Boob shopping

I had a consultation this past week with a second plastic surgeon, this time someone who specializes in breast reconstruction using implants. Once again, the hubby and I were impressed with the "swankiness" of the waiting area. Plastic surgery is clearly the field to go into if you aspire to living well. Fortunately, this doctor didn't have the same used car salesman vibe as the first guy we saw. He was very nice and thorough about explaining the transplant procedure (BTW, it's interesting that the surgeons doing boob jobs in Austin all seem to be male...). We also got to hold a sample implant. It's amazing how soft and squishy they feel considering that the finished product often looks extra perky.

Well, I left feeling no closer to making a decision regarding the implants versus the DIEP flap (that's the procedure the first doc specializes in, in which they would use tissue from my abdomen to form a new breast). Sure enough, Dr. Implant said a few things that seemed to directly conflict with what Dr. DIEP had told me a week earlier. For instance, Dr. DIEP was confident I had enough abdominal tissue to form two breasts, but Dr. Implant disagreed. Dr. Implant also described a much longer recovery from the DIEP procedure than Dr. DIEP had discussed, and cited lower failure statistics for the implants than Dr. DIEP had claimed. So what's true and what's not? It's so CONFUSING...

While I'd love to take a vacation from all of this crap, I can't, so here's my latest painting. I did it from a photo, using water-soluble oils. Don't you wish you were there, sitting under that umbrella, and sipping a pina colada? I know I do.