FragileStone
Where does the time go?
Mar 03, 2011
Not much has happened since my last Blog entry. I've completed all my pre-tests and appointments. I was indeed able to move my endoscopy up, and had that in Jan. I was extremely nervous and it was made very aware when I got hooked up to the heart monitors. I can't complain though, everyone I came into contact with was extremely nice and the lady in the recovery room even called me twice once I was home to make sure everything was well after the procedure. Ha, she even let me keep the pictures of my insides, LOL, I thought that was pretty awesome. However, The only thing I haven't completed is my 70-100 pound pre-surgery weight loss my surgeon wants me to lose. I must say it hasn't been easy, AT ALL. I hoped the pounds would just melt away once I began following his "rules" (No soda, nothing white, tuna tuna tuna...) and honestly it hasn't. I will be honest and say I do believe a lot of it comes from the fact I am unable to move around as much as I wish I could; but I guess this is how life has to be right now. I see Dr. Lord the 11th of this month, and am going to inform him of my current situation and hope that I will be able to have surgery in May or June. My father has to go into surgery (a operation on his back, as well as he needs a new knee). He is my only source of transportation (reliable source, I should say...) so when he's down for 4-6 weeks at a time I will have no way of getting to and from my appointments until after my surgery when I'm hopefully able to drive again. My dad is unwilling to have surgery until after I have my surgery because he is considered high risk, and if something happens to him I will not only crawl into a cave and never see the light of day, but I will lose Tricare (which he fought for years to get me just so I can have the GPS). I can only hope that Dr. Lord is understanding and is willing to work with me. I've been at this process for 4-5 months now, and hope that one day soon I'll be reclaiming my life.
