Random question: Have you ever had trouble finding pants that fit because they were squishing your skull? Well I have!!!
This week I started going back to the United Way office. This week I start with two days in the office and the rest of the week I'm working from home. The next following weeks, we are playing this by ear as to which days I work at the office and which days I work from home, depending on how I'm feeling, doctors visits and other things going on.
After wearing comfortable clothes the last few months - basically t-shirts and either shorts, work out shorts or long comfortable pants (depending on the weather) I needed to figure out some work close to wear.
I first needed to change out my clothes in my closet from my spring/summer wear to my fall/winter wear now that it's getting a little cold. That was my first issue. (that has slightly been done, since I'm still on steriods I get hot very easily)
But my other, bigger issues, is I have half of my skull chilling out in my stomach. When I had my emergency brain surgery, the surgeon put the skull he removed in my stomach for safe keeping. They will re-install my skull probably within the next two months - date of surgery is still to be determined and it all depends on how my recovery is going. Just to let you know, having part of your skull chilling in your stomach is the most annoying, uncomfortable thing ever!!!!! The skull likes to shift around, and it makes my stomach bigger.
Having part of my skull in my stomach has created this problem with finding pants and skirts to wear. I typically wear 6 or 8 size pants (depending on the store). I've worn jeans a couple times since I've been out of the hospital when I've gone out with friends, but I've had to wear my larger jeans (you know the ones you have for when you gain that extra weight - like during the holidays). They don't squish my skull. But since I lost so much weight after being in the hospital so long, they're too big on me (also all my belts are too big - and they put too much pressure on my stomach). So when I go out, I spend the entire time pulling up my pants. They don't fall completely off, but I could totally be a gangster as they slip down.
After trying on most of the pants that I thought would be work appropriate and comfortable that I already owned and none of them working, my mom and I decided to run out shopping and see what we could find. I didn't want to spend money on any really large pants that I could only wear for 2 months. We were looking for pants that actually fit and weren't squishing my skull.
But after trying on about 8 pairs of pants, we determined that having your skull in your stomach makes wearing paint impossible.
The only saving grace though is skirts with tights. They are work appropriate and comfortable enough to deal with the annoying skull in my stomach.
The long road to recovery has a lot of parts - and finding clothes is one of them.
Hope this blog made you laugh - cause yesterday's shopping experience totally made me laugh. :)
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