I have scheduled my revision surgery. It will be in the morning on January 6th. I have met with the plastic surgeon and she has some ideas of things she wants to try to make the dent go away and to try to move both side in towards the center. It’s going to involve a lot of internal stitching and recovery time. I think of it kind of like gutting a fish (not that I have ever done that) but she will basically open both sides, take everything out, try to create new pockets and then put the “stuffing” back in. We are adding 100 CCs to the new implants which really makes very little difference but we are just hoping to get as much fullness in the “crater” as possible.
I will be home recovering the month of January. It is very important that I do as little as possible with my arms. I knew this the last time around but I know I did things that I was not supposed to do…that is how you bust internal stitching….lesson learned!!! I no longer have a lap top so I guess it will be me and the iPhone just hanging out at home during January…sounds like a lot of fun, huh?
I am ready to get this over with and even if we are not successful I will go ahead and finish up after this surgery. Still need to decide about surgery for nipples (which my surgeon recommends) or if I just want to try to find someone that can do 3D tattoos. Plenty of time to worry about that later…Anyway, it’s been too long that I have let myself kind of stay in limbo with this reconstruction and I want to put it behind me once and for all. I had someone ask me if I still think or worry about cancer everyday. I would say most days it crosses my mind but I don’t spend near as much time worrying about it. I think that having such a difficult work situation occupies most of my thoughts. So I don’t spend all my time worrying about cancer but I am certainly not living a carefree, happy live (does anyone??). If stress can kill you my days are numbered!!!
The Middleton Family is pretty close to being ready for the holidays. Bret and the kids went out shopping last Saturday. Just having those few hours alone in the house seemed to get me back on track…well, almost! So the cards are done, 98% of the shopping is done (Vicki, you are not helping this number..), wrapping will start soon and cookies with the kids will be Wednesday. Jillian is very excited…she really doesn’t play with toys so she was even hard to buy for this year. I think she is more excited that we are making her a new playroom in Tyler’s old bedroom…(he is doing a makeover in the basement for his room). Since he had such a big bedroom she now practices her tumbling in there. I swear there are times that the pictures are going to fall off the wall and I am not surprised that none of the ornaments have fallen from the tree…..she seems to have endless energy and some days I think she has no concept of pain. She has enjoyed picking out posters and things to decorate the room. Bret is going to run cable in there so when she has friends over they will have somewhere to hang out…and I will finally get my TV back….somehow she has decided that my tv is really her tv….
We will have Christmas with the Middleton’s this Sunday and then we will visit with my family next weekend. It will be good to spend some quality time with everyone!
Well, enough for now. I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday. Take time to remember what the holiday is really about and spend quality time with those that really matter. Please say a prayer for all those that have lost loved ones this past year as they try to get thru their first Christmas without that special person.
Merry Christmas!
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