after reading all that is here ( thank god and all of you for being here ) i starting to think im biteing off more than i can chew (no pun intended) i have a date of june 10th im 52 and have 4 yr old twins i know i have a great dr her name is pratt out of mgh in boston and i also have been blessed with a great amune system i tend to heal very well . ive had 3 operations on my back and always get out of the hospatal in half or less than half the time that was prodicted my problem now is i have only 1 week off from work to do this , i have a desk job so i dont need to move much and a bathroom close by if needed and a great boss and co workers but im a dispatcher and must be here i felt that after resting 2 days in the hospatal that gave me 5-6 days to rest at home before going to the office but every story i read say 2-3 weeks before returning to work , i cant afford that why are people out so long? is it just to not go to work feeling like crap i do that alot ive only called in sick 4 days in 9 years ? im rambling and thats not like me so i think im starting to flip out HELP??/

Well , any advice before pre-op would be great. I also am afraid to be put to sleep. For some silly reason i think i wont wake up... Very funny uh!! but your prayers are wellcome thank you....

Hey Girl, Actually my Dr didn't want me to do anything. They said I was fine with eating a t-bone the day before surgery as long as it was before 12am on May 7th lol HOWEVER I'm a nurse and I know that that in itself might be pushing it. So I put myself on the diet I would be on post operative and the night before surgery I'm going to do a bowel prep also. I just want to make SURE my pipes are clean and ok to be rerouted So I guess u could say I'm putting myself through misery w/o really having too.. .. aren't I the weird one The only thing my surgeons gave me was a betadine scrub and a sterile pee cup for a pregnancy test the morning of surgery. Do you have to take a shower and scrub w/ betadine before surgery?? I can understand the shower, but I figured they'd scrub me w/ betadine on the table! lol

I know oreos are the bomb dude! Yes we can!!!!! It sucks that you can't go eat, but maybe you can find something else to munch on that fits into clear liquids My g/friends had a huge bbq for me today in honor of my new life and it was so funny my g/friend made me chicken soup but she put everything in the broth and then just dipped it out of my soup so it still honestly tasted like everything was in it! I did however eat some celery but I think of that as not really fallin off the wagon. Anyway I made it through a bbq unscathed so if I can make it through that and you can make it through your anniversary then dude we are fully prepared to take on this next battle! I'm here for ya girl ... in the words of water boy.. "YOU CAN DO IT!!!" Lots of love,

I have my pre op and nutrition stuff on the 9th. I will find out then. Hopefully its early. I should get out on Wed.