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Surgery Thursday

iris48
iris48 CSN Member Posts: 92
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I'm excited and looking forward to having these expanders out and my reconstruction done. My new surgeon yesterday really showed me what she is made of when I mixed up my appointment time and arrived 45 minutes late. I felt so bad and knew I skewed her schedule for the afternoon. She realized it wasn't intentional and didn't make me feel wrong or annoyed with me. Instead, she was calming and we went over all the day-before-surgery info point by point without my feeling rushed. Then they gave me instructions and a map to find the surgery center and alerted them I'm on my way. A real class act.
Lesson learned... have someone else read you appointment schedule and make big notes where and when you are to be there. I really didn't know I was that nervous about driving 45 min to find her office until I had to do it and messed up.
This is hard for me to ask for I'm usually the one doing the giving) please consider healing prayers for me tomorrow at 9:30AM surgery time. My thanks and love,
Iris
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  • chas707
    chas707 CSN Member Posts: 30
    #2
    Good Luck!! I hope yours goes as well as mine did. I will keep you in my prayers.
    Chas
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  • cruf
    cruf CSN Member Posts: 908 Member
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    Hi Iris! Good luck with surgery tomorrow. My thoughts and prayers are with you! Let us know how things went! HUGS!! Cathy
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  • geral
    geral CSN Member Posts: 130
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    Good luck Iris! I just sent up a prayer for you. Sounds like you're in really good hands with this new surgeon. Take care, Geral
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  • prayerangel
    prayerangel CSN Member Posts: 147
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    cruf said:

    Hi Iris! Good luck with surgery tomorrow. My thoughts and prayers are with you! Let us know how things went! HUGS!! Cathy

    Will pray for you tonight and also tomorrow morning. God will be with you, and 2 angels on either side!
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  • hummingbyrd
    hummingbyrd CSN Member Posts: 950 Member
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    May God be with you during your surgery guiding your surgeons hands. Giving her wisdom, and steady hands. May he give you a peace and hope that surpasses anything else on earth, and bless you with a speedy recovery. My prayers are with you, Iris. In Christ's name, Amen.
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