I wrote a few short posts since the last one, but I must have accidentally saved them as drafts and not published them to the blog.  Oops.

I’ve been back at work  for over a month now and things are going fine.  Everything has been healing up nicely and I’m not in any pain or discomfort.  I’ve still got a little bit of swelling, but that’s normal for areas over the bone.  I feel like I’ve got the same energy level as before surgery, too.

The one complication I’ve noticed is that one of the implants in my breasts hasn’t dropped as nicely as the other.  The fold below the bad one isn’t as defined, and the implant is sitting higher on my chest.  They both look fine and equal under clothing, but exposed one looks great and the other looks a bit off.

I go in for my second stage surgery in two weeks from Monday.  Dr. Meltzer will also preform a minor revision to the breast that is having a poblem and should also correct my urine stream (it goes too far forward!) at the same time.  This surgery isn’t nearly as invasive and I’m not planning to take more than a week off of work to recover.

I finally received a settlement from my insurance company for my disability claim.  They didn’t make it easy, but I finally got a check for about 60% of my salary for the time I was out recovering from my first surgery.

I threw a big party last weekend, celebrating my 34th birthday and one year (to the day) of living full-time as a girl.  It was one year since the day I came out work, the last day I presented myself in boy-mode.  It’s been an amazing year and I can’t believe the support I’ve had from everyone around me.  The party was great, and it felt wonderful to be able to give something back to some of the people how have helped me through this first year.