For Jo: 2 days Pre-Op and finally I know the plan...August buddies and all!!

[Guest guest]

What great news for you! Talk about being on pins and needles for

the longest time huh? I'm here if you need to chat this weekend.

Good luck with your surgery on Monday, I know things will go

fantastic for you. My thoughts are with you.

I got my models from the Ortho on Friday, Dr A is a wonderful Ortho

and even though it is his day off and he was moving back to his old

but now new office this weekend he chatted with me about my surgery

at length. He told me he had scrubbed in before on these surgeries

and Dr's Poor and O' typically spend 2 hours in surgery, they

know their stuff so well, it's all they do! Off to see Dr Poor on

Monday and my pre-op stuff.

Take care,

Tom

> HI Aug buddies and everyone!

>

> Gotta be quick, last few hrs at work winding down, but HOLY COW!

>

> Got my final plan last nt...NOT doing the lower after all, meaning

> NOT wired for 6 wks, I can stillhardly believe it at all.

> I read all of you with out being wired and just kept thinking nice

> for them, but not going to happen-no way. I didn't want to be

super

> disappointed...but ta-da!!!!

>

> So here's the scoop:

> Upper: Up, 8mm

> back 2mm

> right 1-2mm and genio forward 6mm...

> 2 wks tightly banded and then (HA! giddy) OPEN! no crunchy for a

long

> time-who cares at all...

> 4 hrs surg, rather than 8

> 2 days stay , rather than 3

>

> wooooooooooooooow!

>

> Still excited, scared, hopeful and 100% dedicated to an intense

> recovery...I know those 2 wks will suck, let's face it, with all

this

> happening to my head, they should but that's alright. Have to

deal

> and remember, this is my time at home...not everyday of my daily

work

> like with big challnges. I feel so fortunate...and a smidge guilty

> (maybe it's the italian thing but I feel for those of you whom

are

> awesome people who have to wait it out, I was totally freaked out

for

> 6 wks coming, but ready.,..long term health is MOST impt so--but

all

> I can think now is

>

> WOW.

>

>

> -I'm just not the person who the easier options happen to, but

> yesterday in general with other things too, it all lined up to

form a

> happy face and I am so thankful just to have had the day.

>

>

> still working on getting the home online stuff running ok, but

this

> weekend it will be come hell or high water, and I know I will need

> you guys to keep from hyperventilating at some point. So I will

write

> this weekend and hope to hear from the aug buds who went already

this

> week-prayers and thoughts for speedy recovery are with you guys...

>

> Cheers to all of us troopers to taking this on and to a GREAT

future!

> I'll drink liquids to that !!!!!! JO

[Guest guest]

HI Tom...yup pooly tomorrow's th\e big day...

I'm filled with tons of mixed emotions. I* mean no questions about

wanting to do it or not, no way...just holy freaking cow...I tgalked

about thsi for like 6 byrs as a maybe and started this journey 1 1/2

yr ago...so wow.

I had some added information shared with me about the health of a

loved one that is potentially the scariest (terminal) and it's

really something to wrestle with to put inside me in a box to settle

with me while we don't know for sure what the situation is, just m

aybes, and some are ok, so I have hope and faith that we'll all be

ok as best we can be...but wow...timing with me is too much

sokmetimes...

but I have hugs when I need from mky fiance and " peps " so to

speak...so I will just be positve, it's " in my blood " afterall!

hahaha///still doofy and can smile...and after all that's the pla\n,

TO SMILE!!!!!!!!!!!!

TALK TO YOU LATER THIS WEEK...good thoughts and god speed.Thanks for

being there...gooooo august buddies! ;P

JO

> > HI Aug buddies and everyone!

> >

> > Gotta be quick, last few hrs at work winding down, but HOLY COW!

> >

> > Got my final plan last nt...NOT doing the lower after all,

meaning

> > NOT wired for 6 wks, I can stillhardly believe it at all.

> > I read all of you with out being wired and just kept thinking

nice

> > for them, but not going to happen-no way. I didn't want to be

> super

> > disappointed...but ta-da!!!!

> >

> > So here's the scoop:

> > Upper: Up, 8mm

> > back 2mm

> > right 1-2mm and genio forward 6mm...

> > 2 wks tightly banded and then (HA! giddy) OPEN! no crunchy for a

> long

> > time-who cares at all...

> > 4 hrs surg, rather than 8

> > 2 days stay , rather than 3

> >

> > wooooooooooooooow!

> >

> > Still excited, scared, hopeful and 100% dedicated to an intense

> > recovery...I know those 2 wks will suck, let's face it, with all

> this

> > happening to my head, they should but that's alright. Have to

> deal

> > and remember, this is my time at home...not everyday of my daily

> work

> > like with big challnges. I feel so fortunate...and a smidge

guilty

> > (maybe it's the italian thing but I feel for those of you

whom

> are

> > awesome people who have to wait it out, I was totally freaked

out

> for

> > 6 wks coming, but ready.,..long term health is MOST impt so--but

> all

> > I can think now is

> >

> > WOW.

> >

> >

> > -I'm just not the person who the easier options happen to, but

> > yesterday in general with other things too, it all lined up to

> form a

> > happy face and I am so thankful just to have had the day.

> >

> >

> > still working on getting the home online stuff running ok, but

> this

> > weekend it will be come hell or high water, and I know I will

need

> > you guys to keep from hyperventilating at some point. So I will

> write

> > this weekend and hope to hear from the aug buds who went already

> this

> > week-prayers and thoughts for speedy recovery are with you

guys...

> >

> > Cheers to all of us troopers to taking this on and to a GREAT

> future!

> > I'll drink liquids to that !!!!!! JO