Shoppin' for new boobs

Next we were off to a place I would not have imagined myself at in a million years, the plastic surgeon's office. It felt like we entered a scene out of the movie "Doc Hollywood" It was a beautiful office, everyone very kind, they offered drinks.

We met with the nurse first and she said up front that she was so happy we opted for double mastectomy. She says she struggles daily to convince her young BC patients to go this route, but often loses the batte. I don't get it personally, but to each his own.

We had a great conversation with her and Dr. Breiner about my surgery, my tissue expanders (they will later be replaces with implants) and believe it or not, the value of silicone implants over saline implants. The silicone has gotten a bad wrap in recent years, but has proved very effective (and really only legal) in reconstruction patients. I can say from having played with an actual implant during our whole hour long consulation, that nothing is poking through or leaking from these new versions.

I will have the tissue expanders put in at the time of surgery with a little bit of saline in them. Each week after surgery I will go to the Plastic surgeon's office and we will put 50cc of fluid in them through a special valve that only allows fluid in, not out. It's pretty amazing. After I have gotten to the desired size (what that is will be another discussion for another day) they will stay in place until after my chemo, and treatment until I have a simple procedure to swap them out with the permanant implants. Me with fake boobs, how funny.