors that factored into this decision. The biggest and most important factor came from a suggestion that Dr. Klomp had made. He knows I have been a weight loss journey and knew I still had weight to still lose. Dr. Klomp suggested I wait until I'm closer to my goal weight. He said I would be much happier with the result and I would also more likely have the results stick around longer. If I had it done now, by the time I lost all my weight, the lift they put in would most likely disappear. Of course, the other factor was my races and having time to train after recovery.
It was a TOUGH decision. Knowing I'm approved right this minute is SO VERY TEMPTING! However, I know I will be much happier with myself if I wait another 6 months and get more weight off. It won't be easy. I was disappointed when I didn't lose more this last year. I expected to lose more. So, I'm feeling overwhelmed and a bit hopeless that I'll lose another 50 lbs. before the surgery. However, I will and I HAVE to do everything in my power to lose as much as I can.
Mike is being supportive at helping me. He cooks most of the dinners because he does SO GOOD at cooking healthy! Soon I will be switching to 2-a-day workouts every other day! I am already scheduled for another consultation in June because Dr. Klomp will have to resubmit everything to my insurance again. However, nothing should change and I should still be approved.
