Almost done!

I can't believe it has been more than 4 months since I last posted. A lot of things happened during this time. I don't know where even to start. However, all in all, I feel that I have been back to normal. Busy work and family life make me forget about cancer. First of all, I had finished my tissue expansion. I just had a surgery to replace them with permanent implants on July 31. Believe it or not, it was actually a harder surgery emotionally for me. When you are sick, like having cancer, you are not afraid of surgery like double masectomy, for example. You just went ahead and did it without any questions. Now, I feel so normal. I forgot I had cancer. yet, I have to have another surgery. It almost sounds like elective, but I can't have the tissue expanders in forever because they are not designed that way. The type of surgery is also a sounds like a choice. I could have DIEP procedure where the doctor will using microsurgical technique to transfer the fat in my tummy into my breasts to make breasts completely with my own body tissues. It is procedure that can last for life time. However the procedure itself is complicated. It takes from anywhere 10 to 13 hours long. The recovery takes about 4-6 weeks or longer. Breast implant, on the other hand, is a simpler procedure, typically 2-3 hours of operation and 1-2 weeks of recovery. However the implant is not permanent. It can rupture or leak. It can have infections because it is a foreign body. Some people also develop hard scar tissues around implants that require more surgeries. It was a hard choice. In the end, I chosed implants. Part is because my plastic surgery who is specialized in DIEP procedure had an accident on July 4th weekend and is on medical leave for 3-4 months - God, I pray he did not hurt his hands or brain! He is a talented surgeon and I really wish him well. Other reasons are simpler. I just want to get this over with. So taking the route of implant suits me well now. If I wanted to, I could always get back to DIEP procedures as long as I save the fat on my tummy - I have plenty of these! My local plastic surgeon needs some fat tissue for the implants as well. Because I still consider the future possibility of DIEP procedure, we had to use other area for the fat tissues. I chose the inside of my legs where I had more fat than other areas beside tummy. What a mistake!! Liposuction really sucks. Now one week later, I could have gone back to work, except my legs hurts so much. They are so purple and blue too. I also did eyelid surgery to improve my field of vision at the same time. Recovery on both my breasts and eyes are great. In a few days, I hope my life is back to be normal again!