Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002 6:40 A.M.
Surgery Update This is just going to be a quickie entry. I am not gong to elaborate on the feelings of today. I spoke my piece earlier this week and many others will be today, so ok, nuff said. __________________________________ I went to see the plastic surgeon yesterday. He will do the surgery IF the insurance company will pay. Well, actually he will do it either way, But I can't if they aren't going to pay for it. A law was passsed a few years back. Years ago, if you had a mastectomy, you had one year to decide if you wanted reconstruction. Now you can decide anytime. The problem that has come up is that since I am not having implants, it isn't technically reconstruction. It now becomes cosmetic. I told him that sounded stupid to me. If you are a construction worker and you clear land for a house, you pull all the trees up right? You still have to go back and level the land!! Make sense to me. He agrees that it should be paid and thinks that it will. We'll see. Next we have the surgery. He explained it in detail. Quite a job. I will have what he refers to as a reverse tummy tuck. They will make an incision from armpit, to armpit and remove all the bumps and lumps and smooth it down. Since there will be a lot removed, they will then Pull up the skin to meet it. Sort of like streatching a pair of panty hose up under the arms.The good news is I get my tummy flattened for free!! Eehay! Now for the not-so-pleasant-news. This doctors reputation is built on the finished product. He does everything from tummytucks, to face-lifts to breast augmentation. But he WILL NOT operate on a smoker. Yup, there ya go. I have to be not only smoke free, but nicotene free for two weeks before the surgery. He explained that nicotene makes the tiny blood vessels spasm and it is not condusive to good clean healing. So if I want this done, (AND I DO!) I have to make the sacrifice and do it quick! He has set me up with another appointment for two weeks. He said that at that time, if I have been off the cigarettes for even two days, he will schedule the surgery for me. The kicker is that I have to totally nicoten free. This means no gum, no patch, no nuttin honey. Well, as the old saying goes, it's time to shit or get off the pot. He said to gear up for it and pick a date to aim for. I figured today would be a good day. I will sure as hell be able to remember the date. And besides the magnatude of emotion this day brings anyway, it is my granddaughter's birthday. Hey I can consider this a gift to her and its free! "Hey Brittni, I give you another few years of sharing your life with Gramaw, happy birthday sweetie." Yup, that works. So I am going to bed before midnight tonight with the patch. I will wear the patch for one week and then bang! That's it. (Hopefully) The best laid plans of mice and men and all that stuff. Later... Later,
Cosmic
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