Surgery Date!!!

After my whining and complaining I'm thrilled to announce that my surgery has been set for August 10 at Grinnell Regional Medical Center with Dr. David Coster!!! This is great -- I can get the worst of my recovery over before the girls start back to school. Okay -- I admit it -- I get a little obsessive. My tactic is to make myself a pest so that it's easier to get it done rather than deal with me every day. Then I express my gratitude profusely. I'm very excited!!! Thanks to everyone who has been pulling for me!... and please know that I'm pulling for those still waiting! Regards, Martha

yay for you martha!! you dont have long to wait, good luck to you!

Martha, Happy to hear you have your date - Hope all goes well for you! Take Care, Deb W.

You will love the staff in Grinnell- they are all very caring and fun! Good luck on your journey! Jeri H. 7/11/04 down 120 pounds!

Congrats and I hope you have a painfree experience and a super speedy recovery. We will keep you in our prayers...

Hello Martha, that is great I wish you the best of luck I will keep you in my prayers. take care Laurie

Martha, Glad to hear that you are going to have surgery before school starts@! Are you going to have lap? How long is the recovery time? Do you have ANY support for when you go home? I certainly wish that I were closer to help you out. Keep us posted. God bless, Andrea

Thanks for all of the support, everybody! I'm going to have open RNY because this is considered a revision of a stomach stapling that I had 22 years ago and it will be a bit more complicated than a "virgin" stomach. Even thought I am still fairly limited in what I can eat, I can eat more than I should be able to and Dr. Coster believes that I have a staple line disruption. One of the reasons I was so anxious to get this scheduled quickly is that my support is 1.5 hours south (Corydon) and I wouldn't pull my two girls (9 and 7) out of school for my recovery down there. I was afraid that I would have to wait until Christmas. Dr. Coster's office really came through for me on the scheduling. We will all go down to my folks after the surgery for a couple of weeks and then come back up to the Des Moines area so the girls can start school on August. I expect to be off of work for one or two weeks more after that - perhaps through the Labor Day holiday. Thank heavens for ST disability! I've had the previous gastroplasty and a c-section with no issues and I'm pretty confident that the surgery will go fine. Of course, as my evil twin sister (5'6" and 125 lbs - life is NOT fair) pointed out, I'm older now. My youngest daughter was not sure she wanted me to have the surgery -- she said that I wouldn't be as snuggly. But when I pointed out that I would be able to take her on the roller coaster she quickly decided that I should do it. Thanks, again!