Tomorrow Arnold will be leaving me!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!!  Just think.. tommorow you will be cancer freeee!!!!

Trust me I will be thinking of you especially during your surgery hours, and following.

I never wore my own jammies after any surgeries, but did take my own robe.

Here's to a recovery you can handle with many blessings for continued healing.

Yes, let's pray for your surgeon to be in a good mood, nourished..just sayin

Gentle hugs, Jan

mrs_blkjak said:

Best wishes for a successful

Best wishes for a successful surgery and a smooth recovery! 

JoJo.. hope it goes easy on you... remember, take the drugs..!!  Heal up.. and holler at us when you are up to it..!!  Hope this brings you ro NED forever..

Ron

TillieSOK said:

I'm so glad I'm not the only

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who named their cancer!  It's just so much easier to raise Cain when you can call it an actual name!  Tell Arnold that all he needs to do is talk to Leroy about how tough we are!  I kicked his scrawny butt out on April 22, 2013 at about 8am.  And yes....sorry to tell you, but you WILL fart, and fart, and probably will cut a few that will have the nurses laughing down the hall, but it's much better for you for that gas to be on the outside than on the inside.  For you.....maybe not so much for the rest of the patients.  LOL. I'm sure they thought there was an elephant running around the hospital the two days I was there! . If you get a coed roommate, make sure he is good looking.  Oh, and don't worry about no makeup...you will look like the wreck of the Hesperus (which I've actually dove on!) no matter how much makeup you put on, for the first day.  You'll do great!  Before you go to sleep, tell Arnold to kiss your butt!!!  RCC chicks are tough!

Jojo,

Well it is already tomorrow. The first thing I remember was them shaving my chest and stomach. Then I was out for about 5 hours of surgery. When I got back to the room I saw familiar faces, but I was to out of it to engage in conversation. The next morning the catheder bunny came into remove something. And then I remember what Arnold S. went thru in the movie Junior. As a result of the passage of  11 and 1/2 years and Partsheimers I do not remember any pain from the surgery. Yeah.

Icemantoo

dhs1963 said:

Good luck! And no junior mints in the observation deck

The last thing I remember was a seinfeld reference to my Dr;  The next thing was the nurse in recovery saying "you had surgery.  You are in Fairfax Hospital".  That would have been confusing if I was not in Fairfax.  but it was reassuring. 

Then, I remember pain, and I was hot.  They could not get the room cool enough.  Apparently, I froze out my roommate.  (the hot may have been from a fever...I ran 102 for three days, spent 4 in the hospital). 

Take it easy!

I hope you come around fast and you will have the wonderful feeling of being cancer free. My son had his surgery on Monday morning and it took about 3hrs he wanted only his wife with  him,didn't want his mom staring down at him so we went back to the hotel for awhile. When we came back in a couple hours he was already looking better. Went home Thursday and was up making pizza pockets on Friday. God is good and his love endures forever. 

Frank302 said:

Best wishes Jojo

I had a laparscopic left nephrectomy two and a half years ago and spent only one night in the hospitol and five days on pain meds with a rapid and trouble free recovery . I'm sure all will go well for you .

 

Drag it maggott! Maybe they are putting you in a room with a guy because you will be farting alot and they want him to feel at home. Just one of the guys. He'll never recognize you out in public if he meets you when you haven't any make up on. So just talk in your barritone and only go by Joe. Good luck!

I'm sure it will go well.  For some reason it took me a couple of days to be able to expel the gas.  Nurses wouldn't let me go home until I did.  My son was amused.  Thinking of you.

Izzy

Minnesota Girl said:

By now you've probably breezed through it

and are provided breezes throughout the hospital ward.

Seriously - here's hoping you are CANCER FREE by the time you read this!!!!!!!!

After teaching kids, working with youth groups, and going thru "that" phase with first the boy and now the girl grands, I'm now aware that we never outgrow potty humor. It's good to have something to laugh about.

And here's another thing to look forward to...CT's, especially if you have pre and post hydration with the barium sulfate.  Wear panty liners, take diaper wipes and carry rash ointment to the appointment.  What the barium sulfate does to you could almost be called criminal; but it it catches anything on the CT, it's worth the annoyance.

Donna