Tomorrow is surgery day!

[Guest guest]

I am so looking forward to getting this surgery thing done and over with.

I want my life back.

The other day I was thinking back about when did I first notice that

something weird was going on with my body. And the thoughts took me back

to the fall of 2005, that is the first time I remember have a spasm attack.

While back then I did not know what it was and why it was happening, I

still distinctly remember that day like it was yesterday. While thing

progressed along slowly over the next 3 years, I do recall having spasms

from time to time which were coupled with NCCP. It was in 2009 that I

started regurgitating during a meal and that got worse and worse over the

last couple of years. Then in 2011, the night time regurgitating started

as just once in a while but by the fall of 2011, they became the normal

routine around 3 or 4 am.

The last week leading up to surgery day has been probably the worst yet and

I am eager to get it done. My wife asked me today if I am nervous and my

reply was no I am looking forward to getting my life back or at least some

portion of it back without the constant discomfort. So checkin is at 6 am

and surgery starts at 7:30 am. So off to bed I go and hope and pray that I

actually get some sleep tonight. I will keep you posted as I recover and

hopefully will be able to add another great doctor to the list of good docs.

~ Geoffrey Crego - 42 yo male in Northern Virginia

[Guest guest]

Geof, I'm so glad for you! I'm not so far past that I've forgotten. Hope I

never forget: it's been a scary, interesting, amazing trip -- both down and

back. As I write this, I can visualize about where you are at this very moment:

in the tiny pre-op room, about to be wheeled down the hall to the operating

room, and the bright lights, and the quiet bustle, and . . . . And then waking

in post-op. And then your room. And most of all that first swallow. Imagine:

a journey of 12 inches, and it's pure miracle!

Holding you in the light all of today.

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> I am so looking forward to getting this surgery thing done and over with.

> I want my life back.

>

> The other day I was thinking back about when did I first notice that

> something weird was going on with my body. And the thoughts took me back

> to the fall of 2005, that is the first time I remember have a spasm attack.

> While back then I did not know what it was and why it was happening, I

> still distinctly remember that day like it was yesterday. While thing

> progressed along slowly over the next 3 years, I do recall having spasms

> from time to time which were coupled with NCCP. It was in 2009 that I

> started regurgitating during a meal and that got worse and worse over the

> last couple of years. Then in 2011, the night time regurgitating started

> as just once in a while but by the fall of 2011, they became the normal

> routine around 3 or 4 am.

>

> The last week leading up to surgery day has been probably the worst yet and

> I am eager to get it done. My wife asked me today if I am nervous and my

> reply was no I am looking forward to getting my life back or at least some

> portion of it back without the constant discomfort. So checkin is at 6 am

> and surgery starts at 7:30 am. So off to bed I go and hope and pray that I

> actually get some sleep tonight. I will keep you posted as I recover and

> hopefully will be able to add another great doctor to the list of good docs.

>

> ~ Geoffrey Crego - 42 yo male in Northern Virginia

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