Congratulations Mike! I will be getting the gas on the 23rd myself. I can truely understand what you are going through, because all thoughts imaginable are running through my head. I know that this is a good decision that we are about to make that is only going to better our lives. God willing we will do fine, and I know that I will be saying a prayer for us both. Take care and keep us updated on how things are going. Michele Davisson

Good Luck Sue! That stuff doesn't sound too yummy, maybe if you hold your nose and chug it you'll be okay. Take care, my thoughts and prayers are with you. Michele Davisson

My Surgery is on Friday and I have a tornado of emotions flying around. I know it is said a million times by a million pre-ops, but, yes, I am both excited and anxious at the same time. I am having trouble concentrating on any one thing for more than a minute. Everything I do for work seems so small in comparison to the life changing event is to transpire. My roommate who is into stockmarket news comes in telling me some really facinating information, but I just looked at him and told him that I am simply not in that world right now. I am about to ungergo major surgery and I can care less about market news. He understood, but it really brings home how nothing else is in my world except the gearing up for my surgery. My year of exhaustive research has brought me to Dr. Rabkin. I have complete faith in his skills. It's like I have the Rolls Royce, I have put my seatbelt on, I will drive defensively, but there's still the unknown about the drunk drivers out there who come up from behind and take you out. I feel the odds of me having complications are the sames odd of driving in Los Angeles. Those risks won't prevent me from driving and they certainly won't prevent me from having this surgery. I have avoided drugs all my life and yet I have never looked forward more to getting the morphine high! -Mike

I'm having the DS on Friday too! Whew! I cannot concentrate on anything for more than a minute. I'm going in on Friday too. My favorite comment of late was from a fellow patient who told me that you are just one day closer to the Morphine! She described it as you go to sleep you wake up and get high, how bad is that? LOL -Mike

Sue, I'm going in on Friday. My favorite comment of late was from a fellow patient who told me that you are just one day closer to the Morphine! She described it as you go to sleep you wake up and get high, how bad is that? LOL -Mike