Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from January, 2017

A tale of two fittings.

"Go ahead and take that off. Let's see what you've got going on." I had decided that I needed to go back to the store to get what I referred to as a "sporty boob." A lighter weight prosthesis that I could wear at home on nights and weekends. Something to basically shove down a sports bra instead of the stuffing boob.  The sales person at the bra-and-prosthesis store, let's call her Michelle, was friendly but matter-of fact, so I couldn't be a sissy about it. I slipped out of my tee shirt and stood there in the things I had bought at that same store last fall.  She frowned. She circled me, tugged on the straps, and pushed on the silicone boob. She turned away to look at the paperwork she had printed out. She shook her head. Something wasn't right.  She took the prosthetic out of the mastectomy bra I was wearing, and said, "This is not at all what I would have put you in." I died a little inside.  My first trip to th...

Chemo People

I had planned a funny (maybe) and informative (loosely) post about my experience with breast prosthesis. I even had a clever title for it. I spent about 90 minutes this morning on it while waiting to head to the dermatologist's office to see about a new, darkening and growing spot I have on my arm, and planned on finishing it up tonight after chemo. God had another idea for a story. So when I go to chemo now it's pretty routine. I know the sweet pregnant woman who taps the port and draws my blood. She's due in a few months. I know the nurses who take care of me, and even though I'm only there a few hours a week, and they're busy with lots of patients, we try to get to know each other. While I'm there I'm forced to slow all the way down to a stop. I make jokes, make the nurses laugh, talk about funny things that happen (like my hair growing back but my eyebrows falling out!), and I'm generally always in a good mood while I'm there. But my tr...