No Nude Nut For Me

Well, I am into the first week of my 3rd round of AC chemo now.  The effects seemed to come on quicker this time round but also subsided quicker.  I returned to work a day earlier too so it was good to feel motivated to get back into the swing of things.  Strangely though, my hair seems to be clinging on for dear life.   I have always had a really good head of hair and even the nastiness of chemotherapy drugs is not strong enough to make my locks vacate their premises.  True, it is very thin, somewhat like a baby's first growth and is about one and half  inches long  but it is hanging in there. I am pleased to report that I have still got my eyelashes and also a  pair of albeit thinner eyebrows.  I only have one more lot of this harder chemo to go and then I will be having Paclitaxil once a week for 12 weeks.  According to other women who have had the same regime, it is a walk in the park as it is a much weaker dose and recovery time is quicker.

A couple of weeks ago I purchased some funky stretch fabric and set about making my own beanies.  There doesn't seem to be a supplier of the sort I was after anywhere else other than in the UK.  I also didn't fancy spending $40 + postage and packaging for one beanie.  I found a pattern on the internet and have so far made three. Once I have finished them I'll post some pics.  I thought that I might put my long dormant sewing skills to good use and see if there is a market for them and make some to sell; and not for $40 apiece.

On Wednesday morning I met with my plastic surgeon to review the next stage of reconstruction.....the icing on the cake......yup, the new nipple.  I was under the impression that my new nipple was going to be created by pulling some skin through a hole in the new breast, and folded over and stitched to create a fake one. The only problem with that method is that after a while, the skin flattens out and I will be left with uneven sized nipples....we can't be having that, can we!!!  So, what is actually going to be done is that the surgeon is going to slice the tip of my existing nipple in half (horizontally) and stitch the piece onto my reconstructed breast.  All this will be done under a local anaesthetic in the surgeons' rooms.  Amazing eh!! I just hope he sews it on straight.  I do not want one looking up and once looking down...that would be just too weird!  So, yeah, that is happening in August.  I will post pics of that for those that are interested.  Once that is all healed I just have to have my aerola tattooed on and Voila!! all done.