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I Want to Wear White
I Want to Wear White
In an account I received two days after surgery, one sentence stayed with me for a long while.
"I want to wear white."
It was the answer written in the space asking what one most wants to do after surgery. Not travel, not exercise, but white clothes. There are those who will know the weight of this short answer. Because light-colored clothing does not hide the body's contour, the closets of those troubled by gynecomastia are usually filled with dark colors.
The distance between the size of worry and reality
Before surgery, this patient's worry was not small. He wrote in his account:
"I worried the surgery would hurt a lot and the aftereffects would be quite large, but it ended quickly and safely, so I was satisfied."
In his case, it means the distance between what he had worried about and reality was that great. Progress and recovery speed differ from person to person, but a surgery drawn, in vague imagination, as far larger and more frightening than it is — we see this always in the consultation room. Narrowing that distance is the role of the consultation.
Until awkwardness becomes ease
When he first entered the clinic, he said, it was awkward. That is only natural. Most people are visiting a clinic over a concern like this for the very first time.
Making sure that awkwardness does not last long is our part. This patient, too, said he grew comfortable thanks to the staff's response. About the anesthesia as well, he left a line: "The anesthesia worked very well, so I was satisfied."
On the time spent deliberating
When I asked what he wanted to say to those with the same concern, this patient answered, in effect, that if you have time to deliberate, it is better to have it done.
I would like to convey only half of this. That time spent on deliberation alone is a waste, I agree with. But where that time should be headed is not the operating table but the consultation room. After confirming your own condition, judging whether surgery is needed is enough.
The day the closet grows brighter
That two days after surgery, at the moment recovery had just begun, he could think of white clothes. I believe that is the finest part of this account.
This summer, I hope that white clothes will grow, one by one, in this patient's closet. And I hope that others too, who have hidden their concerns behind dark clothing, will be able to bring those concerns out in the consultation room.