Monday, January 17, 2011
Sucks
3 days until I say "ta-ta" to my "ta-tas". I've been haveing weird dreams lately about Casey nursing again or nursing a baby in general, about funerals and death. I had a funny dream that they made my story into a movie and Tom Hanks was going to play me. When it came to the part where he had to have a mastectomy he hired someone else to do it. That's Hollywood for ya. I wish.
I've been having a hard time falling asleep at night because it is then that everything catches up with me. Like for example last night I was worrying about what they'll do with my breasts. I know this may sound lame to some people, but it's not. They are cutting a part of me off, and not just a physical part. These girls provided nutrition for my babies, they're part of my feminineness, motherliness and sexuality. I don't expect anyone to understand. I just have to get it out or I'll bottle it up inside and it won't do me any good.
I asked Jeff, half jokingly if they'd give them to me as ashes in an urn. He just hugged me and asked if I was feeling nervous. Yup. Then I got this vision from Due date where they drink the father's ashes because the guy thinks it's coffee. "This tastes like old stinky bra..." "Oh those are my boobs!" Oh I have a sick sort of humor sometimes. I think I joke when I'm trying to be brave. And then confessing that doesn't make me very brave I guess.
I'm not having a pity party here just processing stuff or whatever.
In church a few weeks ago someone bore there testimony and said they love running in the rain. It was her favorite time to run. She said instead of waiting for the storm to pass you must learn to dance in the rain. I really am trying to learn.
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My current obsession
Raising Cain, The Emotional Lives of Boys. Read it, just do it. It's only 258 pages long and it will change how you view and interact with boys. If you have a boy in your life, whether you're a parent, teacher, mentor or friend, you need to read this.
"...But as their manuscript progressed, Kindlon and Thompson realized a simple "how-to" would not do. "In the end," they write, "we found that the best advice we had to offer was simply to understand boys as they truly are rather than as they appear or as we wish them to be. Our deepest wish is to pull aside the curtain boys so tenaciously draw around themselves and offer you a look inside their hearts and minds. If we succeed, we hope that you will see more clearly the ways in which our culture conspires to limit and undermine their emotional lives. We hope you will understand boys better, and above all, we hope you will enjoy them more"
Read an interview with one of the authors, Dan Kindlon, PH.D. here.
I think you're being very brave. I think you're handling it very well, and letting people know what you're thinking and feeling is better than letting it weigh down on your own mind. I know what you mean about night time being the time that all your thoughts start circulating. I think about you a lot. I'll keep you in my prayers (though unfortunately I can't pray that you'll keep your breasts). :)
ReplyDeleteSara, goodluck with your surgery. I'll be praying for a speedy recovery for you. I'm glad your mom is able to be there to help out for a while.
ReplyDeleteSending lots of good thoughts and prayers for your surgery tomorrow! I think you are super brave no matter what you confess on here :)
ReplyDeletep.s. I would totally wonder what they did with them too...
Thinking of you all tonight~ Love you brave girl!
ReplyDelete(PS my kids are all wearing pink ribbons in the morning~)
My sister told me about your blog, I was diagnosed with DCIS with the possibility of invasion at the beginning of Jan. With the MRI and mammo they are also concerned that a lymph node is diseased. My doctor is suggesting a mastectomy. Not an easy thing to hear. Right now I am trying to decide what to do so I've been doing a lot of research. I am 30 and have five kids, so I am very concerned about my quality of life, as I am sure you are as well. I found a treatment where they give very small doses of chemo with insulin, cancer cells absorb 15 times more sugar than regular cells, so it targets the cancer without all the side effects of traditional chemo. When I read your post about wanting more children, I felt I should share this with you. It is controversial but so is chemo. Main stream oncologists don't use it. I wont give you all the details back and forth, if you are interested I'm sure you will research it yourself anyway. it's called Insulin Potentiation Therapy, or IPT.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with everything. I am anxious to read more, I'm sure it will help me through my treatment.