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wendysig

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A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« on: October 02, 2009, 06:05:37 pm »
Hi Lori,

Sorry to have missed your birthday yesterday.  I hope it was a truly happy one!!!

Best wishes for many, many more,
Wendy
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2009, 08:41:52 pm »
Lori -

the card's officiall in the mail - plus a little extra something  ;)

Hope you had a great day - did you get cake??

My best to Ralph and the girls  ;D

Jan
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2009, 05:29:02 am »
We were just waiting for a big weekend bash. I don't suppose you want a potato peel pie, Lori?

Sara
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2009, 06:12:19 am »
Belated Hippy Burpday, Lori!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


*runs after Lori's dropped halo*

xoxoxo
Phyl
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2009, 07:05:52 am »
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORI ! !   Hope you had a wonderful day & did something special for you !

Remember the saying,  'like fine wine, we get better with age' - ain't it the truth !

Always good thoughts,  Nancy
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2009, 09:42:22 am »
OMG!!! :o I got sooh busy with the kids I was not even on the forum yesterday (Gasp!) ... and I had intended to make a post... then forgot. Wendy to the rescue... I see.

Happy Belated Birthday Lori!
Best wishes!!!

We-all love you- you know!!! :-*

DHM
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2009, 11:13:37 am »
Thanks everyone!  Not to worry, my birthday "season" is still in full swing!

Had a pretty uneventful day (not necessarily a bad thing).  James came home from work early (it was still light outside!), played with the kids, had pizza from my favorite pizza place and cake and then ended the night watching Survivor.  Not bad.  The only thing that would have made it better was a big birthday potato peel pie!   :D 

Haven't had a chance to do anything just for ME yet, as James is on the ship until the end of the week, but I can guarantee I'll not only want to do something for me when he gets home, I'll need to!   :o

Thanks again!  You guys are the best birthday present I could ask for!

Lori
Right 3cm AN diagnosed 1/2007.  Translab resection 2/20/07 by Dr. David Kaylie and Dr. Karl Hampf at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.  R side deafness, facial nerve paralysis.  Tarsorraphy and tear duct cauterization 5/2007.  BAHA implant 11/8/07. 7-12 nerve jump 9/26/08.

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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2009, 02:35:55 pm »
Lori ~

Please accept yet another belated Happy Birthday wish.  :-[

I'm pleased to learn that you had a pleasant birthday and that you intend to enjoy yourself even more when your husband can be with you.   You deserve it.

Thanks for your kind words and for your tremendous contributions to the forums. 

Jim
4.5 cm AN diagnosed 5/06.  Retrosigmoid surgery 6/06.  Follow-up FSR completed 10/06.  Tumor shrinkage & necrosis noted on last MRI.  Life is good. 

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.  The way we cope with it is what makes the difference.

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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2009, 02:40:57 pm »
Lori~
Sorry I didn't start a thread - I did offer on Facebook to take you to WalMart & then I called & yelled in your only good ear...what more can a girl ask for???

Still gonna get that card in the mail, although I won't be able to compete with Jan's present!!  ;)

Love ya!!

K   ;D
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2009, 11:28:13 pm »
  You guys are the best birthday present I could ask for!


That was easy! So we don't have to send snail mails???

Happy Belated Birthday Lori!!!!
How's your new duty station going?
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2009, 11:28:59 pm »
Oh yea and happy birthday!!!!!!!
Maureen
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Facial nerve cut,reanastomosed.Tarsorrhaphy
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01/08- nerve transposition-(12/7) UW Hospital, Seattle
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2009, 10:45:13 am »
I am really going to have to try to make one of those pies now. It's cold enough now. My husband and kids are going to think I have gone off the deep end, though.

Sara
MVD for hemifacial spasm 6/2/08
left side facial paresis
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 46 - 11/25/08
 53 - 05/12/09
left side SSD approx. 4 weeks
 low-frequency hearing loss; 85% speech recognition 7/28/08
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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2009, 12:33:27 pm »
Sara,

I'm sure your husband and kids already picked up on that!   :D  Just kidding!  But I want reports on the pie tasting.

Maureen, I love it here in Virginia Beach but can't wait to get to a real house and out of Navy housing.  I don't love it!  Heck, I don't even like it.  Now the fun of trying to readjust to sea-duty after 3 years of shore.  Good think there's a beach and good seafood around or I might just lose what's left of my sanity!

Lori
Right 3cm AN diagnosed 1/2007.  Translab resection 2/20/07 by Dr. David Kaylie and Dr. Karl Hampf at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.  R side deafness, facial nerve paralysis.  Tarsorraphy and tear duct cauterization 5/2007.  BAHA implant 11/8/07. 7-12 nerve jump 9/26/08.

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Re: A belated Happy Birthday to Lori
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2009, 01:36:25 pm »
Good thing there's a beach and good seafood around

Hmmm.  Sounds like I should deliver your next birthday card in person  ;D

Better get that real house soon - I'll need to bring my kids and Kaybo, David, and the 3 curly girlies!

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

I don't actually "make" trouble..just kind of attract it, fine tune it, and apply it in new and exciting ways