MGB 6/7/00

[Guest guest]

Hi All -

I'm just going to say a quick thanks here to everyone who gave me a

helping hand last week while I was " crossing over to the other

side " ...especially JANET ARMOUR...who made a special trip to the

airport to pick up my hubby and bring him to the hospital so he could

be there in time to hold my hand before I went in for surgery. (And

GENZ - because I know you put her up to it!!)

Janet, Trish, Genz, Darlene, , Marti, even Debbie and Barbara

who had better things to be doing - and everyone else that I met at

clinic on 6/6/00 - who all helped me to calm down after I started

scaring myself with my second-guessing and doubts. I haven't been in

a hospital since birth, and the most experience I've had with surgery

is a root canal and then all of a sudden it really hit me that I was

going to be unconscious and having surgery in less than 24 hours!

(Also - I had to travel to Durham alone from New York which didn't

help the stress level.)

SO - for the first few minutes of clinic on Tuesday morning I was

quietly having a nervous breakdown until these wonderful women came

to my rescue! I can't say enough about how funny, charming,

empathatic, understanding, lovely, warm and just generally wonderful

these people were. I'm sad now that I can't see you all more often,

because I just know it would be so much fun, and I know how much I'm

missing out!!!!!!

Anyway - now it's four days after surgery and I feel GREAT - and I

can't believe that I've finally STOPPED THE MADNESS as the bald woman

on TV is always saying. I can't say more right now because I've got

to go back to work in the morning and I have to unpack, etc., but

thanks again to all of you who stopped to give me moral support, hand-

holding, a shoulder to lean on, and for being so great to this

stranger from New York in general...I'll never forget your

kindness!!!!

Love to you all,

M.

MGB 6-7-00 - no idea how much I've lost yet!

[Guest guest]

M,

Thanks for the quick update. I was worried about you and wondered what

happened to you. I'm so glad all went so well for you. If I had to come

without support, like you did, I would have been scared also. Glad to hear

you are both safely back

Darlene

wrote:

> Hi All -

>

> I'm just going to say a quick thanks here to everyone who gave me a

> helping hand last week while I was " crossing over to the other

> side " ...especially JANET ARMOUR...who made a special trip to the

> airport to pick up my hubby and bring him to the hospital so he could

> be there in time to hold my hand before I went in for surgery. (And

> GENZ - because I know you put her up to it!!)

>

> Janet, Trish, Genz, Darlene, , Marti, even Debbie and Barbara

> who had better things to be doing - and everyone else that I met at

> clinic on 6/6/00 - who all helped me to calm down after I started

> scaring myself with my second-guessing and doubts. I haven't been in

> a hospital since birth, and the most experience I've had with surgery

> is a root canal and then all of a sudden it really hit me that I was

> going to be unconscious and having surgery in less than 24 hours!

> (Also - I had to travel to Durham alone from New York which didn't

> help the stress level.)

>

> SO - for the first few minutes of clinic on Tuesday morning I was

> quietly having a nervous breakdown until these wonderful women came

> to my rescue! I can't say enough about how funny, charming,

> empathatic, understanding, lovely, warm and just generally wonderful

> these people were. I'm sad now that I can't see you all more often,

> because I just know it would be so much fun, and I know how much I'm

> missing out!!!!!!

>

> Anyway - now it's four days after surgery and I feel GREAT - and I

> can't believe that I've finally STOPPED THE MADNESS as the bald woman

> on TV is always saying. I can't say more right now because I've got

> to go back to work in the morning and I have to unpack, etc., but

> thanks again to all of you who stopped to give me moral support, hand-

> holding, a shoulder to lean on, and for being so great to this

> stranger from New York in general...I'll never forget your

> kindness!!!!

>

> Love to you all,

>

> M.

> MGB 6-7-00 - no idea how much I've lost yet!

>

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