(minirascal)-Caboose/Re: Hooks finally out!!

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Hello mini-rascal and Caboose,

I'm so glad to hear that both of you are getting back to the normal

routine of everyday life, albeit from the sounds of it, a hectic and

tiring routine! Sitting here in Italy I have been following closely

the sad events in New Orleans and now the oncoming Rita storm. It

just seems so surreal and most of all, unfair. My heart goes out to

all the people that have been affected by the storms. It certainly

makes me realize that I need to quit complaining when I worry about

there being too much rain here in Italy. It has been a very cold and

rainy september in Tuscany and my fiance' is very worried that the

harvest will suffer from it. as a result he's had to anticipate the

harvesting by a whole 2 weeks so yesterday i decided to pitch in and

do some of the grape harvesting as well. quite a refreshing

experience and it really made me appreciate the basic good things in

life - good health, good earth, good food, good wine and being

surrounded by the people you love.

My jaw is healing very nicely and I count my blessings every day

because it seems like I really had an easy recovery. I worry

sometimes that something will eventually go wrong but try to keep my

feet firmly planted on planet earth and not paranoia planet. I'm

still wearing an elastic on each side of my mouth to help retrain my

muscles and i think that has really helped keep to a minimum any

muscle pain i could possibly get. in two weeks time i go back to my

ortho to get my bottom brackets off and then in november hopefully my

top brackets which means...no more braces! Fingers crossed but I'm

determined not to put my hopes up too much. I got this far and

certainly a couple more months of braces won't kill me.

There, i've gone rambling about myself when I really meant to send

both of you a big virtual hug.

Sara xx

> > > > > Hi All,

> > > > >

> > > > > My bottom hooks have finally been taken off by my OD. It's

> > hard

> > > to

> > > > > believe I have had them on for over 4 months now. The top

> > hooks

> > > > were

> > > > > taken off a few weeks ago. I now only have to wear one

band

> > on

> > > the

> > > > > right side. It really feels great to finally have the

hooks

> > > > completely

> > > > > off. My OS appts. have finally been decreased to once a

> month

> > > > versus

> > > > > every week. So I am beginning to see that light at the end

> of

> > > the

> > > > > tunnel.

> > > > >

> > > > > For all heading into surgery and in the early stages of

> > recovery,

> > > > the

> > > > > best advice I can give you is to keep a positive attitude!

> > > Remember

> > > > > that this is only a temporary period in your life with

> rewards

> > > that

> > > > > will last a lifetime. I am 100% satisfied with my results

and

> > > can't

> > > > > wait to be able to bite into a big steak!!

> > > > >

> > > > > Best of Luck to you all,

> > > > > --Caboose

> > > > > Lefort 3-piece, June 28th