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Get connected day!
Hi all!
Welcome to all our new members, and here's our first Get Connected Day post for 2011.
The purpose of the Get Connected post is to provide a place where you can introduce yourself if you'd like to widen your connections.
What to do...
Comment to this post (use the comment form at the bottom of the page) with a short note about yourself and who you're looking to connect to. Easy!
If you see someone with experience similar to yours, who you'd like to connect to, then just click their username (in their post) and you will end up on their profile page. Then all you need to do is look on the left side of the page under their picture and you'll see an "add contact" link and follow the prompts.
Why connect to others?
One of the good things about connecting to others, is that all of their blog posts will show up on your homepage in a reading list. So if you haven't visited the site in a few days, you'll still see what everyone is up to!
Important note
Remember to check your own privacy settings on your "edit" page. There's no need to reveal anything personal or private, but if you want others to connect to you, you should make some of your My Profile settings "public" so others can find out a bit about you (eg. 'my story', 'about' me' and 'breast cancer experience').
If you're not sure what to do, you might like to read this post on how to change your privacy settings.
Have fun!
Di
(if you want to go back and browse the old 'get connected posts' to find out a bit more about our members, just click on the 'get connected' tag).
49 Replies
Hi everyone....
Wow, last few days have been hectic! I went back to work for a few days - I work in the floral industry - and the lead up to Valentine's Day was amazing! Really exhausted but so thrilling. I never realised how much I miss working and how much it can help to bump up your spirits! Don't et me wrong, I love the fact that I can stay home with my boys but being out there working for a wage is enlivening!
Jacqi, glad to hear you went well through the op, waiting for the all clear is a hard part of it but I am positive they will have gotten all that they needed to. I'm thrilled you are taking time for yourself, we tend to forget once the ops are over, how much our bodies still need recuperation time. There are still days when I need to curl up in bed and do nothing more strenuous than read a book :O)
Colb, what is a fuzzy brazillian? The only thing I know of that name is SO not what it is, I'm sure :OP Can you maybe let me know what date the episode was on air and I can have a look and talk to my surgeon...thanks... As for what to put on the other side, maybe look at a prosthesis? I know myself that my padding would slip around, even inside the bra pocket, or flatten out so it looked really weird. My youngest son took great delight in squashing it flat or into strange lumps while I was out carrying him and got a few funny looks from people until I realised what he was doing. When I got fitted in the hospital for the support bra, the consultant packed so much stuffing into the pocket, I looked like a junior Dolly Parton in a bad bra...LOL I know I was a DD before the op but come on, what's wrong with a nice C cup? Anyone would think she was thinking with testoserone...
Tanya, according to my surgeon, she is confident that 2 weeks will see me back up and running at my level now, which is to say, I can run the house, drive and look after the kids. I hope she is right as my hubby has now run out of sick leave and his job doesn't come with annual leave - his roster gives us 4 weeks off every 6 weeks so we have scheduled the surgery for the beginnig of this break. But again, I'm lucky thathe has the FIFO roster that allows this. If we were still on 2 on 2 off, it would be a big struggle as we don't have any family near us or able to fly over and stay for a couple of weeks and no-one to help with the kids :O( But, here's to thinking positively...
I'm looking forward to having teardrops again :OP The square, slightly rounded look is hell to carry off in a bikini hahaha
Ree xxx
Hi everyone....
Wow, last few days have been hectic! I went back to work for a few days - I work in the floral industry - and the lead up to Valentine's Day was amazing! Really exhausted but so thrilling. I never realised how much I miss working and how much it can help to bump up your spirits! Don't et me wrong, I love the fact that I can stay home with my boys but being out there working for a wage is enlivening!
Jacqi, glad to hear you went well through the op, waiting for the all clear is a hard part of it but I am positive they will have gotten all that they needed to. I'm thrilled you are taking time for yourself, we tend to forget once the ops are over, how much our bodies still need recuperation time. There are still days when I need to curl up in bed and do nothing more strenuous than read a book :O)
Colb, what is a fuzzy brazillian? The only thing I know of that name is SO not what it is, I'm sure :OP Can you maybe let me know what date the episode was on air and I can have a look and talk to my surgeon...thanks... As for what to put on the other side, maybe look at a prosthesis? I know myself that my padding would slip around, even inside the bra pocket, or flatten out so it looked really weird. My youngest son took great delight in squashing it flat or into strange lumps while I was out carrying him and got a few funny looks from people until I realised what he was doing. When I got fitted in the hospital for the support bra, the consultant packed so much stuffing into the pocket, I looked like a junior Dolly Parton in a bad bra...LOL I know I was a DD before the op but come on, what's wrong with a nice C cup? Anyone would think she was thinking with testoserone...
Tanya, according to my surgeon, she is confident that 2 weeks will see me back up and running at my level now, which is to say, I can run the house, drive and look after the kids. I hope she is right as my hubby has now run out of sick leave and his job doesn't come with annual leave - his roster gives us 4 weeks off every 6 weeks so we have scheduled the surgery for the beginnig of this break. But again, I'm lucky thathe has the FIFO roster that allows this. If we were still on 2 on 2 off, it would be a big struggle as we don't have any family near us or able to fly over and stay for a couple of weeks and no-one to help with the kids :O( But, here's to thinking positively...
I'm looking forward to having teardrops again :OP The square, slightly rounded look is hell to carry off in a bikini hahaha
Ree xxx
Good for you! It's fun to explore, so keep trying new things. You can't break anything, so go for it! :)
thank you will keep practising, each time I go into the website I learn something new I have printed out the information sheets so will be a professional "surfer" soon
Hi Ree
I am considering having an expander put in and then replaced with a fuzzy brazillian implant have you heard of these? i saw them on Acurrent Affair and spoke to my plastic surgeon about them he said they are good and everything I read about them is positive, they are teardrop shaped. I have a question for everyone out there what do you wear when you have your expander in but havent had the other side operated on to match do you just wear padding????
I hope your expander gets fixed soon...
Hi jacqui,
Personal messages will come in to your inbox. Just click on the link in your pink profile box (see the right side of the page) to get to your inbox. If you have any messages the link wil say "xx new messages" and if you don't have any it will say "view your inbox". You should also receive a notification in your inbox when someone leaves a comment on one of your posts, or on a post you have commented on.
New blog posts by your contacts will show up in a list on your homepage. To see those, click on the 'view profile' link in your pink profile box.
Hope that's what you wanted to know -- if you're not getting any notifications then let me know and I'll check your settings for you. If you want to go through it by phone, feel free to call me in the office (03 9805 2582 :)
Ditto Ree, my right one is folded up and bulges on the corner too. Yes very weird, they are gonna fix that up next week too!! I will give you a run down after my op next week so you know what to expect. My big concern is how long I will need to be in hospital?? My sister is coming up for a few days so the kids can go to school as normal, but If I am in longer than the two days hubby will need to travel back and pick up the kids.
So I will keep you posted. My friends impants were tearshapes and look more like a natural breast, mine is roundish and looks a bit squarish too, definately not model material.
Tanya
Ditto Ree, my right one is folded up and bulges on the corner too. Yes very weird, they are gonna fix that up next week too!! I will give you a run down after my op next week so you know what to expect. My big concern is how long I will need to be in hospital?? My sister is coming up for a few days so the kids can go to school as normal, but If I am in longer than the two days hubby will need to travel back and pick up the kids.
So I will keep you posted. My friends impants were tearshapes and look more like a natural breast, mine is roundish and looks a bit squarish too, definately not model material.
Tanya
Hi Di...I was wondering if you could tell me how I can read just the messages that are left on my profile without having to scroll all the connections? My computer is very slow and I find at the moment I do not concentrate for long on one thing. Unfortunately there was a phone message from someone offering to help me but the persons message and the phone number was accidently deleted before I wrote it down.
I had my "Pity Party" on saturday and am now ready to get started on whatever is next for me to do.
Thanks for your support Jacqui
Hi Jacqui -- glad to see you made it home safe and sound. I'm totally with you on the pampering, you definitely deserve it! Mind you, I just came home from having a lovely facial and massage, so I guess I *would* say that! :)
