Exchange Surgery!

Ok – it’s been a while!  Here I am – 6 days away from surgery – thinking of all the things I am grateful for…….but – I have to add in here that wow, things are changing!

For instance – my hair is growing back.  I AM SO GRATEFUL but it’s growing back everywhere and my skin is not right.  The hair on my legs, while it was really nice to not have to shave them and I certainly did not miss the hair, it made me feel good to have it back.  BUT the rest of my body is reacting very strangely.  My arms, stomach, back, face, you name it…it’s rough, it’s itchy…it’s no fun!  My eyebrows came back over night and that was so exciting.  My eyelashes, which I missed the absolute most, are in but very short…but they are there!

For anyone that is going through this (or already has and is done)…..I am sure you can relate to this strange activity!

So – surgery is in 6 days.  I am afraid, excited….too many emotions to list.  This will be my second “real” surgery and I truly have fear.  YET, I’m excited to get this part over with as well.

I visited with a nutritionist…..it was interesting.  He basically told me that my weight was good (I disagreed as I gained 10 lbs with this whole ordeal) and that I need to have protein with every meal…along with 2 or 3 vegetables with lunch and dinner.  Oh, and no oatmeal.  HA!  I eat oatmeal every day for breakfast while I’m working.  He feels an egg white delight or egg McMuffin would be better for me.  Interesting.

I had a breakdown…finally.  I went to Fox Chase last Friday to meet with my breast surgeon after 6 months (can’t believe how fast time went by!) and had to meet with the pre-op team for my surgery.  Well, let’s just say once I started sobbing, it took me a pretty long time to stop.  No rhyme or reason…just lost it and couldn’t control it.  So I rolled with it.  Since I’m not much of a weepy person normally, these new-found emotions are a bit strange!

I will post again after my surgery.  Just wanted to update my blog.  Thanks for reading!!!