Jim (airborne72) and Grace (lizard44)

Thanks Ladies:

As you can see by the date/time of my post it is very early on the day of my surgery.  I can't sleep.  I am suppose to report to the hospital at 9:30 for an 11:30 surgery, but I have awakened from a fitful sleep with nausea and the hiccups.

I just completed two days of the clear liquid diet and yesterday I swallowed the prescribed antibiotics.  Those guys were not nice to my empty stomach.  If I could only get something of substance into my stomach then this feeling would dissipate.  But I follow orders!

When I awoke I checked my email and this forum and was welcomed with this post.  It is so encouraging to know that others whom I have never even met are thinking about me.  Thank you again Ladies, and good luck to Grace.  She is on the table before me.

Jim

Also just woke up and headed to Brigham and Womens this morning to meet with the surgeon and was thinking of you, Beth and Grace and hoping for the best for all three of you.

Thinking of all having, planning and recovering from surgery.  Sending healing energy your way... Cindy

The surgeon said that the MRI looked good and predicts a 10% of a permanent though she had an Anal option if there were more problems when she goes in. I had the option of Oct 16 and Oct 30. I wasn't prepared for the 16 so went with the 30th. They have a one-wekk pre-op examination which I will have to schedule. It appears that they want to check you out to see if there will be any potential problems during the surgery. There's a two-day prep, probably similar to a colonoscopy prep. And there's a two-week post-op meeting. So surgery is 8 weeks from end of chemorad, probably longer than I wanted but the surgeon said that both dates would be fine.

I asked when I could drive and she said - when I'm off pain meds. So that's a known. I asked about staying nearby as opposed to staying at home and she said that staying locally would be easier if there were complications. So I guess the meeting went as well as could be expected. Mine's on a Monday so no Tuesday club for me.

She mentioned that they will install a urinary tract stent so I guess that there may be some residual pain in there for a while.

She also marked up a diagram to see what the options were.

I'm going to talk with my manager on Monday about handing off work and when I'll return. She was expecting six weeks. I'm hoping for 2-3. I won't know until I know.

So good to hear from you, jim. You can go off to sleep knowing that you have not only your loved ones and friends praying/routing for you, but a whole heap of stranges here on the forum. 

And Grace. You sweet, sweet thing. You know I'm thinking of you. 

Tru

I'm waiting for Jim and Grace to come back online but I realize it can take a while to get a device that can post while dealing with post-op stuff.

PRAYERS for uneventful surgeries and quick recoverys.

  I'm praying everything went well.  Keep us all posted on your progress.

Trubrit said:

Lizard

Just popped in to see her FB page, and there was a post-surgery report from a loved one saying that surgery went well. 

I can't wait to hear her sweet words to us though. From the horses mouth, so to speak.

Tru

So good to know Grace is okay.  Appreciate the update.

I posted a seperate thread, but will double post here. 

Grace is still in the hospital, of course, but can't get onto her page to post, as she doesn't have her password. She is able to read all the lovely posts though, and is really grateful for all of the thoughts and prayers. 

It is always such a relief to hear from our forum friends after a surgery, appointment, blood work, scan, time away from the forum. We're just one loving family, who cares about each other. Its a huge blessing, well, it has been in my life, thats for sure. 

Tru