Mr. Fixit developed a bit of a tummy in the last few years as some men of a certain age do. He went to a bigger waist size when buying pants and was contemplating moving up another size for comfort’s sake when his medical condition changed around the first of the year.
The kidney was removed through an incision made just above his belly button. After the surgery, there was quite a bit of swelling so that made his paunch seem even worse.
Having been on the cancer meds for some months now and having several problems with side effects, he has lost about 20 pounds. His paunch is almost gone, and he is back into his smaller pants that he had “outgrown.”
Today we were in the frozen food section of the grocery. I noticed him looking at his reflection in the glass doors of the freezer units, patting his belt buckle, and hiking up his jeans.
I asked, “Did I just see you admiring yourself in the reflection in the freezer case?”
“No, no,” he replied. “I was just pulling up my jeans a little.”
“Yeah, right,” I commented.
He smiled his guilty little smile, and said, “You don’t miss a thing, do you?”
At last, a silver lining found for those side effects!
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