Vanity is the First Thing to Go.

One of the questions that I had asked Dr. Gutin was whether or not I would be disfigured in any way by the surgery/treament. He described a nerve on the side of the face that would have to be cut and sometimes after healing will sink in a little, but is mostly unnoticeable. Dr. Gutin also replied..."Ahh...you're not that handsome anyway!" We all laughed and I thought nothing of it. Later that evening or actually early the next morning when I couldn't sleep, Sue and I were watching a recorded episode of Oprah. Michael J. Fox was being interviewed and was asked about how he dealt with people looking at him as he deals with his uncontrollable movements caused by Parkinson's Disease. He responded, "The first thing you learn is that vanity is the first thing to go." You really don't care what people think. It immediately hit me that this is what Dr. Gutin was trying to tell me when I asked about disfigurement. In the big picture, it really doesn't matter. Light Bulb moment as Oprah would say!