What Earl said Congrats on the cardio!!! yeah

Hello, Played 18 holes of golf, rode in a cart, still burns about 1800 calories for my big fat a$$ (no carts in the fairway, still about a three mile walk, lots of hills) Weights with my new workout partner: Leg Press - single leg: Set 1: 10 reps @ 160.0 lbs | Set 2: 5 reps @ 170.0 lbs | Set 3: 8 reps @ 170.0 lbs Set 4: 7 reps @ 170.0 lbs Hamstring Curls - seated: Set 1: 12 reps @ 50.0 lbs | Set 2: 12 reps @ 50.0 lbs Leg Extensions: Set 1: 12 reps @ 65.0 lbs | Set 2: 12 reps @ 65.0 lbs Standing Calf Raises: Set 1: 12 reps @ 165.0 lbs | Set 2: 12 reps @ 165.0 lbs Lying Bent Leg Raises: Set 1: 40 reps | Set 2: 40 reps Stability Ball Crunches: Set 1: 54 reps | Set 2: 54 reps | Set 3: Mike

I plead the 5th and I dont remember a thing.. Ok maybe a few bits. I have little snippets from recovery that came back to me. Really weird stuff. Sounds like I was being a drama queen. They didn't end up needing to do a hernia repair after all. However, I did fail my first leak test on the OR table. As dana mentioned, an air bubble rose up. Dr. Kligman pulled my parents aside and informed them of what happened. He didn't sugar coat it. He said he has seen it so far in 22 cases but in all cases the patient was fine. Sounds like it would have been scary to be in there shoes. Glad I was asleep! At any rate, as Dana mentioned, they put a couple of drains in and that seemed to do the trick. Also spent a ton of time in Radiology the next day. They kept taking lots of films. Being on the table was horrible. I got jerked around a lot when going from the standing position to laying. The stuff they used mixed with the crystal light was pretty nasty. They had me drinking a lot of it... too much for my swollen pouch but it was necessary. Two radiologists and two techs worked on me. It was a lot of back and forth back and forth. Scan me, look at pictures while I wait, scan me again. I think 3 times total. A student was there as well who was out of this world. She was so so good to me. Kept bringing me cool cloths and massaging my head to help with the nausea. I guess I was looking pretty flushed. Then eventually they sent me back up to the intermediate unit and said things looked good. As soon as I got back up they made me come back down again for a 2nd round of flims. My guess is that they were looking to make sure there wasnt any sign of that leak. This time I didnt have to drink anything. Anyway, I got the all clear eventually and have been fine ever since!

Stacy, Glad to see you home already! I will be gone for the weekend but I will be on the computer Sat. evening....Hopefully! Lots of love from PA! Tammy

YEAH FOR STACY Welcome to the loosing side!!!! I got the period thing too Stacy....freaked me out as I thought it might be something wrong. Hang in there darlin and rest your body!! Your in my thoughts and prayers. Tami~