step two of the 4 step process is complete - yay!!! i'm sore and bruised but feeling much better than last week. i still have 2 drain tubes - was REALLY hoping they would take them at tuesday's appt BUT they didn't. still draining too much so have to wrap my chest instead of just the bras/support bras i had been using the last week or so. all in all the dr is very pleased, though. i've been asked if i'm happy with the results but honestly it's too early for me to tell. this lump of clay is beginning to take shape but i still can't see beyond what's right in front of me. and right now i'm swollen and bruised from the chest all the way down to my thighs. why the thighs you ask?? well, part of this 2nd process is not only removing the expanders but putting the permanent implants in. in order for the implants not to be too noticeable he does fat injections on the top part so they flow better with the body, so they appear more natural. so this process was not as easy as some may think. it's ok, though - we are making progress and for that i'm extremely grateful!!!
just wanted to share a few things on my brain/heart right now......
i've been asked a few times in the last couple of weeks if i have a supportive husband in this process. what a blessing to be able to answer their question with a resounding YES!!!!! to say that i have a supportive husband is a huge understatement. ed has been amazing through this. he has been amazing through EVERY health issue. he is incredibly supportive, he is patient, he has never complained and if anything gets frustrated when i DON'T ask for help. i am grateful and humbled and blessed to be with ed - he is my best friend and a loving and caring husband and father.
once again we have been blessed with meals since the last surgery which is a huge help to all of us. it's been a different recoop this time vs the last but to know that meals are coming for us has been a huge blessing and help. i was asked before the surgery if we would be interested in doing a meal calendar again - i told my friend i really appreciated it but we should be good this time, it was less invasive and everyone was SO generous the last go round. well, my friend doesn't listen to me :) - ever - but we are so grateful she was persistent because it truly has been a gift!!!
i was walking a few weeks ago with this same friend and we passed a sign for the susan g komen race in chattanooga this year (www.komenchattanooga.org). strange and funny thing is that the race is actually on my birthday, september 29. when i saw that i just laughed. i mentioned something to melissa about that and just went on. a few days later ed and i saw another pamphlet for it and we decided we were going to do the race (walking, of course - no running here, no gracias). little did i know my sweet friend - the same one who doesn't listen to me - had already started planning. they have started a team, Sole Sisters for Sonja, and the show of support so far has been amazing!!! they are making t-shirts for the team, friends and family are doing the walk with their kiddos - it makes me cry thinking about it. to think that they are doing this because of something i have gone through, to think they are doing this in a HUGE show of support for me, i just can't say what that means to me. i signed us (me/ed/aud) up and i set our goal as $160 each - according to the information this would cover the cost of a mammogram for someone w/out insurance, unable to afford it. i told ed the mammograms are SO very important to me because had it not been for mine we would not have found it so early. i am very excited for my birthday this year and it will be a sweet, sweet day!!
i have a large extended family, on both sides (mom and dad). i am the oldest grandchild of 17 on my dad's side. we were all in the chattanooga area (4 were about an hour away from chatt) so we all grew up with each other and i have very special relationships with some of my cousins. i am very grateful for all of them but 2 in particular have been amazing from day one of this journey. starting at the time of the biopsy they have both consistently texted me every week to ask how i'm doing, not only physically but mentally and emotionally. they have encouraged me with scripture, with words of encouragement, with meals, with their company. i am so thankful for these 2 amazing, godly women and blessed to call them my friends!!
my smiles this week have been courtesy of a little curly haired wonder we call AUD! i have to ask ed how to download a video here but she is quite the little dancer and it's been so fun to see her learn new things at her summer camp. the child CANNOT stop her hips from moving and it cracks us up!!!!
we've got some busy times ahead of us! my next (and last) surgery for this process will hopefully be in about 3-5wks. aud starts school on the 19th, her bday party will hopefully be that saturday (the 24th - another pool party!!!), her actual bday is on the 27th, ed's bday is a week later on the 1st, then at the end of the month we will have the walk (and my bday)!!!
my brain is all over the place so thanks for trying to keep up with me. thank you for keeping up with US!!! and we cannot figure out how to access the main profile for the blog so have been unable to change the pictures SO we will be creating a new blog soon (and making good notes of the username/password!!!) so we can keep the pictures updated. we will put the link to the new blog in here, though, so we won't be lost.
until next time!
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