Thank you Angel Terri H

[Guest guest]

Everybody--

I finally got switched on 10/3 and want to thank my wonderful angel,

Terri Hassiak, for her supportive phone calls the night of my surgery

and daily thereafter.

My DS was performed at Mt. Sinai in NYC by Dr. Pomp. I spent the week

before cleaning my apt. and trying to stock up on some post op needs.

The morning of surgery, I left the house with my little wheeled

suitcase at about 6:15 AM, dressed in my caftan and sweater. I thought

that I was calm, cool and collected. I told myself that, as an RN and

a responsible adult, I had made an intelligent, well researched

decision which would improve my life. While on the little red bus to

the tram, I noticed that my caftan kept cutting into my neck. I tried

to re-arrange it, but no luck. I couldn't figure out why this was

happening as I had worn this caftan before and hadn't had any

problems. Just as I got off the bus to get onto the tram I realised

what the problem was--I HAD THE CAFTAN ON BACKWARDS!!!! So much for

calm, cool and collected! So, pre-op DSers, when you make out a pre-op

check list for yourself, be sure to include " Check position of

clothing! "

Ashford

DS/Mt. Sinai, NYC/Dr. Pomp

304 lbs. pre-op and still to puffy to bother getting on the scale.