Countdown to the new squishy foobs..

While most of you are out voting on Tuesday I will be finally getting my new foobs (fake boobs). It’s just so hard to believe that it’s finally time…it seems like such a long time ago that all this started. My surgery will be at 1:00 on Tuesday. I am also going to get my port removed by Dr. K. I think back to when I first heard about these “foreign objects” being placed in my chest…I remember worrying that just the thought of them would drive me insane but really it hasn’t been too bad. I am thankful that I had the port because it made chemo and my Herceptin treatments go so much better (only 3 more Herceptin treatments to go - WOW!. The expanders have been uncomfortable but I wouldn’t really describe them as painful…just something that took some time to get used to. My latest “pet” name for them is “weathervane”…I swear that one points east and one points west….I just keep hoping the PS can do some magic and pull these babies back to where they belong!

I went down to the hospital for a pre-op appt on Tuesday…I think I have more anxiety with these surgeries than I realize. While I was waiting to be called back by the nurse I could tell that I was sweating and starting to feel kind of sick….just like the last time I went for pre-op. I had the same nurse that I had for my lumpectomy….you might be surprised that I can remember that but on that day she couldn’t get my IV in and at this appt. she couldn’t hit a vein to draw blood…after much poking and prodding she finally got one between my knuckles…if they try to put an IV in that same spot next week I will FREAK OUT…call my a big baby but that spot hurts. I really do dread the anesthesia…I am not afraid of it from a standpoint of worrying that I won’t wake up or afraid that it won’t take affect I just hate getting sick afterwards…maybe I will get lucky and not get sick but I can’t help dreading it. I also hate the way I feel those first couple days after surgery…it just seems like it takes so long for me to get that crap out of my head.

The surgery is an outpatient procedure so I will be home late that day. I plan to be off work until the following Wednesday. The ps said I have to limit how much I move my arms…the main objective is to keep the new foobs right where she puts them and let the tissue heal around them. I have to wear that uncomfortable surgical bra for a week and then an underwire bra 24 hours a day for a month….I have to admit I have gotten used to not wearing a bra these last few months so this will take some getting used to.

That’s enough about surgery…I guess I haven’t done a hair update for a while. My curls just seem to get curlier and overall my hair seems to grow out and up (think Beaker from the Muppets) instead of down…some days I wonder if I will ever have any length. I can actually wear a headband now so that is kind of fun to add accessories.

Everything else is going fine…October has been such a busy month! My 41st b-day was a great one…much better than 40! A few days after my birthday I met up with Cheryl in Indianapolis…we stayed at a great hotel downtown, did some shopping and lots of catching up….it was a PERFECT getaway with my dear friend. On Saturday I had the best pedicure of my life in a wonderful little spa downtown and then I headed home. I got “detoured” by a new casino that is between Indy and Cinci…I spent a few hours there…lost some money and then came home. I took that Friday off and went with Jillian’s class to a pumpkin patch…I don’t get the chance to go on fieldtrips with her so that was a special treat. It really was a fun morning except for getting bus sick on the way and being stuck with another kid that had some behavior issues…I also had to walk a mile with her to the port a potty and then wait for what seemed like an hour for her to do her “business”…just my Luck! At the end of the trip I managed to bum a ride with one of the other parents and bypassed the bus sickness for the ride home!

Tyler’s football team finished their season undefeated – Go Knights! He just got braces this week so he is getting used to that…he is doing the Invisalign so if you look at him you wouldn’t even know he has them on…

Jillian is excited for Halloween. She will be a tiger. We plan to have a big group over for dinner and all the kids will go trick or treating together…it is supposed to be a great day here tomorrow so it should be a very fun night. The Moms plan to stay behind and hand out candy…we are going to move the firepit out to the front yard so we can stay nice and warm.

Happy Halloween!!!