10 days and scared to death!

My surgery is the 22nd as well...and the same thoughts are going through my head. I am a mess, even though I know this is what I need to do...it will help our bodies work with us to become healthier. PLEASE keep in touch or PM me if you would like to chat...we can be scared together..Kari

I'm glad (is that weird, lol) to have someone to be scared with!  I know that I"m going to be okay in the end because I have an amazing surgeon!  It's the fear of the unkown recovery period that has me worried.  I'm totally scared of the whole nautiousness thing.  (I just can't spell that word!)  I'm also trying to figure how to best manage the liquid diet when I return to teaching on the 5th of January. 

I'll be praying for you during your anticipation of surgery and recovery!  We'll make it!

 Sure we will!  As far as your liquids...I'm a full time college student (yea, changed my life path late in life..lol) and I have been trying to figure that out as well...I think we will just need to have our water with us ALL the time.  And as far as the shakes go, I bought a blender bottle from GNC....and I LOVE it.  You can put your shake mix in before you leave and just add water whenever you need it.  They also have some where there is storage below the cup for vitamins..pretty cool.

I'll have to check the bottle blender out.  How much was it??  That would work in my classroom for sure.  I also need to figure out a way to keep things cold.  Right now, I HATE drinking warm stuff.  However, I'm told that may change after surgery.

Do you have your time yet?  I found out last night that I'm scheduled for 7:30 am on Monday.  I've been near tears ever since.  I think I might be second-guessing my decision.  I have had thoughts of cancelling and saying just forget it.  I know I need to do this, but I'm so scared!!!  

In any case.. you'll be on my mind this weekend and through next week.  I'll be lookin forward to catching up on our recoveries.

Best to you!
Julie

I wish I could add some more to this but Miss JJ stole my thunder.

We are all here for you and you will get thru this.


Remember one word Zofran.


I plan on telling anybody that will listen next week. I want Zofran and lots of it.

It reduces nausea. I can't stand being nauseous or typing like a two year old. sorry back to subject.

Like it has been said there are a lot of recoveries that have been relatively painless and adverse free. so Yes the odds are in our favor.


Kepp asking questons and I will kep typing like a two year old


Tom

I hadn't heard about Zofran.  Thanks for the advice.  I think that is what I am most afraid of right now... the nausea.  I absolutely LOATHE being nautious!  (Ok, that's probably spelled wrong!) 

Thanks for your kind words and support.  I know the odds are in my favor... my surgeon has done more than 6,000 surgeries and has had no deaths and has never had a leak!  My fear is that statistics work for a reason and that they are going to catch up with me!  lol  (Silly, I know.. but it's the curse of being a science teacher!)

Anyhow..I plan to stick around for support and to offer support!  Thanks again!

And let me tell you ladies, Tom looks mighty hot in a purple gown!

 I am also having surgery on the 22nd.  I have not been getting the jitters, but there is still a lot of time yet for that.  I'm glad I work, so it's a distraction.

My jitter**** me out of the blue this past week when I realized how close this is to actually, finally happening!  It's been a long journey, as it is for all of us, and now .. I don't know.. I'm scared of recovery!  Go figure!  I'll be thinking about you when the anesthesia wears off on the 22nd!  We'll both heal together!

I look at this way. recovery is such a short time. and we have the rest of our lives to enjoy the new us. so I am kinda looking at the big pic and enjoying that so much better than worrying about recovery. Cuz once we get thru that, we forget all about it and enjoy.

Tom