I have not posted for a while, which should never be cause
for alarm. I have actually felt
really good for the past week and was trying to take care of everything that
required physical energy and clear focus, before my second treatment. Which by the way, is happening right at
this moment. There is free Wi-Fi
in the treatment room, so I decided to bring my computer this time.
To bring everyone up to date, the nuepogen shots, while not
pleasant to receive, worked like a dream and my white blood cell counts
rebounded. As predicted, I felt
considerable better week three and was happy to attend to the non-cancer things
in my life. Concurrent with my
improved health was the belated arrival of spring in Minnesota. This was undoubtedly a contributing
factor.
Since I was feeling better, and 95% of the inflammation
related to my mastectomy was finally gone, I went to The Silhouette Shop in
Mankato, to be fitted for my prosthetic breast. The person, Denise Southwick, who did the fitting was
absolutely amazing. I selected a
handful of the specialized bras that have pockets to inset prosthetic
breasts. Once we narrowed the
selection down to a few that fit well, Denise helped me insert a prosthetic
breast that she visually estimated was my size. It was incredibly close, but not close enough for her
discriminating eye. She selected a
second one, and this one was perfect.
Before she was completely satisfied, she did a number of measurements to
confirm the symmetry of my prosthetic breast to my remaining breast. I was thrilled with the final
result. It is a very good thing I
have family and friends who understood when I said to them, “ I want you to
admire my left breast.” All agreed the final result was more than
satisfactory. I aslo found it very
entertaining is that my prosthetic breast (or what I call my “fake boob”) came
in its very own little pink hatbox.
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