Re: Clock is ticking - S-L-O-W-L-Y

[Guest guest]

, hang in there, honey. I'm emotional, too, though. I know.

Those drugs -- maybe ativan or valium? -- might make you a little

loopy, but they'll also calm you down. I successfully used valium (and

not a little vodka) to kick my terror of flying. I say, go for it! L

[Guest guest]

Hi , I'll be thinking of you on Tuesday. It'll be OK. Just keep

telling yourself you'll be in good hands, 'cause you will be. That's

what I keep telling myself when I look ahead. They do give you

something to relax when you get to the hospital, but it'll be good

for you to have. I know it'll be good for me. I have good blood

pressure normally, but it does go up when I'm nervous or scared and

I'm a little worried about that.

~Joanne

> hey everybody,

> Time is not going by fast enough for me over here. It feels like

a

> week should have gone by in the past two days. I'm so anxious to

get

> this surgery over with. 48 hours from now i'll be post op and on

> the road to recovery.

>

> I am intentionally sleeping till eleven or even noon just to make

the

> time go by faster. Tommorrow is the forth and should go by fast.

> I'll be at the park with my boyfriend all day piggin out on funnel

> cakes and hot dogs and burgers, and every little bit of junk food i

> can get my hands on. Then bright and early tuesday mornin, i will

be

> off to the hospital. Its like a 45 min drive from my house. Both

my

> parents will be with me, but i imagine sometime between my house

and

> the hospital i will break down into tears. I'm such an emotional

> person. Its really annoying sometimes.

>

> I dont even wanna know my vital signs when i get there. I went in

> for my pre-op last week and my heart rate was 99!!!. Its normally

> somewhere around 68. I'm gonna be shakin so bad there gonna have to

> hold me down to start an iv. The nurse at pre-op told me they

could

> give me something to relax. Do those kina drugs make you loopy? I

> dont think they do but im just checkin.