Today was a brief visit since I didn't have to see anyone else this week. Dr. A. checked my incisions and necrotic wounds. He told me they are looking much better since we started using the burn cream and he thinks at least the right side should heal with the next week or so. The left side had the most damage after surgery, so it has been giving us the most trouble. But he said the necrosis is really starting to improve and he is for sure now that I will not need additional surgery to fix it. Whoo hoo!
I think he could sense my frustration from my slow healing because he kept reassuring me that it is getting better and to keep hanging in there. He pumped the left expander today to help fill out some of the creases still left from surgery. I'm starting to feel like I have real/normal breasts again!
At one point he complimented me on how clean I have been keeping my wounds and making sure they don't get worse, to which he asked me if I ever thought about being a nurse. First off - why would he be surprised that I've kept my wounds clean? I don't want to know how many people don't keep up with their wounds and know what happens to them. Second - HA! I laughed and told him I think I could handle the body fluids part of the job, but that I have zero bed side manner and wouldn't last very long. He said him and the nurse think I'm nice, but I assured them that's because they only have to see me one day a week! I really am a nice person and I think myself to be very tolerate, but I don't do well with mean people - or even stupid questions. I did 4 years of direct customer service for various departments and I still don't know how I made it that long without threatening to strangle someone. I don't think Dr. A. or his staff will ever have to see that side of me.
I left there feeling a little better about things knowing that I am progressing and that I'm not an oddball case that needs extra help. I'm back and work and wearing normal clothes again. I feel like I'm steadily working on the next step in the plan - which is to have my skin heal and get my expanders to full capacity. Slow and steady will get her new boobs someday.....
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