New here!!

This is the 1st time im posting in the military message board...we are stationed at Beale AFB in CA...im having my surgery at David Grant Medical Center at Travis AFB...my hubby is leaving to korea in early Jan...and i was supposed to have my GI scope done today...but they pushed it back a month to Dec. 19th..my surgeon is on vacation...so now im wondering if im even going to get my surgery done before DH leaves...has anyone had the surgery after DH left for remote or deployment? how did that work out for you? we also have follow on orders to Moody AFB...i dont even know if i can get the surgery after DH comes home because we have to report to Moody AFB no later than Feb or March 2009. any help or suggestions are very welcome!!

Welcome. It is always nice to have new members. I don't know much about having the surgery while your DH is gone. But one of my friends had hers done while her husband was in Korea. She had her sister go with her to all her appointments and with her to surgery. I can tell you that her husband was TRULY surprised when he got back home. And good luck at Moody. Me and my DH are from GA and would give anything to get orders to Moody. Good luck to you and welcome again.

I have a friend that had surgery just before her DH went to Iraq. He had a very good surprise when he got home. My DH is retired so he was here to take care of me. You just need to make sure you have someone to get you around and plenty of help for a while after surgery. Do you have kids? that can be a little harder to take care of, but it can be done. The surgery has been well worth it for me. Welcome to the board. Diana