But there is one change that has been bigger, more significant than any of them all – I NOW WEAR SUSPENDERS!
(I hope you weren't expecting a serious post coz this definitely isn't, despite the dramatic intro.)
But really, this is huge for me. I'm a belt-wearer. Always have, always am, and always will be - until this &*#@$!^ wound infection got the best of me.
You see before I fell sick, I was wearing 36-inch waist pants and I wear 'em just under my belly flabs – the slimmest circumference on my waist. Now I am only 32 inches around my stomach, I haven't bought new pants, and I'm in need of something to hold them up. Belts would have been good if not for my gaping wound that's positioned right where a belt buckle would press on. I have no choice, i had to adapt.
I have nothing against suspenders. I'm just not used to it. Wearing it hasn't been bad at all. In fact, it helped me through what would have otherwise been a very difficult month. But I still do get days where I feel like I'm on wedgies the whole day (if it's put on too tight, or if I sit down too fast), or too worried that the clips will unsnap and my trousers would fall off, or too puzzled with how I will use the toilet without having to remove everything I'm wearing (that's how it feels to me).
I really look forward to the day when I get some sense of normalcy back - the day I get to put on my trusted leather belt.
Oh such worries!
