My first appt of the day was to see Dr. S. and get my next Herceptin infusion. Dr. S. is leaving for Oregon in 2 weeks, so this was the last time I got to see him before he leaves. I gave him a card with a small gift and a hand-written letter telling him how much I'll miss him but I am glad he gets to go do more clinical research up in Oregon. He kept saying he would miss me too and that he has been happy to been my doctor for the last year. He's mentioned several times that he has presented my case at seminars and workshops, so I told him if he needed me to I'd fly to Oregon to be a living prop! Ha ha
I'm just sad I didn't get a picture of us together for my scrapbook. I only thought about it after I was in the infusion room and it was too late to go back. I hope the next doctor that takes on my case, Dr. C., likes me as much as Dr. S. did.
I went downstairs for my next Herceptin therapy. After this one, I only have 2 left and then I am done! After that is finished and I have my final breast implants, I'll be done with 'active treatment' and can finally move on!
My last appt of the day was with Dr. A. and PA for a boob pump! Dr. A. said this would be my last pump before the upcoming surgery. Now we wait several weeks to see how my skin and tissues form and soften around the expanders. He's always been big about not rushing things and taking time to let things heal. I can't tell you how many times I heard "Let's wait and see" or "You can't rush theses things" from him during recovery. I'm nearing the finish line of all this, so I'm naturally trying to sprint to the end, but he keeps reminding me to stay steady and not rush it. So I go back in 3 weeks to see how they're doing, and in 3 more weeks I'll have my pre-op visit for my first surgery in May. Whoot!
Before I left I talked with Miss C. up front and got to see her new transformation from a recent surgery. Of course she looks great and seeing what Dr. A. can do her makes me want to add a few requests to my list. Especially the underchin lipo - if you've ever read my Memoirs of a Fizzled Firecracker blog in this post or in another post where I mistakenly thought I was going to have to have a whole next life just to fix it, they are about being the #1 insecurity I have about myself. Seeing Miss C. have it done and finally knowing who I can go to in order to have it done is starting to give me the courage to not only put it on my wish list, but to go after it - after the money part is worked out of course. Now if only I can find someone to replace my teeth at the same time....
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| How I feel with my pumped up boobs... |
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