OT - Update on my back surgery

Two days after my back surgery and I finally feel up to updating. I promise to be short in this one. I am doing well. I have regained, though slight, some movement in the toes of my right foot. This is very encouraging to me and what my future may hold. I can thank all of you dear dear people enough for your love and support and encouragement. A very long winded update is now on my profile - some of it even has some humor that only a WLS patient would understand. I hope you enjoy it I love you all so much! Thank you again! Gigee

So glad to hear that you are up and feeling better Gigee.... Christie

Thank you sweetie. As of last night I didn't think I was gonna make it through this, nothing like a good night's sleep to give a totally different perspective lol *hugs* Gigee

GiGee, It was great to wake up this morning and see you smiling (beautiful) face back on the boards. I hope you will continue to recover and be back to normal (whatever that is ) with great speed. Love ya, Ellen

Normalacy is definitely questionable in my life . I have accepted so much of this Ellen. It took a long time and it wasn't until the day before the surgery that I could even use the real word for the numbess I have been talking about. Partial Paralysis. That was a hard pill to swallow. And it was the one that made me cry when I could move my toes. There is hope. And I think there is a lot more hope than he wanted to give me. I have accepted the fact that I will wear a brace. I have embraced that and am being fitted for it on Friday. I have accept it will take up to a year before we know for sure. And I have now refused to think I will be like this always. I will work harder than I have on anything in my life to make sure PT is successful and I am as good as I can be when this is over. This new attitude has made me excited. And the love and support from you and many on here has done nothing more than help that excitment grow and grow. I can't thank you enough. Gigee

Gigee, Glad to hear you are doing so well. I hope your recovery is a speedy one. Good luck and God bless you.... Kristina

Thank you so much Kristina! This means a lot to me! *Hugs* Gigee

Gigee, I'm so glad to see that you're up and spreading your wonderful humor about. You have no idea what an inspiration you are to the rest of us. Just focus on the many blessing you have in your life right now and the rest will fall in where it belongs. Keep working toward your goals and do everything the doctors and therapists tell you to do. Dee

And that has been the key. To get the focus back on teh good things. I think I have finally accomplished that Thank you so much for all your encouragement.! (((((((((((((((( Dee )))))))))))))))))))))))) Gigee

((((((((((((((( Gigee )))))))))))))))) So glad you posted. I read your profile entry, what an ordeal.... I am so happy about the movement in your toes already. This must be an encouraging sign. Dianne