Week 11 - All Filled Up

Celebrate with me - I had my last fill this past Wednesday! Now the countdown until I have my last surgery.

I didn't see the Dr. as he was doing an office surgery, so we didn't get to talk goals and procedures. Nor did I try on the new bra that I bought so we could see how much is needed on the left. Now, after the last 45 cc that was added it doesn't fit on the right. Oh well. I scheduled an appt. to see him in 3 weeks to talk about goals and procedures. We'll see how much we can add to the left to fit on the left. I would say I'm quite certain I don't want to be 400 cc on the right! I'll return the bra after the next appt. and then wait for pretty new bras until after I have recovered.

Not sure I have humor, creativity and positive all in different segments today but I do have some great things to talk about.

Here's the funny & some positive all in one. We went riding yesterday and did almost 300 miles. Started out by going thru Carver to Estacada, south on forest service roads along the Clackamas River towards Detroit. Funny, haha, you say. Well, I haven't reached the punch line just yet. Remember I'm not good at jokes! Beautiful scenery. I hadn't realized the river was so pretty along that stretch. We did end up coming to a one-lane detour that had a sign - Motorcycles use extreme caution. Dang, that means probably not a good choice to continue, at least for me. So, we turned around and went back thru Estacada, south to Molalla (ate at the Hitchin' Post again), Silverton,  Silver Falls, Sublimity, Stayton, Scio, Lebanon, Sweet Home, Brownsville, Halsey then home. We rode the freeway until north of Salem then got on 99E. Freeway is kind of crazy though fast, too fast.

I even took my jacket off in public. I thought I was sort of lined up, breasts in an almost horizontal line. You can imagine how disappointed I was when we got home and I had Mr. take a picture for me, and I was all droopy on the left, not matching up nearly like I thought. I did push stuff up on occasion, so maybe it was just droopy at the end of the day.

Well, guess not quite as symmetrical as I thought. It's a wonder anyone could look me in the face!

So, when I got home I laid it all out on the table!

Left - breast form, cloth pouch with zip lock bag of rice (100cc), breast form to lift and increase size of left breast;
Right - dimmer to smooth the bumps on the right breast.

So you see how funny it is now? I went to a lot of work just hang low.  It's hard to get dressed in the summer time! I guess I was warned it would be difficult for awhile. But I really thought I looked pretty good. It's good there aren't many mirrors around when riding!

I'm saving the really good stuff to the last, so stay tuned.

Today would have been my parent's 62nd anniversary. Dad was kind of looking for someone in the family to spend time with today. I went down for breakfast and cooked with/for him before he went to church. Must be hard on those special days.

We are in the mode of getting ready for a bike trip. You can imagine the dilemma I'm having regarding clothing after the vision  above. I guess I'll take one structured bra along and at least a couple of shirts I can throw on when I take my jacket off so I can be seen in public even when I don't wear the straight jacket.

Went to the Farmer's Market for some fresh black berries, cukes and peaches. Yum. Got a walk in - probably about 1 hr. long. Getting the water timers set up for while we are away so things don't die. Laundry, starting to pack, bill paying - what fun. 

Friday I had two good pieces of news - I'm so excited. 
My surgery is scheduled for 10/25 with my pre-op visit two weeks earlier. That makes it 9 weeks from last fill, but I think I can manage 1 extra week. I was a little puzzled because the scheduler tried to do it in 4 weeks and the doc had told me 8 weeks. Oh well.

And, get ready for this. I had applied for a different position recently, had my 2nd interview this past week and found out on Friday I was the one they really wanted. I've been very interested for some time in a position like this. I won't be doing training and instructional design for now, in this new position. I'll be a worker bee reviewing claims for clinical purposes after they come in. This will mean I get to learn a whole bunch of new stuff. It's a level decrease and a slight pay decrease, but sometimes you have to give to get. That's the way I figure it. My current position is moving towards primarily coordination with other people doing the training. Coordination is not my strong suit. I think I will have fewer nights of insomnia. I have friends on the team who love their work, their team and their manager. Wow!

I was realizing this weekend that I tend to do a particular type of work about 8-10 years and make a change. So I'm right on track. I begin my new job on 9/19. I'll get to work more from home, have flexible work weeks, and perhaps work normal hours depending on what is going on. Meanwhile, I need to wrap things up and try to help transition things. There isn't another trainer, so it should be interesting. This past summer has really helped solidify that I needed to do something different for a time.

I'm still not past trying to do something in relationship to support of women who will be/are undergoing breast reconstruction in whatever capacity that may be over time. I'm a nurse, work in business in the health care industry, and I'm an adult educator. Why not?

Another really great thing - we are outside listening to Sunday night Blues (make that 2 great things) and there are crickets "singing" in the vegetation. No it's not part of the music. We heard them last evening and realized that we've never noticed them before. Interesting. And we love it.

I was kind of thinking about doing Race for the Cure walking this year, but I haven't heard anything about sign up. I'll have to look around.

You won't hear from me for a couple of weeks. Oh darn! But, I'll share some photos with you when I come back. Probably not of me unless it's better than the one above!