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Fantasmic!

First off welcome to the updated site!  With the surgeries behind us I thought it was a good time to freshen things up.

So five days ago I headed into surgery with no real expectations as to what would come next.  I was so excited that the “pointy parts” would be back and that the “air bags” would be gone that I never really thought to inquire about recovery time. In my head I think I figured that the worst was over and if I made it through the DIEP surgery and prophylactic Mastectomy, this would be a cake walk.

Well I was sadly mistaken.  I clearly underestimated the pain.  I have had to step back and allow my body to do what it needs to do.  I sit with ice packs on both sides which really does feel good.  I guess in a few weeks I will be saying remember when….I hope so anyway!

On the Disney front, today is highlighted by reservations at Hollywood Studios.  We will have  lunch at 50’s Prime time Cafe.  We went there before and had a great time.  Fun place and good food.  Dinner is something new for us.  We are doing the Fantasmic Dininng package with dinner at the Hollywood Brown Derby.

Be our Guest

Thank you…
for thinking of me
and then wondering
how you could help.
Thank you…
for doing what you did,
instead of being too busy,
or just forgetting about it.
Thank you…
For inking me
on your priority to-do list,
when you have
so many other things to do;
I am honored;
It meant a lot to me.
Thank you.

By Joanna Fuchs

 

Anyone who has read a few of my posts can probably draw the conclusion that I am not a wordsmith.  My writings are not polished but they are real and from the heart.  There are so many people who I wanted to thank. I found this and I think it fits perfectly.

From delivering meals to watching the kids, from stopping by, making a call, sending and e-mail, card, blog comment,  text or even Facebook post.  Goodies and flowers all thoughts from special people who have helped  myself and my family work our way through this experience just a bit smoother.  All appreciated!

There is one person who I have known for years who did none of these things. I know that I should not let things bother me but after oh, 25+ years of “friendship” to not warrant a few words even via text?  I am thankful for this also.  This experience has opened up a world of new friends and shown a light on those that were a bit more shallow. Life is too short to get bogged down.

Anyway, still very sore but at least the pain pills can keep up now, thankfully!  The Disney reservations continued today with the highlight being dinner at the new Be our Guest restaurant.  I am honestly not in love with the menu but that is not the point of eating there for the girls.  It is all about the dream!

And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a 
chair as the dining room proudly presents – 
your dinner!
Be our guest! 

2 days post revision and the big reveal

I am much more sore than I hoped or expected I would be.  I am sure that I am partly to blame attempting to move around normally instead of taking a day or two in bed.  I have learned my lesson from yesterday and today plan to lay around with my girls and watch movies.  On the agenda Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole and The Lorax .  We are sitting here right now watching Superman II.  Released in 1980, this was high-tech back then. I remember loving these movies thinking they were very cool.  They have a very different impression of it telling me that it is very funny to watch such and old movie with me.

Today is the big reveal today. The surgical bra comes off and the new nips will finally make an appearance.  I am waiting until after breakfast. I am not sure what to expect.  I will miss the high fashion appeal of the surgical bra.