Breast Reconstruction

Debbie, one of my most faithful fans, commented on my last post that she thought an abdominal binder was a scrapbook full of pictures depicting my breast reconstruction surgery. To set the record straight, an abdominal binder is a tight white velcro thingie-ma-bobber that holds a person’s “guts” in after major surgery. I’m still wearing mine […]

My post-surgical abdominal binder… I can’t let it go.  

The past two Sundays in church, I’ve been halfway through singing the first one or two praise songs when I realize that my pants are falling down. While this is great news–that the abdominal swelling caused by the tummy tuck done during breast reconstruction (phew) is finally going down–it is not so good to be in […]

It’s been six weeks since my breast reconstruction surgery. Wish it was eight or ten… I’m tired of feeling like a grandma at the age of 44.  

I’m going to see the plastic surgeon on Tuesday morning for my final (for the moment) appointment. I need to make sure that I set him straight on one thing: Macy’s does not carry the official Spanx brand. Now that I know that Spanx is an actual brand and not a generic name for “tight undergarments […]

I just woke up from my fourth coma nap in as many days; you know the type. You fall into bed (to “take a little nap”) only to wake up several hours later, dazed and confused, wondering where the heck you are, who you are, and how you got there. I guess I’ve been overdoing things […]

Today, I went to join my writing group in Coupeville for the first time in months. What can I say? I’ve got three kids, a husband, a huge yard to maintain, housework (to ignore), breast reconstruction surgery to recover from… The whole way there–during my one-hour drive–I felt like screaming out the window, “I’m back […]

I can’t believe it’s been only a month since my breast reconstruction surgery. It feels like forever. Last night, real late (in case I started crying like a baby), I took off the final bandages covering my abdomen. And when I say, covering my abdomen, that’s exactly what I mean. By the way, you know you […]