Mystery Solved!

So I was going to title this one, "it's a mystery", hence the picture, but Doctor Michael, AKA, the smartest man from Weedsport & our snow shoveling neighbor, solved the mystery in the wee hours of the morning today. So you are like, What the hell is she talking about, well here is the newest Andy saga....

It all started, we think, a week ago. Andy was complainging of groin pain. Certainly wasn't from exercise or S-E-X, but groin pain none the less. Then came the red, pimple like bumps all over his body. OK, he's got sensitive skin and gets pimples once in awhile, so we didn't think anything of it. Then last Friday, at Casino Night, a fundraiser we were at, I look over from the dance floor I was lighting on fire with my moves, and see Andy sitting down on a couch bending forward in what looked like pain to me. I, in the middle of a great dance move, lept across the dance floor running to the aid of my husband. He had his socks and shoes off and said he could barely walk. He had reddness and swelling all around his ankles. So, being the kind and caring nurse wife that I am I forwent the next hour of dancing and took him home.

Now for those of you who live in town, this ailment came 2 days after the MRSA note we got home from school stating that there was a case in the school system and they start out like pimples. Dr. Michael took a look the next morning and ruled out MRSA, phew, he's not going to die of that, but what Dr. Mike, what is it?????? best guess at that point was a strep infection and best way to rule that in or out is to treat with antibiotics. Due to pain being caused by this, Andy had to miss standing in the cold with his cubscout den at Winter Fest & the task fell to me, thanks Honey for planning these illnesses so nicely! So, antiobiotics started, feeling a bit better during the days, but still pretty bad at night. Back to Dr. Mike, we even went to the office this time. Bloodwork and xrays taken. Consultation with other Docs and nurses at the office and then this morning at the bustop I get the official diagnosis, Erythema Nodosum. Now I know erythema means redness and swelling and nodosum looks like "i don't know" so in lay person terms it is redness and swelling we don't know about! and after reading more that's about it. They aren't sure what really brings it on, can be food allergy, strep infection, other preceding illnesses, but it is an infection in the subcutaneous fat anywhere you have it in the body. No real treatment, other than pain meds and steroids to help calm symptoms, resolves on own, sometime taking up to 3mos. can reoccur down the road. Usually occurs in people ages 30-40, ok Andy is 42, but his Wii age is 38. Usually occurs more in woman then men, we all know Andy is a metrosexual with lots of female qualities. All the accounts I read on line are dead on to what Andy is experiencing, So Good job, Doctor Mike, but yes, it is poor Andy again. and isn't if funny that once again, it is 2 weeks before my surgery, just like the last accident. I get the feeling he is feeling left out from the sympathy I start to receive about now and feels he has to go do something to get some of the love going his way. Well OK, maybe not consciously, but come on, this is to weird.

So, I am in narsissistic withdrawl and need to talk about myself now. I had my 2 week preop appointment yesterday with Dr. Gil and did my preadmission screening(PAS) @ the hospital. I am getting good at that routine after the third time. Nothing new with the PAS. Dr. Gil and I signed all the papers and went through the procedure and consents. believe it or not, there are alot of options for silicone implants. Dr. Gil's biggest concern is getting them back to the size I want while creating nice clevage and "projection"(the number of inches the girls protrude from my body) I keep telling him I want the smaller amount of cc's in them, but his point is, that from his experience, when you change out the hard expanders for the soft silicone, it looks alot different. The expanders look hard, and they are, and because of that they creating a big, full appearance. the silicone is more natural, like normal breast tissue and as you can see from the picture above, is squishy. So while 450 cc's in the expanders looks huge to me right now, 450 cc's in implants will not. So, he is going to order 3 different sizes for me (ranging from 390cc's - 440cc's) and he is going to see what looks best at the time of surgery. Yup, I am leaving my boob size in the hands of another man, but I trust him and know he will do right by me, and more importantly Andy. So the surgery is Thursday 2.19. I go in @ 7am and will be home that evening. My mom will be here with the kids as they are off school for winter break. Recovery is the same as before, if not easier, but he wants me to be more mindful of no lifting or exercise for atleast 4 weeks to let the sutures heal.

Kids are home and need me, so that's it for now. By the looks of the length of this, that is probably a good thing.

Sherie