Re: Ectomy has been scheduled definitively

March 19, 2008

IsabellaGreat to hear you have got a date to 'look forward' to as you will regain your life and control after this date. I felt the same when I got my surgery appointment. The date itself was not something I was looking forward to but I knew I had to get it done and no options there so I looked past the date and to the future. Although other things happened in my life, which some of us know about, around the same time at least I am now sorted and can 'try' and look forward although that can still be hard at times but that's nothing to do with my surgery or Achalasia.

All the best if I don't speak to you before the end of the month.AndyxxOn 19/03/2008, Isabella Arnold <arnoldisabella@...> wrote:

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that my -ectomy has been scheduled for March 31st definitively today!

Things feel like a true emotional roller coaster, but I am doing fine.

Earlier today I was a mental mess, I think all emotions and stress of the last few days/weeks/months/years needed to get out. But they are out now and I feel great. Finally it's time to move on!!!

Love,

Isabella

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March 19, 2008

Isabella

Its perfectly natural to have good old cry now and again you have had

so much to deal with recently.

Now you can look ahead and know that things can only get better.

We are here for you as you know on and off the board. You take care

put your feet up and go and spend the rest of the evening with Romeo

he will be feeling left out if you spend too much time on the

computer!!!

lots of love

Pippa xx

>

> Hi all,

>

> Just wanted to let you know that my -ectomy has been scheduled for

March 31st definitively today!

>

> Things feel like a true emotional roller coaster, but I am doing

fine.

>

> Earlier today I was a mental mess, I think all emotions and stress

of the last few days/weeks/months/years needed to get out. But they

are out now and I feel great. Finally it's time to move on!!!

>

> Love,

> Isabella

>

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March 19, 2008

Isabella- Im so glad to hear you have a set date now.I know your

emotions must be out of control right now! Just keep in your mind

that soon this will all be a horrible thing of the past.Soon to be

achalasia free!!!!!!!Whoooo hoooooo!!!!

I now its a horrible thing to think but I kinda wish could

just have it done now so he doesnt have to live with this the rest

of his life.He has a long road of the unknown ahead ya know? I do

Thank God though for now he is doing great and I hope it continues

as long as possible.

I know Im like a world away but please know if I can do anything

just let me know.I wish I were closer to lend you a helping hand but

I know you have a great family who will all be there for you.

You hang in their girl, soon it will be over : ) I know.... easier

said than done.Well talk Im sure before your big day.

Take care and many hugs -Tonia

-- In achalasia , Isabella Arnold

<arnoldisabella@...> wrote:

>

> Hi all,

>

> Just wanted to let you know that my -ectomy has been scheduled for

March 31st definitively today!

>

> Things feel like a true emotional roller coaster, but I am doing

fine.

>

> Earlier today I was a mental mess, I think all emotions and stress

of the last few days/weeks/months/years needed to get out. But they

are out now and I feel great. Finally it's time to move on!!!

>

> Love,

> Isabella

>

_____________________________________________________________________

_______________

> Looking for last minute shopping deals?

> Find them fast with Search.

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March 19, 2008

I wish you all the best Isabella. You will be in thoughts and prayers.

in KY

achalasia ; achalasie@...From: arnoldisabella@...Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:02:26 -0700Subject: Ectomy has been scheduled definitively

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that my -ectomy has been scheduled for March 31st definitively today!

Things feel like a true emotional roller coaster, but I am doing fine.

Earlier today I was a mental mess, I think all emotions and stress of the last few days/weeks/months/years needed to get out. But they are out now and I feel great. Finally it's time to move on!!!

Love,

Isabella

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March 20, 2008

Isabella,

You have been waiting for this for so long, and now it is finally here. I hope

you know you are in my thoughts and I wish you the best for a successful surgery

and fast and easy recovery. I know how you are feeling...it was this time for me

last year that I was facing my surgery (March 29th will be one year for me!).

Understandably your emotions and thoughts are all over the place, and I can tell

you that they will continue to be that way for a while. But rest assured, that

is normal with everything you have been through and all that you have to face in

the coming weeks. But you are a strong person, and you have the love and support

of your husband and two kids behind you. You have the support and caring of this

group, many of us who have been through the surgery that will help you deal with

every aspect you face. Stay strong and focus on your family right now, and know

that you have the courage and strength to get through this. In the end you know

it will only make you healthier and allow you to move on with your life and be

the loving, active mommy and wife that you want to be!

I am behind you 100% and will lend you any support and advice I can. Just think,

next year we will have our 'ectomy anniversaries together!

Love and happy thoughts,

in NY

---- Isabella Arnold <arnoldisabella@...> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Just wanted to let you know that my -ectomy has been scheduled for March 31st

definitively today!

>

> Things feel like a true emotional roller coaster, but I am doing fine.

>

> Earlier today I was a mental mess, I think all emotions and stress of the last

few days/weeks/months/years needed to get out. But they are out now and I feel

great. Finally it's time to move on!!!

>

> Love,

> Isabella

>

________________________________________________________________________________\

____

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> Find them fast with Search.

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March 21, 2008

Hi all,

Thank you all so much for the well wishes!

At the moment I feel great! Completely positive and not a bit more nervous than I already was. Just a few more days and it'll all be a thing from the past and I will be able to move on with my life.

Of course I am scared, but I know why I need to have it done and I just try to think of the good times ahead of me once I am back on my feet again. Just 4 more months and we will be leaving for summer holidays in Italy again, wow am I going to eat pizza's!

@, isn't life strange? There I was a year ago, supporting you while you were going in for your surgery and thinking to myself how happy I was that I had other options left... here I am right now, going for it myself, just 2 days after your first anniversary...

@Tonia, please please don't worry that much about . I know as a mother that that must be hard to do, but please enjoy his good days now! You don't know how long they are going to last! Maybe a life time, maybe 10 years. Enjoy them while they last. Live life by the day. It's much too beautifull to let it waste away because of worries. Enjoy the joy has now while eating, whatever happens happens anyway, whether you worry or not. Please don't do this to yourself or .

@Andy, your strength is amazing. Please take good care of yourself, you've been through so much.

@Everybody here on the board: thanks for being here, this board helps me so much to cope with things.

Love,

Isabella

Re: Ectomy has been scheduled definitivelyIsabella,You have been waiting for this for so long, and now it is finally here. I hope you know you are in my thoughts and I wish you the best for a successful surgery and fast and easy recovery. I know how you are feeling...it was this time for me last year that I was facing my surgery (March 29th will be one year for me!). Understandably your emotions and thoughts are all over the place, and I can tell you that they will continue to be that way for a while. But rest assured, that is normal with everything you have been through and all that you have to face in the coming weeks.

But you are a strong person, and you have the love and support of your husband and two kids behind you. You have the support and caring of this group, many of us who have been through the surgery that will help you deal with every aspect you face. Stay strong and focus on your family right now, and know that you have the courage and strength to get through this. In the end you know it will only make you healthier and allow you to move on with your life and be the loving, active mommy and wife that you want to be!I am behind you 100% and will lend you any support and advice I can. Just think, next year we will have our 'ectomy anniversaries together!Love and happy thoughts, in NY---- Isabella Arnold <arnoldisabella@...> wrote: > Hi all,> > Just wanted to let you know that my -ectomy has been scheduled for

March 31st definitively today!> > Things feel like a true emotional roller coaster, but I am doing fine.> > Earlier today I was a mental mess, I think all emotions and stress of the last few days/weeks/months/years needed to get out. But they are out now and I feel great. Finally it's time to move on!!!> > Love,> Isabella> > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Search. http://tools.search./newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

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March 21, 2008

Isabella,

Life is strange - and you were such a huge support to me as I got ready for my

surgery and in the time after it. I hope I can be there for you as well. Life is

strange to in that as much as there seems to be no good reason that we all have

achalasia, it has brought people together on this board with people that we

otherwise would never have known. There are reasons for everything, even if we

don't understand them.

Just a side note for you - when I had my 'ectomy last year on 3/29/07, one of my

concerns was that we had a family vacation planned for early July. I was worried

about how I would be by then. I see you and your family will be traveling again

around the same time, and I just wanted you to know that I thoroughly enjoyed my

vacation that was just a few months after my 'ectomy. Clearly you will still be

recovering - this is a major surgery and it will be a while until you are 100%.

That being said, but the time July rolls around for your vacation, you will be

doing well enough to enjoy it. You will be eating again by then, and while there

may be some things that bother you when you eat, overall you will be doing ok.

So look forward to vacation!!! We are going again this year as well and I can't

wait!!!

Love,

in NY

---- Isabella Arnold <arnoldisabella@...> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Thank you all so much for the well wishes!

>

> At the moment I feel great! Completely positive and not a bit more nervous

than I already was. Just a few more days and it'll all be a thing from the past

and I will be able to move on with my life.

>

> Of course I am scared, but I know why I need to have it done and I just try to

think of the good times ahead of me once I am back on my feet again. Just 4 more

months and we will be leaving for summer holidays in Italy again, wow am I going

to eat pizza's!

>

> @, isn't life strange? There I was a year ago, supporting you while you

were going in for your surgery and thinking to myself how happy I was that I had

other options left... here I am right now, going for it myself, just 2 days

after your first anniversary...

>

> @Tonia, please please don't worry that much about . I know as a mother

that that must be hard to do, but please enjoy his good days now! You don't know

how long they are going to last! Maybe a life time, maybe 10 years. Enjoy them

while they last. Live life by the day. It's much too beautifull to let it waste

away because of worries. Enjoy the joy has now while eating, whatever

happens happens anyway, whether you worry or not. Please don't do this to

yourself or .

>

> @Andy, your strength is amazing. Please take good care of yourself, you've

been through so much.

>

> @Everybody here on the board: thanks for being here, this board helps me so

much to cope with things.

>

> Love,

> Isabella

>

> Re: Ectomy has been scheduled definitively

>

> Isabella,

> You have been waiting for this for so long, and now it is finally here. I hope