It's been too long

Happy Thanksgiving! I am two weeks post op on my DIEP at Beth Israel and Everything is going fabulously! I was able to move the surgery up and so, I did it. This is not an easy surgery for either surgical staff or patient. I went in on November 8 really excited to get this reconstruction thing started so that I may be near perfect for summer 2007. I met with both my surgeon and his fellow as well as all the other people who are involved and they all made me feel so fabulous. Dr. Lee said it would be a seven to nine hour surgery. They started at 9:45am during which time Doug paced the floors and walked around the Longwood section of Boston for a while. When he received a call at 5:0opm, he jumped a bit but they were telling him that I was out of surgery in the recovery room already! I of course was on another planet. I had very bad nausea but they shot something into my IV and that passed quickly. Doug came to say hello and goodbye as he had to get back to the kids. My new breast was the size of a watermelon and they had to check the blood flow every ten minutes for the first few hours. It eventually went down to every 1/3 hour but, besides being able to have a TV brought in and watching Dancing with the Stars, I had a very sleepless night.

I will write more details but the bottom line is, I was cut in half, harvested of fat and blood vessels that were transplanted into my chest. It really is a miracle. But I can't imagine anyone choosing to get a tummy tuck or breast augmentation unless it was medically necessary.

More to come after Thanksgiving!

Much Love.