[ageoldie]

Just checking in. I'm still OP / Tomorrow is weigh in day and I'll see if I've lost the "extras" I've put on while on vacation.

Janice you are in my thought ans prayers.

[goodforme]

Hi everyone! My early night has already been shot down. Sis and her hubby had a fight, she's on her way over for some down time. Hey, she'd do it for me, wouldn't she? Nah!!!!! Hope you're all having a wonderful evening, I am still suffering from "shrunken stomach" or whatever you call it when you feel like you swallowed a football and it was only 3 crackers! Alka Seltzer is your friend, right? Talk to you in the morning!!

[MamaJ]

First - Meowna - I'm sorry that I've been so caught up with my own problems that I must've missed surgery for your husband. I pray that all will go well without complication and is successful.

After wound care center saw my "damage" the doctor said "no way, no how, no thought" to my leaving town. It doesn't matter if it's on a plane, car or train. My left breast is just too bad. The wound care treatment that they implemented was fascinating to me and should prove to be extremely beneficial. I was also sent immediately (after their exams, etc..) to the hospital for the first of the hyperbariatric treatments. Unfortunately during the decompression phase (2 times) my right ear would not balance out and they ended up pulling me out. I then had a bubbly bleeding right inner ear. They've put me on some things to do overnight and we will try again tomorrow. Whew, pretty painful when your ear is about to burst!

When all this is said and done I absolutely have to put all my thoughts and experiences together on a thread so it makes sense. But guess what, talked to my niece tonight and she wants to have a breast lift. After hearing a very abbreviated summation of my experience she started to have second thoughts and I told her -don't! I'd do it again in a minute - but learn from my mistakes! Despite my complications - I haven't experienced the shoulder/neck pain, etc..

Thank you for prayers for my father. My brother let him know that the doctor wouldn't release me to travel. Doc said if I did I'd be treating this from the inside of a hospital room as my breast is basically turned inside out. I spoke with him briefly earlier and will again shortly. It's truly tearing me up not to be there. My niece is in the medical field and I did make arrangements with her to assist my mom with after surgery care and check up on my dad.

Love to all and I'll be back tomorrow

Meowna - <<<hugs & prayers>>>

[Jennifer 3FC]

Janice, I understand how you feel. They would not do my dad's surgery in town because they also wanted to do something to repair is atrial fibrillation while they were at it, and the only place in the country to do this was Birmingham, about 6 hours away. If I went, that meant taking Cody out of school and going down there and Cody would not have been able to handle it. They drove my parents down by ambulance the next morning. My Mom insisted all the kids stay here, so we did. It was awful waiting for the phone to ring, but it finally did. Mom had enough to worry about while they were in the hospital, and Dad knew we all loved him before he went, and they wanted it that way. Now that I look back on it, I was more needed AFTER the surgery. Recovery is hard to watch, and that was what Mom and Dad needed the moral and physical support for.

I hope you get better soon. I don't know what an inside out breast means exactly, but it doesn't sound good! Please take good care!