I’ve Got the Surgical Drain Blues
Today I was scheduled to get my final drain out (3 weeks! I have had this thing for 3 weeks!), and I had to call and cancel my appointment because it isn’t ready yet (grrrrrrr). Not only was it just a few cc’s above the needed amount for the last 5 days, today for good measure it opted to jump up to be 10 cc’s over the amount to get it out this morning. My first expansion was also planned for today, getting it done...
Baldy McBalderton
It had been suggested to me to take some bald photos, because I will want them later. Which is probably true, I am not exactly going to be able to block out the experience of breast cancer and losing my hair – so I may as well have fun with the good and the bad. So, why not go all out and have the pictures professionally done by the amazing and awesome Jenny Bauman (her website is: http://www.jennykphotography.com/, feel free to...
Certified Numero Uno Bra Stuffer Extraordinaire
Monday I got permission from the plastic surgeon to stuff my bra. Mind you, I haven’t worn a bra in almost 4 months because I couldn’t have anything rubbing on the stitches and the old mastectomy incision line. Now that that issue is no longer there the doc gave me the A+ to stuff away with soft things. If my situation were to be extended you can get an actual prosthetic that weighs and feels like a normal breast, but I...
The End is Near
I hear that the rapture is expected to be this Saturday, May 21, 2011. The news is “a-buzz” online and my friend Michelle even had someone kind enough to knock on her door and warn her that the end is near, along with personal visitors there are billboards to support this message. So what I should have been doing today is borrowing a million dollars from a casino somewhere and betting on black, but alas, I opted to go to...
90 Going on 31
I think I now know what it feels like to be 90, and I am not sure I want to ever be 90. Maybe they will discover the fountain of youth by then (it is almost 60 years away, imagine how much medicine has advanced in the last 10 years alone…). I was hoping I would be the lucky one that didn’t get the “pain” side effects that Taxol can produce, in fact when they told me it was a possible side effect I didn’t...