Day 72: Knitted knocker test drive…
I decided to give the knitted knockers a whirl today. I have to thank my mother in law Joyce for making these for me. It is strange on so many levels. Where to start…
Size for the day: C two sizes smaller than the original set I had grown all myself…
I have strange sensations below the skin and no sensation on/in the skin. So, it feels like muscle and nerve pain – a sort of burning sensation below, but seriously, no sensation otherwise. So when I have these on, I think the pressure makes the muscle tissue below aware, because I do get a discomfort – but it is very hard to explain and harder to identify, place or explain.
Now, something else I have to say is that I get cold now. Seriously, think about this… I had about 2.5 pounds on each side prior to surgery… that is now missing…. my skin is directly covering muscle – no fat, no breast tissue, nothin’… my body is still trying to figure that out. The knitted knockers warmed me back up. 😀
Here is something that surprised me… they are in the way. I knew that the original set I had were in the way, in fact I joked prior to surgery that I might enjoy this change, much like the Amazonian women in far past… although I was thinking less about archery and more about golf scores and batting averages… Maybe the fact that these are above the skin and not below makes it more obvious but I was horribly aware of them all day! Especially while driving… felt like I was constantly bumping them… and because they are not a part of me but ancillary, whenever I bumped them I had to rearrange myself… put myself back in place like a baseball pitcher on the mound…
I hate shopping, I have a feeling that replacement size and selection is going to be like shopping….
By the way – if you want to knit some knockers to help out a breast cancer patient check this out: http://knittedknockersusa.com/
Great that you are doing the research. Good luck
You might want to take a look at Proton therapy which is available in Seattle. I just completed a 9 week course for prostate cancer, but it is used to treat other cancers as well. I am glad that you have a good support network. It is so important. Again, good luck.
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LOL! Love the Knitted Knockers — yesterday I wore mine all day for just the second time. They do make you look…uhm…surprisingly good. Actually, I think they look better than The Deceased, which were engaged in a competition to see which one could reach my bellybutton first.
In the “in the way” department: it could help to remove a little of the stuffing. Mine came enormously overstuffed and fit much better after I took out about a third of the fiberfill.
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