Re: Tonight's dinner at Cattleman's with the Niners and Tenners

[Guest guest]

Glad the dinner was a success. Good luck to all of your tomorrow my

prayers will be going up for you all. Blair, let us hear when you are

able. I'm up next week and really starting to get excited!

Dinah in Alabama

mgb 081600

> Hi all:

>

> There were 30 of us at Cattleman's in Durham tonight, chatting and

eating and

> getting acquainted. What a terrific group of people: I met Dawn

and Beth and

> their spouses, and her wonderful kids, (my latex

allergy

> sister) and her husband, Dave and his wonderful wife, and her

mom,

> Susie and her parents, Tricia Bardell and her great friend (who

tried to

> convince me that she was a post-op!), and a lot of post-ops (real

ones)

> besides: Ginny, , Amber, , Amy Poe, plus husbands

and kids.

> If I've left anyone out, it's because I've got that TransScop patch

behind my

> ear and I'm starting to get loopy.

>

> But Deb and and their gang never showed! They were missed. I

hope I'll

> see them tomorrow at the hospital.

>

> I go in at 8:30 tomorrow morning, into a latex-free OR, followed by

,

> then Susie, then Dave, then Dawn. I believe or Deb goes

tomorrow too,

> but I'm getting confused.

>

> Anyway - the dinner was a great success, and the restaurant was

just right

> for us pre-ops. They really worked hard to accommodate us, and

gave out

> separate checks, and brought food promptly. I would recommend them

to other

> preop groups meeting for dinner.

>

> It was wonderful to put names with faces from the MGB list, and I

was so glad

> to talk with the post-ops about their experiences with the surgery

and its

> aftermath. It was a great " eve of surgery " , and I highly

recommend it for

> helping to relax before surgery.

>

> Thanks again to everyone on this list for all the love and support

you've

> shown me these past months.

>

> Second time's a charm!!!

>

> xoxo

> Blair