Forty-Five Year Old Breast Reduction Story
I am a forty-five year old female who has just reached the highest confidence level of my whole life thanks totally to Dr. Ditesheim and his staff.
Ever since my early twenties I began to notice my breasts becoming much bigger than I ever anticipated. Of course I thought I was still growing into “womanhood”, but as I reached my thirties it became clear that this was not the case. On the mental level I became depressed, embarrassed, and ashamed of my breasts and of myself. On the physical level I could not sleep well, had constant back pain, and felt like dying the week before that time of the month with my breasts discomfort. I of course wore the big shirts hoping to hide my breasts, wore bras that made my breasts appear smaller (not even Houdini could do that), and hold items like books, and papers in front of my breasts. When I stood beside someone who was sitting down, my breasts would be in-line with their eyes, or give them shade if I were standing behind them. Not joking, this is what I felt like my breasts were doing.
Relationships were very hard to have. I began to think that every guy only wanted to be with me because of the size of my breasts. This of course led to break-ups and loneliness.
Working in television, my station airs “Maury” and one day he had big breasted women on the show. Well, the guys around me were looking, and making comments about the show and their likes and dislikes of the size of the women. As I listened to them and watched the ladies on the show, I felt even more ashamed because with those ladies on “Maury” their breasts were at least perky and not going down to their stomach as mine were.
I began to discuss breast reduction with a close friend and co-worker, and she told me of her experience with breast enlargement. This of course was information that didn’t pertain to me somewhat, because I wanted to get rid of what I had and here she gained it. She told me of the pain, discomfort, and the long healing process she went through. She also informed me of a friend who also had a reduction procedure that didn’t go well at all. This friend (to this day) has a very long scar from her breasts to almost mid back. Due to this scar, her boyfriend at the time left her because he said she looked like Frankenstein. After hearing of their experiences, different procedure or not, I decided to have it because it was bad enough I didn’t have a boyfriend due to the size of my breasts, even worse to get one and he leave because of my breasts.
Finally, I couldn’t take it any longer and at forty-four decided to do some internet research on breast reduction. I looked at both the private sector and the partnership sector. I found so many sites without any of the information I needed. No before or after pictures, nothing in detail about the doctor’s credentials, hardly any information about the procedure a particular doctor may use, and what some did say almost scared me off again. Seeing the words “You may experience complications or death”, just didn’t have me jumping at the chance. I did find two that read pretty well. I called to set up a consultation and all I received from the medical assistant/receptionist was “we’ll send you some information in the mail. Goodbye.” This was very cold and definitely non-caring. It became apparent that these doctors did not like that I couldn’t go through my work insurance and would have to finance the procedure. Those never returned my calls.
I was about to give up, again, until I came to Dr. Ditesheim’s website. It was like God opened up the gates of happiness. All the information I wanted, needed, and reassurance was all right there. It was just a matter of calling and setting up a consultation. It was at that moment after I spoke with Jan that I began to feel excited about changing my life, not just my body.
Once I met with Dr. Ditesheim and Debra, we began talking about what I read on his website. They both answered my questions and then some. They totally made me feel comfortable and at ease at going through with the procedure. I left their office feeling this was going to be the first day of my “real” life.
The pre-op and after information that Dr. Ditesheim and Debra told me to expect was straight on. I never really experienced any pain, just a little discomfort for a very short while. I was only out of work for two weeks and the change was very noticeable.
No one will ever know how truly happy I am both mentally and physically for the first time in my life. I can sleep comfortably, I don’t hide behind items, and guys are not looking at my breasts but my face.
I am so elated with the work that Dr. Ditesheim has done. I love the way he and his staff treat me like a person and not just a patient. It’s like I am going to a home and not a doctor’s office. Again, I love the way my breasts look, and feel. I love having confidence in my life for the first time. Not to mention I can finally buy a pretty bra that fits instead of an “old lady” bra that doesn’t fit well.
I honestly believe that God picks who he believes should be and would be a great cosmetic surgeon, and Dr. Ditesheim was definitely at the top of his list.
