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Just got the call to tell me that surgery is tomorrow at 730am.....I am the first of the day-YEAH!
Funny last night I started praying, asking my HP to please get me in there as early as I could, and I'd love to be first......that way it's not so long that I have to go without a drink (which is the HARDEST thing for me to do), and wait-which makes me sooo crazy in that type of situation. So they call me today, tell me to be there at 6am and surgery is at 730.....an hour and a half? I can do that! No delays being first-lol! So I am hoping by 930 tomorrow to be awake, drinking and cancer free!
I'm actually starting to come to peace with it all, and looking forward to it being over and done and the anxiety passing. I know coming down off all the meds will be hard and a tough time around the holidays but I can do that too. I've been doing a lot of reading, taking my favorite reader tomorrrow too. And last night a group of women from my F2F meeting took me out to see A Christmas Carole and relax a bit. It was sooo nice hanging out with them, and the one lady who couldn't be there(she has a lot going on in her life right now) asked to talk to me on the phone when we were all meeting up and tried to calm me even more, and it worked. Here she is with all this crazy in her life and she is thinking about me? Felt soooo loved. I've actully been getting calls, emails and texts from everyone and it reminded me that I do really matter to alot of people, maybe not my born family so much-other than my mom, SIL and son, but definitely my extended recovery family, and that has touched me sooooooooo much. I am feeling more and more blessed by the minute...
Please keep me in your prayers MIP family, and I will be in touch as soon as I can after surgery.
love and peace shelly
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Put down the magnifying glass and pick up the mirror!
You will be in my thoughts.... hope all goes well!
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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could... Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. - Emerson
I know just how you are feeling. I had surgery 2 weeks ago and asked for prayers from my MIP family. They came through with flying colors and so did I :) I believe in the power of prayer and you and your surgeon will have my prayers tomorrow. Just remember that you are in excellent hands guided by HP. Please keep us informed as soon as you can. God Bless you!
