Personal Narrative: My Breast Reproduction Surgery

At one point or another we all face a turning point in our lives, or simply something that changes us. The change we endure can be good or bad. I feel it’s all in the way we face it. I welcomed one of my biggest physical changes. In fact, I welcomed it with arms wide open and tears of joy. The change I was about to endure was a breast reduction surgery, which was physically, medically and mentally needed for this life altering decision. Change for me has never come easy, I like things to stay the same and no surprises. At some point you have to make life altering changes in your life. My breast reduction surgery was definitely my biggest physical changing experience. My family loved to point out how my condition was so ironic, due to …show more content…
I had been told by my male doctor that I might have sensations come back to my breasts, but him being a male and never having a breast reduction, what he couldn’t tell me was that when the sensations came back they would feel like I had red flaming lightning bolts shooting out of my nipples. If this happened while I was in a conversation I would have to stop and gasp for air, in order to regain control of my body. The spasms would erase all thoughts and render me speechless. This issue lasted for months. I also had what the doctor described as Post traumatic shock syndrome; my body knew something traumatic had happened but because of the amnesia due to the anesthesia, my mind couldn’t connect what had happened. This was one side effect he forgot to tell me about. This lovely side effect caused my brain and mouth not work together. My verbal skills where those of a toddler at times, but I didn’t know this. I would often get upset with friends and family, who laughed at me or kept asking me to repeat myself. All in all, the glitches in the recovery process weren’t what I expected, but at this point I was happy it was all done and over