Not Just a Boob Job

Some people don't get it. My reconstruction is not a just a boob job. It is so much more than that. Another survivor wrote on her blog exactly how I feel. She wrote about her experience with the same doctor I will be seeing in New Orleans. "This trip has been amazing. I feel as though I have been transformed. Yes, my surgical scars are still red and puffy, and there is plenty of bruising... but when I look in the mirror I feel as though I am healing the final wounds from breast cancer. Even though the cancer has been gone from my body for two years now, I haven't been able to really let go of it until now. Yes, my body has changed, my awareness has changed, and the core of my being has changed from the experience... but I feel as though the worst of the physical and psychological damage that was done, has now been repaired. I am incredibly grateful to my friends who told me about The Breast Center... and feel as though it is impossible to express my gratitude to Dr. D who sculpted the new me. He listened with compassion, did a perfect job, and did it humbly... "all in a day's work". It sounds corny to say that this feels like a turning point in my life... but it really does. I cannot describe to you how it feels to lay awake in the dark and feel that I have two warm, living breasts on my chest again. Such a personal part of me that was taken away by a vicious and evil disease, has now been returned to me. For two years I really never thought this would happen... but now it has and I feel extremely happy and grateful."

Reconstruction is Scheduled!

I am so excited! I just returned from New Orleans tonight. My reconstruction surgery is just 3-1/2 months away. It is actually on the books. Yahoo!! The consult went very well and everyone I met was so nice.