Monday, August 29, 2011

Getting back to my version of normal

My saline fills have officially begun ... again! I met with my plastic surgeon this morning and because of how well I had healed from the surgery, he was able to put in 60 cc's, meaning I only have 40 left to go until I'll be "fully expanded," or where I was before the skin-removing surgery. That means my appointment next week will be the last saline fill, and will be the last for a while. Then, a month from that I will have a consultation-type appointment with my plastic surgeon where (and this is the fun part ...) I get to choose my implant size. And then a month from there (so, essentially two months after the last fill), I can have my implant surgery. We'd like to get it scheduled in the end of October or beginning of November so it doesn't dip into any wedding/wedding-related plans.
So that is that. We're moving along again with the expansion process, and although today's fill was painful, it wasn't that bad compared to other fills before the surgery, probably because I have a little more skin now than I did the first time around. I'll feel really good once the surgery date is scheduled, but even though it isn't yet, I can really start to see the end of this whole thing. Surgery is over, recovery pretty much done since I can resume normal physical activity as of today, and expansion has begun again. Yes, moving along.
I feel pretty good about all of this right now. It's amazing to know how fast your body can recover from things. I'll begin my post-mastectomy stretches again (important to do every day since I had lymph nodes removed), get back to the gym and back to my weight-lifting. It will just be the "regular" discomfort of the expander; essentially the healing is over from the surgery. So back to "normal," or what is "normal" in my life right now. And ya know what? That's not half bad.

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