Question:
of how I will change after my surgery.

Has anyone done this? I have 3 wks until surgery and wanted to give my family and friends(coworkers) an email or printout of how I will be after the surgery, what I can eat, what I can't. How long it will take for me to feel up to going out ect. Has anyone done this?    — WendieS (posted on June 20, 2003)

June 20, 2003
I haven't heard of this personally, but with my personality I'd probably do it now that I heard of it - as a joke somewhat. You could do a "Do's and Dont's for Wendie" with little graphics and such - DO: Eat 1 ounce at a time, no water 30 minutes before or after, for the first 6 weeks. DO NOT: Make the one ounce be anything produced by the Hershey company. DO: Drink xx ounces of fluid, slowly, throughout the day. DO NOT: Include Johnny Walker Red in your bottle. The only reservation I'd have about giving non-family members this printout is that it will look like you have so many restrictions that they may discourage you from going ahead with this.
   — bethybb

June 20, 2003
I wouldn't recommend doing that. You may be sorry. Do you really want everyone to know every little thing about you? Also, other people aren't as obsessed about it as we are. In fact they don't think about it much at all!! Funny, huh? It's ALL we think about. I think some people (co-workers) might take "it" the wrong way.
   — msmaryk

June 20, 2003
I never thought about that, but I think even if you do it, they will still ask you the same questions over and over:o)9mo later and I feel like a broken record! Good luck!
   — Sandy M.

June 20, 2003
What an awesome idea!! I'd go for it! Especially if you are relatively close to your co-workers. My husband sent an email to his co-workers so they would understand, and even in a stand-offish job, people tend to support you more if you let them know what is going on, AND you don't go on and on and on and on and on and on... get the drift? :~)
   — Sharon M. B.

June 20, 2003
no, but I sure wish I had!
   — [Deactivated Member]

June 21, 2003
Ruth, I had to ask the date of your surgery? I am going in on July 10th. Maybe we can chat along the way and be a support to one another. Read my profile and write if you feel.
   — Michele B.