Becky you are too funny!

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Becky,

you crack me up! I don't know what he would have done if I had taken

a pic of him. Probably run me out of the house! He was so mortified

poor boy, suddenly he was a 5 yr old boy again, you know that look

men sometimes get:-)

As for the cough, Becky I had that too for the first 4 days post-op.

I used liquid dimetap (sp?) that they had given me in the hospital.

It was grape flavor and it worked a treat in quelling the coughing

fits and it also tasted good, in my humble opinion. I also downed a

lot of water everytime my throat got scratchy and itchy.

Wow you've already gone out?! That's amazing! I ventured out for the

first time yesterday with Alessandro (the fiance) and it felt really

liberating even though I kept on thinking people were staring at me.

Then by coincidence we bumped into one of my best friends who is

moving to Kenya with his fiancee for a year to work on an HIV project

so I was really pleased to be able to say bye to him in person rather

than over the email as I had thought. The tough part about going out

was not being able to really talk to people properly and also I was

constantly terrified of people hitting me in the face by accident.

Also, since Alessandro was hungry I actually sat in BIG NICK's for 15

minutes waiting for his take-home pizza order to come through. You

should have seen me Becky! All these pizzas being walked by me and I

was salivating like a poor dog. Lol! That'll provide you with a

giggle!

Keep up the excellent recovery and the happy spirits. I am just so

happy that you are on the other side too now:-)

Sara xx

> picturing sara's sexy italian wine producing fiancee gaining weight

> eating good ol' american food and then splitting his pants gave me a

> giggle...hehehe...i wish we had a picture of that )

>

> i've been venturing outside for the last two days - little quick

walks

> with my joey - trying to build up to walk to the movies on thrs!

big

> plans...anyway - i was outside for maybe two minuts yesterday and i

> sneezed. damn nyc air! i was so freaked out when i felt it

coming -

> since everyone has warned me against the closed mouth sneeze ruining

> the bone graft. but it came - and i kept my mouth open - and it

> wasn't so bad! wahoo!

>

> anyway - my major complaint today is the coughing. the phlem just

> keeps coming down my palate and i just don't know what to do.

> everytime i cough - the stupid bone graft site hurts. i'm so scared

> this bone graft won't take or i'll blow a hole into the fistula.

> someone just make the coughing stop!!!

>

> the ortho called today (funny - huh? like i can talk on the phone)

> and asked joey if i fit in my splint. i do - but my cheek keeps

> getting stuck. i don't think that's what she was talking about

though.

>

> here's to hoping for a cough free, sneeze free day ahead. and more

> funny stories about sara's fiancee

>

> -becky