Mental Notes
Random thoughts, ideas, quirks

Archive for July, 2008

Perfect Combination

Thursday, July 31, 2008

I met someone yesterday while I was roaming around blackplanet.com. Young, accomplished, educated, lives in my town. No children. No apparent drama. Lives alone. Single. Likes the same type of music. Enjoys the same type of activities. Sounds perfect, except he’s a he and not a she. Bah!
Isn’t it ironic how that happens, especially on [...]

Post Surgical Shower Accessories..

Thursday, July 31, 2008

I haven’t updated in awhile because I’ve just been tired. A few things have happened since my last update though, so I’ll share.
I went back in on Wednesday of last week and the doctor performed liposuction on my left breast to drain out a lot of blood. Seems the 10cc’s at a time was a [...]

Draining a Post Surgical Hematoma

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

(Over 20 of these syringes were used to drain the blood from my left breast today)
Today was a beautiful day, indeed. It’s the 15th day after my breast reduction and as you know I developed a very large hematoma on my left breast. It’s been dramatic to say the least. I’ve been to the doctor [...]

Be Careful What You Wish For

Monday, July 21, 2008

Coop is a pretty hyper puppy when he gets around other dogs. He looses his sense of manners and bolts around playfully nipping and barking and jumping on the other dogs he sees. I got him too early at only 5 weeks, before we was properly socialized… Anyway, Saturday while we were out, I was [...]

Coop de’Ville

Friday, July 18, 2008

Cooper getting an early start on his chilled out weekend. He doesn’t know I plan to run him ragged at the park.. or maybe it’s the other way around, lol. We’ll see.

Friday, July 18, 2008

good lord heaven jesus and earth – the numbness wore off!

Integrity

Friday, July 18, 2008

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
“The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.  Think only of the things that can bear the full light of day.  The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny…it is the Light [...]

Post Surgical Hematoma

Monday, July 14, 2008

I saw the Physician Assistant when I went in for treatment today. Seems the Kindness Crew was in surgery and I was left with Nurse Hatchet and her assistants. Geeze. I got the “wham-bam-thank-you ma’am” service but it was very informative.  The PA told me the bruising I have under my left breast is considered [...]

Back to the Gym

Monday, July 14, 2008

I went back to the gym today for the first time in about 3 weeks. Once I was officially pre-op, I had to stop taking all of my supplements (two weeks before blood tests). I just used the time to detox my body and give myself a break. I’d been working out so hard previously, [...]

My Lady Lumps

Sunday, July 13, 2008

I had a bilateral mastectomy on Monday.  Actually, it was called a bilateral reduction mammoplasty or breast reduction. Because I opted for the keyhole procedure, they took out almost all of the breast tissue and left me with just enough to support my nipples. Otherwise they would have taken the nipples completely off and then [...]