Real Housewife???

Cullen and I had our appointment with the plastic surgeon on Tuesday of this week.  I was so anxious for this appointment, as  we would finally set a date for the mastectomy, and just another step closer to taking care of this thing. I never imagined I’d be in a doctor’s office talking about taking off my boobs and having to build new ones, but what are you going to do right?  I hate stereotypes.  But, when I googled the doctor, every stereotypical image I've had in my head of a plastic surgeon that builds new boobs came to life.  This guy looks like he is here on a break from filming Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!  I think that's a good sign when it comes to the guy that will be responsible for rebuilding the girls. ;)  But really, he was wonderful. He was so kind, informative, helpful and comforting.  God bless these doctors, for real.  We got a ton of information and learned that this will all go down on April 18.  While I'm pretty darn scared for it, it can't get here soon enough.  The surgery is where we will finally get answers as to what exactly we're dealing with here, and will better know a plan going forward.  Please, please say so many prayers that this is all contained to my breast, and nowhere else in my body.  That is the fear that eats at me 24/7 right now.

But, this appointment wasn't without some excitement either, and kind of just seemed to be the next step in my rockstar boob series I guess!  Again, I got to put on a sweet little robe and they told me they needed to take some photos for my file.  They showed me into a little room, that was set up like a little photography studio.  Then, I took my robe off and they went on to take photos of the ol' girls from all sorts of different angles..front, back, side, we got it all!  I noticed she was using a Canon Rebel, and thought about offering some tips on perhaps some better settings or angles for her, to really make my girls look their best, but decided against it.  So another first...never had photos taken of my boobs before either, which I'm sure my parents reading this will be thrilled to hear! ;) They did let me know that my face wasn't in any of them, so that's comforting at least I suppose. 🤷‍♀️

After the photos, I went back out and the doctor came back in to take some measurements..  I've never been so thankful to have such little modesty about my boobs, or all of this could be really rough. But after birthing and nursing three babies, that's really all out the window.  The next step was him checking to see if I had enough extra fat in my belly or back to use for a different type of reconstruction.  Turns out, after checking (which basically just meant squeezing my fat) I don't. I didn't know whether to be happy about that or not! Damn, if I would've known I was supposed to be storing it up, I would definitely have had more fun eating this fall and winter!  So anyway, that's pretty much that visit.  Date is set, plan is set.   Next up I get to make an appointment to go to a special shop to get special bras for after, and anything else I may need and then we should be good to go. But for now, we're going to try to set the worries aside for the weekend, and just enjoy some family time.  Again, please keep us in your prayers, specifically  that this cancer has not spread, and that this mastectomy take care of it.