My Mom's Boob Job -- chapter one -- The Consultation
I couldn't believe the schedule was correct. I checked it three times and had my nurse verify it just to make sure. "Dr. Kane, that is what the schedule says and we have her paperwork ready to go. Is everything okay?"
"Yes, Sharon, thank you. I'll be right in." I answered.
Beatrice Kane was the patient's name. Augmentation mammoplasty was the procedure. My mother wanted a boob job?
Today was the consultation. She had never even mentioned wanting any kind of surgical enhancements before. No work at all, much less coming to my practice. For this.
My hand trembled when I picked up the chart again and looked. No denying who she was -- that was my parents' address written in her handwriting on the patient demographic sheet. That was her signature on the consent forms. Her driver's license photocopied next to her insurance card.
My mom wanted a boob job?
I knocked on the door twice and entered the room.
"Well, this is unexpected." I said closing the door behind me. The consultation room was designed to be a very comforting and relaxing environment. I spent a lot of time, thought, and money designing the perfect room. Soft furniture, lower lighting, and gentle music. A lot of difficult conversations happened in this room.
"I hope you aren't angry." My mother said as I sat on the sofa across from her. I never thought I would hear my own mother's voice in this room.
"Angry?"
"Well, this is something I've been thinking about for a while, but never told anyone about. Not even your father." She paused and shifted nervously in her seat. Nerves about the procedure? Everyone had those, but not everyone came to their own son for a boob job. "I decided it was time to finally do something for me. Of course I had to come to the best plastic surgeon on the planet for this. Dr. Dominic Kane."
"You're my mom. You have to say that."
"It is still true." She laughed. It was a nervous laugh as she shifted again and crossed her legs. Always an elegant lady my mother was beautiful. Not quite the poster pinup I might need for advertising my cosmetic surgery business, but even if she walked out of here with no work done at all I'd be proud to have a stranger passing by on the street know she walked out of my office.
"Okay, let's get to business. Tell me what you're here for." I opened her chart and flipped to my consultation page. When I looked back at her she was just staring at me. "Are you okay, Mom?"
"Dominic, can you not call me 'mom' when we're about to talk about my tits?"
"I apologize. Strictly professional from this moment forward. Mrs. Kane, tell me what you're here for."
My patient -- my mom -- took a deep breath. "Well, Dr. Kane, I am here because I want to feel beautiful again. I need to be noticed, I want to feel sexy."
I swallowed my own shock and sudden anger I felt toward my father. He had been neglecting her for years.
"I'm tired of your father disappearing every few months to go see his girlfriend he thinks no one knows about. I'm ready to have my life back."
I had known about my father's infidelity for a while, but I had no idea that she knew. I thought I was protecting her when I chose to ignore it. "I'm so sorry. How can we make you feel better and get your life back, Mrs. Kane?"
Over the past few months I had noticed changes she had made. Whenever I would go over to my parents' house things were just different. She had cut her hair in a new way, started wearing makeup and more stylish clothes, she had even joined a gym. Even now she was in a striking purple skirt that rode up over her knees as she crossed her legs and a soft white blouse that flowed when she moved.