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Visitors' Stories -- Deidre (page 2 of 3) I knew absolutely nothing about this surgery only that I wanted it-so I simply did a search on breast augmentation and voila, I found Nicole's site implantinfo.com and I immediately became a weekend warrior. That is the best way I can describe it. All day Saturday, I'd sit and read the boards and I even read all the archives. I never imagined there was so much to know or so many decisions to make. The weekend thing went on for a couple of months and eventually I started checking the forum every morning before I went to the gym and very night before I went to bed. It took me months to post anything, I was too chicken. It seems funny now that I felt that way but at the time I was so afraid of feeling stupid that I just 'lurked' as they say. But I read every single post and every single visitor story and looked at tons and tons of pictures. One day I realized I was quite addicted to the forum and I was popping in about 5 times a day-my hubby thought I was crazy but that's another story. :) In those months I did gather enough information to form some opinions about what would be right for me, I had thought I wanted the crease incision but changed my mind about that to the aerola incision. I was going to go no larger than a full 'C" and I changed my mind about that when my husband said that there would be no redos due to me not being happy with size-it didn't take long for me to decide to go with a full 'D'. The next step was consultations and I had made a list of 5 doctor's in my area that I would consult with. By now it was December 2000 and I was ready to take that next step.I remember when I called for a consult I was shaking so bad I though I was gonna throw up-do not ask me why because I don't know. The first name on my list was Dr. Louis Strock in Ft Worth, Texas and I just have to say here that although I know this is supposed to be a big no-no he is the one and only doctor I ever consulted with. When I met him I knew immediately he was the one for me-let's just say my angels told me. I could not imagine that I would like anyone better and he does beautiful work. At my consult we discussed size and incision placement-he offered me a choice of 3 incision sites-crease,aerola and trans-ax. Well I had never even thought about the trans-ax incision because it kind of scared me,I hadn't read alot about it but he had been doing most of his augmentations this way for the past 5 yrs and I did like the idea of no scars on my breast,so I chose to have the trans-ax and we settled on size. I scheduled my surgery for 4-5-01. now all I had to do was wait 4 more months! ARGH!!! All I can say about those next 4 mos is that they were long, but thanks to Nicole's site I learned a little bit more everyday and if I had it to do over again I wouldn't change a thing-even though there were times I thought the waiting would drive me nuts! But alot happened in those months-I can't remember exactly how many times I emailed Dr Strock with questions but I do remember he answered me every time ,and just when I thought I could not get anymore impressed with him, I was watching OPRAH one day and there he was!!! I'd never had a doubt he was the right PS -- and now no one else did either! More - Click Next to Continue
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