Monday roll Call

Hi Carol and Illinois buddies,

Glad the b-day party was fun Carol.  My mom says being a Grandma is the best thing ever.  

Lucy and Nancy, I'm praying for some alleviation of your pain.  Lucy, what miserable luck!

I talked to my surgeon's office again today.  I even have pain now when I drink anything.  Hot, cold, lukewarm, thick or water, doesn't matter. 

I have an appointment tomorrow for this and for a possible infection underneath a wound.  I'm on antibiotics, so hopefully that will help. The nurse practioner said it's possible I have an ulcer.  They had told me to stop taking my Prilosec post-op, but now they want me to take it.  Hopefully this is a small set-back and they can get me healed up.  I've been pretty pitiful lately.  You should have seen me walking through William Sonoma and Costco yesterday, deeply inhaling all the good food smells and pouting.  Oh well, I got some excercise!

Have a good day everyone,

Stephanie

I agree with your mom...being a grandma is better than being a mother.
When the kids are crabby it is wonderful to send them home with mommy.
I hope you get some answers to your problems when you go to the
doctor tomorrow.

The sunshine must have made everyone feel they were late so they ran off to work early.

Not me.  I slept in until 9am and that is after Sherry got me to bed at 10 pm.  I was up for a short while at 4am though.

Wow Randy, I just noticed your ticker..your down 125#. Congrats!

Good morning Carol and the rest of Illinois!

Just a quick stop for me as I need to get back down for a nap, I think.

The doctors were pretty happy with my healing on Friday and said that the progress with the catheter may just take a bit longer for me.  I go back again on Firday. 

I am feeling better today, although I did WAY too much on Saturday, and felt awful Saturday night and most of Sunday.  Lesson learned.

I am thinking of Omar as he embarks on this journey and keeping all of the rest of you in my thoughts also. 

Glad to see each day that you are feeling a little better!

Hello Illinoisians...(is that a word?)

I am 22 days from my big day....I am really neverous, who wouldnt right?

I have been waiting on this day for a few years and now its finally here.

I pray everthing goes okay.

Well thats my 2 cents for today.

I think I had mentioned to Omar too that at this stage of the game it is okay to be feeling nervous and excited at the same time. The next 3 weeks will pass fairly quickly and before you know it, it will be 3 weeks after the surgery.

Good afternoon everyone!!  I just got in from work and hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day here. 

My thoughts are with Omar and I've been thinking about him today...hope he's doing well.  :)

I have been pretty much an emotional mess these past two days.  I start my pre-op diet tomorrow and I'm very anxious about it.  I know I can do it, but it's still having me worried.  It's just been kind of difficult to grasp that I the time is actually here and surgery date is two weeks away.  I've wanted this for so long and now that it's here, I'm feeling very nervous about the whole thing.  I know I'll wake up tomorrow feeling fine and I'll get through the first day with the help of my family, but it's still a huge step to where I want to be and it's a little scary.  It actually feels better to be getting it off my chest here, as I know someone here will understand a little better than my family.  Anyway, that's just how I'm feeling today.

I hope you all have a great day!!

Kathy

Everyone of us who has already had surgery felt exactly as you do now. I think for me the scary part was the unknown after surgery, but please know it's a great ride to be being healthy. Feel free to sound off here as we all understand the feelings you are having!