Humor...

Keith and I have kept our sanity (if you believe we were ever sane) through joking together and humor!  Our doctors and nurses have experienced how much it has helped us and have even joined into our fun! 

Dr. Chung knows how much I do not enjoy camping (I tolerate it most of the time).... so she has prescribed no more camping for life!  :) 

Dr. Lu and Keith have had so many jokes amongst themselves that they are either inappropriate for all eyes or they are just not worth this patient's memory.  It keeps the anxiety of the procedures at bay most times!  :p

Dr. Ganshirt has been one to joke with us during our wait for the OR to open up for a procedure I was heading into.  He tries so hard to put me at ease when I am the most anxious!  One memorable joke was that he and Keith had time to go have a beer before the OR would finally be ready for us... as I remember that was the same type of joke Dr. Hubble and Keith had before my C-section with the twins.  :)

... during my hospital stay there were so many that I cannot even recall them all but it was nice to have some laughs during a time when I truly want to cry or crawl in the corner or disappear!  Keith knows me so well that he has made this humor an art form to calm me down!



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****Here are funny things about the changes in me after surgery ******

Let's go back to the VERY beginning.... I have worn a bra since 4th grade and was noticeably more advanced most of my school life in this area!  I have really not known life without my large "sisters."  The letter size I have worn for many years is too close to the middle of the alphabet I won't even repeat it!!  I had to order them because they are not carried in a store!!  BUT that has all changed......

Since I had my double mastectomy and even before in the planning for it there have been so many humorous conversations and funny thoughts so I wanted to share some in order to not lose these memories as well as give you a chuckle...

In the planning for the surgery,

We were discussing the size that the new ones would be.  I wanted the smallest possible while Keith wanted much more so doctor tried to compromise and say that with my build we would have to do at least a D in order to make his work look good...

In order to complete the details on the "sisters" it takes some twisting, sewing and tattooing... so Keith wants to do the tattooing and add his initials.... what a husband!!! :)

When the diagnosis came last November I was all ready to have both the sisters taken and I tried to encourage Keith to be OK with that by telling him they would be perky for once in my life!  :)  .... and they are not only perky but they do not even move!!!  They are solid pouches of saline!

Descriptions of my old ones.... HUGE, droopy, over worked, flattening, painful, back ache maker, pulled by gravity, hang down to my knees, and made me front heavy... oh yeah and as Keith likes to say they were toe and tummy hiders.

Description of the new ones... little, cute, so different, solid, small handful, and separated all the time!!!  Although there is no hiding the rest of my body so the tummy is my first priority to work off as I get stronger!!!


It has been so strange for me to get used to not having to wear a bra in public-- I used to have to put a bra on to even go out to the mailbox at home because it was so obvious!  I sleep so much differently because I do not have to pull so much weight with me as I turn from one side to the other during sleep!  I DO NOT HAVE LOWER BACK PAIN!!!  My shoulder blades and muscles there had the hardest time with the reduciton because they no longer have to be over stretched to carry the extra 20 pounds before! 

I am going to get rid of all my old bras and cannot wait!!  It has been fun to go shop for new smaller ones!  Although I had no idea what size I was and have learned that I am smaller than I ever imagined!!  I LOVE IT!!!  There are so many more options and so many of them are CUTE!!  Fun!  Fun!!