Surgery only two days away

[Guest guest]

Lori:

Thanks for the encouraging words. All prayers will be

greatly appreciated. As far as I know - there are

four of us scheduled that day (Friday, May 26th). I

am still very nervous and scared. My mother never

would express an opinion on the surgery (she is a

R.N.) because she is afraid that if something goes

wrong, I will blame her. But I can tell, in her heart

of hearts, that she knows this is best for me. I am

the only overweight one in my immediate family (Mom,

Dad and both brothers are skinny rails) but my cousins

and all aunts/uncles on my Dad's side are rather large

- most around 325 or better. They have all the

associated co-morbidies: high BP, diabetics, etc. No

one else wants to talk about it and they shy away from

me when I mention it. My co-workers (90 % of them)

are really a great extended family and they are very

supportive and loving. My husband has very supportive

and expresses that although he is very scared, he

wants me to be happy and to feel better. I have not

told my kids. My oldest child is only four and I do

not believe that she will be able to understand... so

I've told her nothing at all except that she and her

little brother (8 months) will be staying with Grandma

for a few days while Mommy and Daddy go away together.

I have written a letter to them (my children) - just

in case - to read when they are older. For those of

you who would like to see my beautiful angels, I have

attached them to this message. I hope it works.

Love,

Missy

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le:

Thanks! I will certainly be looking for you. Maybe

you can calm my husband in the lobby before you go

home on Friday. My thoughts and prayers are with each

and every one of you having surgery today, tomorrow

and every day. God Bless.

BTW - I lived in Bladen County all my life -until I

met and married my husband in 1994. I grew up in the

country (and honey, I do mean the BACK WOODS) about

three miles outside of Tar Heel, NC and about two

miles from Dublin, NC (the peanut capital of the world

- HAHA!). It is beautiful country - but just that...

country. I remember hating for it to take thirty

minutes just to get to the grocery store when I was

growing up. But, I learned a lot......I could drive a

tractor by the age of six, and learned to drive a

stick-shift by age eight. I learned how to plow,

plant, weed, pick, pack and preserve every kind of

fruit and vegetable known to man. We were taught to

work hard... and that we did. My Daddy taught me how

to skin deer, scale fish and shoot a gun. I have been

in both worlds - country and inner city. I can't

decide which I prefer.... but I do know it's a nice

break to go to Mama's and be able to hear nothing but

the whipper-whills (sp?) in the wind at night.

Love,

Missy

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