Plastic Surgeon, Etc.

It’s time to post another update and a lot has happened.

Plastic Surgeon

We met with this guy on Tuesday. I had a hard time getting past his shinning teeth and $500 shoes. Plastic surgeons are the celebrities of the doctor world. They look good and so does their staff. It is all charm and PR. And of course, since it is the Cleveland Clinic, they are good at it. We had an iffy meeting. We left feeling that our questions were not answered, we didn’t see photos of finished work, and we didn’t get a good handle on what we really could do. But these people are no dummies. The next day they were calling and addressing these same issues without our even having to bring them up. Tess was good. She was very articulate explaining yes, we did feel that way and we were interested in meeting with them again but we were also going to get some other opinions. Which she has already been inquiring about from her oncologist, primary surgeon, and friends.

Bottom line is, the surgery I was able to get in Brazil 16 years ago....granted the Big PX in the Sky of plastic surgery... is still better than one can get in the United States. I have no idea why. But it must be caught up in politics, insurance companies and lawsuits. Doctors have told me for years that my surgery is amazing and I am only now realizing how true that is. It doesn’t look that amazing to me, but then nothing can beat Mother Nature. Nonetheless, I am pleased and I’m sure we can find someone who can please Tess.

A lot depends upon the genetic testing results, but even so she knows what she wants and we should be able to get better answers.

Strip Searched!

As if mastectomy, a chemo port and a prosthesis aren’t enough to deal with, do you know that these things can set off the airport security systems? And yes, they WILL get you down to the nitty gritty before they back off and start apologizing????

TJ!!

You know if it rains, it pours, right? Well, Diane left TJ last week. It was carefully planned to his misfortune. And it is hitting him unexpectedly and heavily in the pocketbook. This is Tess’s Journey so we won’t dwell upon it here, but if you think of a prayer for him and the rest of his little family, it would not go amiss.

The Summer of 2007 will not be forgotten!!!