DEE

[Guest guest]

Dee,

You are a bit farther up the northeast coast than I am. I live just

outside of Washington, DC. I am sure you are quite a bit cooler than

we are here in DC. Speaking of rain, it looks like it is getting

ready to storm any minute. On a good note, my flowers look great

because of all the rain and cooler than normal temps. My sister went

up last year to Maine to visit a friend and just loved it.

For some reason it takes me a bit longer than others to heal also. I

have had sinus, knee, and eye surgery and didn't recover as soon as

the doctors were expecting from these surgeries. After my sinus

surgery I ran a fever for 2 weeks. On a good note, I have been

preparing my body for this jaw surgery for quite some time by eating

right, exercising, and putting more protein in my diet. So that

hopefully will help out some.

Yes, I will keep in touch with you to see how your progress goes

along with updating you on mine! We can all get through this

together and can't wait to talk about being on the other side of

surgery!!

> > > > > I'm scheduled to have upper jaw surgery on July 18. I'm

> > nervous

> > > > about

> > > > > recovery, because I have two kids and I'm the primary care

> > > giver.

> > > > (I

> > > > > have a four year daughter and a 10 year old son.) I will

be

> > > wired

> > > > > shut for eight weeks. I do work at home and fortunately my

> > jobs

> > > > are

> > > > > flexible, but my kids are home with me as well - they don't

> go

> > > to

> > > > > daycare. I'm wondering how long I will be " down " . My mom

> has

> > > > offered

> > > > > to move in and help while my husband goes to work, and I

> feel

> > > that

> > > > I

> > > > > will have to take her up on that, but I'm not sure how

> long?

> > > > Starting

> > > > > to panic....please set me straight! Any information that

> you

> > > can

> > > > give

> > > > > me to me will be greatly appreciated.

> > > > >

> > > > > Dee