Re: March 21

[Guest guest]

Hey Mel,

I am having my surgery in March too, but not exactly at the same

time.... on March 9. But that is pretty close. I am having lower and

upper and one wisdom tooth removed too (I only have one). Are you as

excited as I am!?!? It's nice to actually have the date scheduled!

Let me know if you still want to be " surgery buddies " even though

it's not exactly the same time. Katja

[Guest guest]

Katja,

I am very excited and anxious and scared all at once. The only part

I'm not really looking forward to is the diet afterwards. I'm a

person who loves food and how things taste and one of my all time

favorite foods is Nachos. Don't think I'll be eating those anytime

soon after surgery.

I'm having my lower jaw brought forward and 3 wisdom teeth taken out

(the fourth decided not to show) at the same time. I am 23 years

old but I'm going to be asking if a cot can be put beside my bed for

my mommy to sleep in the room with me, lol.

Sure I'll be your buddy, be nice to see what you go through before I

have to, hehehe..

>

> Hey Mel,

> I am having my surgery in March too, but not exactly at the same

> time.... on March 9. But that is pretty close. I am having lower

and

> upper and one wisdom tooth removed too (I only have one). Are you

as

> excited as I am!?!? It's nice to actually have the date

scheduled!

> Let me know if you still want to be " surgery buddies " even though

> it's not exactly the same time. Katja

[Guest guest]

I know, I have mixed emotions too... for me, it's been hard to trust

that everything will be fine. I know I've got great doctors, but I

don't easily trust other people, so I it is hard to let go. I know

what you mean about the food.... I have been " stocking up " on

culinary pleasures these past few weeks to tide me over before I can

eat again! And I have been avoiding ice cream and milk shakes until

the surgery. I know how quickly time seems to pass, so I believe that

it will pass quickly enough and you and I both will be eating happily

again in no time.... There are a lot of foods I have trouble eating

now, so I think it will be better after surgery- ultimately. I can't

wait to be able to chew things like rice and noodles instead of

pretty much swallowing them whole because my teeth don't meet enough

to chew foods like that.... :)SO! Stock up on nachos now while you

can!! I'm 25, but I hadn't thought of having anyone stay with me....

good idea!! But,I don't think anyone else will think so. Do you have

your pre-op scheduled? I am waiting to get mine scheduled.... Where

are you having your surgery? Katja

[Guest guest]

My biggest fear is not being able to breathe afterwards, although

I've read a few posts regarding that so I've calmed down a bit about

it. I have allergies and am constantly stuffed up, especially if

lay on my back so have my fingers crossed everything is ok regarding

that.

My surgery is the 21st and the 12th I'm going out and having a big

supper with a few friends to completely gorge on an entire order of

nachos by myself.

Good idea avoiding the ice cream, I think I'll start that too myself

that way I won't get sick of it too soon.

My pre-op is next Thursday (March 3) and I'm having my surgery in

Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada). I live in New Brunswick, Canada and

am about a 4 1/2 hour drive to Halifax so I pretty have to have

someone with me to drive me back home. Where's your surgery?