Two weeks post-op

May 19th 2005,

I am having a REALLY bad day today! I'm still very upset about my bald patches and they seem to be getting bigger. My friends have been round to see me it was great seeing them, though I was shattered when they left. They were shocked when they first saw me, they didn't expect me to look so bad, but they think I look great.!

I'm still shocked at how much difference the surgery has done, I wasn't expecting such a big difference. But it makes this whole journey even better as I have got more out of the surgery than I thaught I would. And I have cheek bones for the first time in my life!!!!! I often think that I am looking at someone else in the mirror!

I am fed up with having the same things to eat pretty much every day, I am a fussy eater (so my mum says!!) and I am only able to drink things that have been watered down and have no bits in them. Mam is coming up with all kinds of suggestions, but I have yet to try them. She's finding it hard seeing me in so much pain and discomfort, but she knows how pleased I am with the result of the surgery and so is she.