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The drugs, ‘D’ told me had severely aggravated the wounds he had following his car accident. He was having corrective surgery to his legs and had a long road ahead of him but was resolute he would stay ‘clean’ – and had been for a long time. It was such a bizarre conversation we were having. I hoped it helped him by speaking out. I saw ‘D’ a few months later in Wellingborough, where he was living – and was still going backwards and forwards to Leicester for procedures. He looked well and he had done some more writing, pleased that I had remembered him and his poem. ‘D’ was just one of many acquaintances that I was to have surreal conversations with – ‘people’ are fascinating.
I, too, had to go back to Leicester, a few more times than I had planned as it happened. The new nipple was settling very well but there were problems with the areola part and nipple of my on my natural breast where skin had been taken. The areola had stretched right across it and was decidedly ‘large’ and, the nipple had disappeared. It bothered me as I hadn’t bargained for such a change in appearance and I was very self-conscious about it.
To cut a long story short here, Mr Varma, over the next few months was able to make it all look and feel better but it needed three more minor procedures to correct it with the areola being trimmed. I’m sure he must have been relieved to see the back of me. But no. I was to meet up with Mr Varma at the most unlikely
ust one of many acquaintances that I was to have surreal conversations with – ‘people’
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With Crazy Hats now doing so well, and knowing many Northamp-
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tonshire patients had treatment at the LRI, we had agreed to support his department by giving donations to fund more literature for patients about breast reconstruction – moving on to donating funds to create an informative breast reconstruction DVD, funding to design and build a website, money to set up a nipple tattooing service (for which we did the same at KGH and NGH) as well as funding for new equipment and resources, a new electric bed, a variety of beautiful prints to go in the rooms and corridors of the Kinmonth Unit and pledging £25,000 to help them extend the Unit by adding more bays and beds to create a designated Breast Reconstruction Unit – the ‘Cupcake Appeal’ we called it. Sadly, despite specific and ‘ideal’ plans being drawn up and money coming in from other companies, hospital management decided against it.
We had great fun with the whole team whenever we presented our cheques and they always made a fuss of us and were always, so grateful. The team became very close ‘friends’ of Crazy Hats with Mr Varma agreeing to be a Vice President when we became a Registered Charity.
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