'Life kicks you around sometimes. It scares you and beats you up, but there's a day when you'll realize you're not just a survivor you're a warrior you're tough."

Hi. Reporting in after my fat grafting surgery yesterday. All went well. My physiotherapist got to scrub in and be apart of it. So she was able to tell me everything. She is excited about all that she learned and excited that the surgeon and intern surgeon actually asked her a lot of questions and learned a few things also. I am the first patient of Tracy's to have fat grafting to help with mobility and regenerate some healthy tissue amongst the fried up radiated tissue. So everyone is learning a lot from me! I'm feeling much better than I thought I would which is comforting. I'm very dizzy so can't move far but pain is managed with all my drugs. 

Tracy was very shocked at the invasiveness and aggressiveness of the procedure and is happy I'm able to manage the pain. I have 10 puncture holes that are stitched up. I will have a check up in a week. 

I found out the reason Dr. Chang got me in so quick was because he got back to work from holidays last week and found out that breast cancer patients would no longer receive coverage for this procedure because, in their minds, it is cosmetic. 

So this brings up an issue because I need 2 or 3 of these to receive the most benefits. Tracy and I will be working together to help me get the coverage to complete the fat grafting but also for every breast cancer patient to have the opportunity of this procedure if they need it. 

I'm thinking I will be able to head back to work around October 1 but we will see. We want to handle this with extreme caution and make sure I'm ready. 

I'm going to have a million dollar body - literally very soon! Below is a bit of info about the procedure. 

http://www.plasticsurgery.org/news/past-press-releases/2012-archives/technique-provides-new-option-for-breast-reconstruction-after-radiation-therapy.html