caboose:-)

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Caboose! Lol! Look at it this way, you'll be the leader of the

pack, so to speak, of the July surgeries:-)

Wow, I can't believe how quickly this last month has gone by so I am

sure that before you know it June 28th will be here. At least, this

last month has gone by so much more quickly for me than all of the

previous ones. I'm not even sure I'm fully prepared for the surgery.

Certainly not as much as you are from the sounds of it. My surgeon

gave me a whole selection of Boost and protein drinks, which I

thought was very sweet of him. But I can just see myself getting sick

of all the sweet stuff quickly. I haven't even bought a blender yet

but I'm am hoping my mother will get one for me sometime this

weekend. I do have a humidifier and some resuable ice packs. I also

have a whole selection of recipe books for blenderized and liquid

meals (YUMMMMYYYY) so I'll be sure to share and post my tried and

tested recipes over the next month. Now, reading all your posts about

shrimp and crawfish has got me craving some good seafood! I am dying

to finally visit New Orleans and it looks like I will finally get to

do that in September with my boyfriend when he goes for a business

visit. Keeping my fingers crossed as I lick my lips thinking of good

cajun cooking!

Sara

> > > > Hi All

> > > >

> > > > Well today was a LONG day! Started off at 9am at the orthos

to

> > get

> > > my

> > > > hooks on. I am now the proud donner of 16 metallic hooks.

> Grrrrr

> > > says

> > > > she! Actually they are not as bad as I expected. A lot less

> > obvious

> > > > when I smile than I thought they would be. The bottom center

> hook

> > > is

> > > > killing me though, really digging into the inside of my life

> but

> > > I'm

> > > > sure my mouth will build a barrier to this just as it did the

> > > braces.

> > > >

> > > > Next stop was the hospital to go through all the pre-admin

> > surgery

> > > > testing. Unfortunately for me, it being the day after

Memorial

> > day

> > > > meant that there was the longest line ever so it only took me

> > three

> > > > and a half hours to get what could have taken 40 minutes. Oh

> > well.

> > > At

> > > > least it's all done now. I got blood drawn, blood pressure

and

> > temp

> > > > measured, chest xray and a whole set of questions asked and

> > > answered.

> > > > All very basic stuff. What I made sure to do was tell them

that

> > > I've

> > > > had previous ops before and vomited afterwards as a result of

> the

> > > > anesthesia. They gave me two little tablets to take pre-

surgery

> > to

> > > > help descrease the nausea. One to take the night before and

one

> > to

> > > > take on the morning of the surgery with very little water.

They

> > > also

> > > > confirmed that I will have a catherer put in since the

> operation

> > > will

> > > > be approximately 4 hours but they also helped to calm my

fears

> > > about

> > > > this as well.

> > > >

> > > > After this I ran to Dr. Sachs to have my pre-op discussion.

He

> > gave

> > > > me good news in that he has decided that they will only need

to

> > > > operate on my upper jaw. My lower jaw should swing into the

> right

> > > > position. Whoopee! No lower jaw which really made my day.

He'll

> > be

> > > > removing the two upper bicuspids and also performing genio

> which

> > I

> > > > knew already. We went through a lot during the discussion but

> > since

> > > > it's been a long day and I have to get up at 5:30am to fly to

> > L.A.

> > > I

> > > > think I'll call it a night for today. I'll try to sort out

all

> > the

> > > > information he gave me into a nice, short and concise posting

> for

> > > > everyone tomorrow.

> > > >

> > > > Thanks for listening/reading.Can't believe surgery is almost

> > here!!!

> > > >

> > > > Nite to all.

> > > > Sara