You mean to say J/K is a cup size? You're not just joking?

And I'm back. Yup, been a few years now. I had to shelve the reduction process after getting two separate insurance rejections several years ago. I could have pushed it and done physical therapy and what not to make my case stronger but I don't think I was ready. I knew there was a chance we'd have another baby and... we did! I certainly did not want to go through all that pain and trouble just to have the surgeon's work "ruined" by another pregnancy. Sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? So here I stand: another consultation under my belt (er, top?). My surgery will be the first available Thursday in April 2016. My breasts are currently a 34i. Yes, as in eye, the letter after H and before J. In fact, these boobies climbed all the way up to a 36K while pregnant and nursing. Who the fuck is a size J/K? I wish it stood for Just Joking. Alas, no, it was my "chesticles." The baby is currently 16 months old and I stopped nursing him when he was 7 months. That was an interesting experience, breastfeeding the last baby. I hated it but felt so guilty about quitting and wanting to give formula. I published my experience on the blog Fearless Formula Feeders which can be read here: http://www.fearlessformulafeeder.com/2015/03/fff-friday-the-goal-im-working-on/ Now that my breasts have "settled" after pregnancy and nursing, and the baby weight has FINALLY come off after a lot of hard work, I can focus on myself again. I've been having serious neck pain for months now and constant low level headaches. I went to my Primary Care Physician for the headaches and for a dermatologist referral (damn aging process!) and happened to ask about my breasts, if I could do anything. She quickly wrote out a referral to Dr. Donnis Hobson, plastic surgeon. When I called the plastic surgeon, I got an immediate appointment. Immediate. Like, within 5 days of my phone call. I think the receptionist even offered my a spot that afternoon if I could squeeze it in. It was crazy! (Meanwhile the dermatologist wouldn't see me for two and half MONTHS!) Unfortunately, I had to move that first appointment to January due to a personal scheduling conflict but it was easy-peezy. Last Friday, January 15, I went in. The surgeon is a breast specialist. She works almost exclusively on boobies. Lots of cancer patients see her for reconstruction and she's done gobs of reductions. Dr. Hobson doesn't foresee any issue with insurance covering the procedure seeing as how I've done chiropractic and acupuncture before to deal with the pain issues. She inquired about where the pain is located: at various times it's been the lower back, sometimes right where the bra clasps, but lately it's been the shoulders and neck. The pain starts at the bottom of the neck and extends down into my upper back and across my shoulders. She then asked if I suffered any headaches. It was like a light bulb went off - ever since the pain in the shoulders began, that's when the headaches began. These headaches are constant. Drugs - Advil, Tylenol, and Aleve - they don't take away the pain. It might deaden it a bit but it always comes back. It's not related to dehydration or caffeine and the pain just settles right above my ears and sometimes extends down my neck, connecting to the pain in the tops of my shoulders. My Primary said because the pain is 1) light 2) equal around the head, there's not much she can do. She suggested stress headaches and while sure, having three kids is stressful, I don't think they're the reason why I wake up with a headache after having not consumed any alcohol the night before! The surgeon wants to take me down to a C cup. A C cup! I haven't been a C cup since 8th grade. I was thinking more like a D because whoa - the change is going to be drastic. I am quite curvaceous and I rock the hourglass voluptuous figure but a C cup? Is that too small? Will it work with my frame? The doctor said that of the patients where she "only" goes down to a D they often wish they'd gone smaller. My mother votes for smaller because she says I'll gain weight during menopause and my boobs will grow again (as has happened with herself and all of her sisters). But now, it's happening! Surgery date is set. Whee!