ANA Discussion Forum
Pre-Treatment Options => Pre-Treatment Options => Topic started by: Shelley A on March 08, 2013, 02:40:39 pm
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I have an official date! I will have surgery on April 5th at Medical City Dallas. Dr. Hahn and Dr. Coimbra will have the pleasure of removing "Bob". I am so very excited to get to the next step and see what outcome God has planned for me! I would like to know of any surgery day tips and recovery advice that anyone is willing to offer. Also, I feel that this is going to be harder on my family than it will for me, so any advice for them would be great also. :)
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Good luck to you Shelley! I have no advice to give as I am presurgery. I am scheduled for 3/20.
I wish you well in the removal of "Bob." I haven't named mine as I don't want to be emotionally attached to the sucker!
Best of luck--we are going to need it! :)
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Best wishes for Bob's successful coming out party. We're all rootin' for you.
As for your family, show them this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hqS_lzNIlU
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Praying for you Anita! Keep me posted on how yours goes! And thanks arizonajack for the video! How can you not smile when watching it?!
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Shelley,
One piece of advice would be to set up a caringbridge page for yourself and your family to use. My wife used mine to post updates before, during, and after surgery, and then I used it to let everyone know how I was doing in the weeks after surgery. It was a great benefit to me to get so many messages of support and also to have one place to post messages to keep everyone informed.
Best wishes for a very successful surgery and a smooth recovery!
Ken
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My thoughts will be with both of you. I hope you give yourself time to heal afterwards. We get to sleep through surgery. :)
Karen