Socal Group Meeting On Sat. Sept 8Th

[iegal 460]

You are invited!

Please join several us for face to face support group get together at a mall location in the Inland Empire. We meet around 10AM for less than two hours. Please contact Sleeve 4 me for detailed information.

Hope you are able to make it.

[Savarra 9]

Would love to but my surgery date is Sept 4th so I'll likely not be driving yet. Next time!

[shrinkydinkme 221]

Planning to be there and see all of you inspirational sleevers! So excited to be on the losers bench with everyone else.

[Darla5060 68]

Victor and I will be there!! I can't wait see all of the people who have had their surgery since our last meeting!

[Kirstyn1226 8]

I will be there as well! I cannot wait to see everyone that has been sleeved since July!

[sleeve 4 me 910]

Just posted pics from todays meeting!!!! The newly sleeved brother and sisters look GREAT!!!!!!! You can totally see a big difference from our last meeting! See y'all in November

[Darla5060 68]

Sophia, thank you for everything!! It was wonderful to see you, and to see everyone. What a wonderful, loving group! See you soon.

Hugs, Darla

[Kirstyn1226 8]

Okay everybody, I cannot wait until the next meeting because I will be about a month out from surgery!!!

I had my consultation with Dr. Fedorka today and they had a cancellation on Monday so I took it! So this time Monday I will be sleeved!!!! Woohoo!

See everyone in November!!!

Kirstyn

[sleeve 4 me 910]

Kirstyn I'm soooooooo excited for YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

[Kirstyn1226 8]

Sophia,

Thank you! I cannot believe that it worked out the way that it did. They had a cancellation and rather than having to try to call and see if anyone could move their surgeries forward, they asked me if I wanted it! I said "Oh heck, yeah, I can do Monday!"

[Darla5060 68]

Kirstyn, that AMAZING! I'm so happy for you!!!! We'll be thinking of you and you'll be in our prayers!!

[Kirstyn1226 8]

Darla,

Thank you for the well wishes and prayers. Surgery went well in and of itself. The nausea afterwards, however, was awful. They gave me five different medications in the recovery room to try to curb it and I was still gagging/ throwing up violently on the way to my room. When I got to my room, the nausea stopped for the rest of the night. Then the next day it came back with a passion and, finally, they gave me a very painful shot in the arm and that put a stop to the nausea. However, I apparently pulled a muscle in my neck with the violent vomiting. And, although, I don't need pain medication for anything truly surgery related, I am having to take the pain medication for my neck. I can't sleep at all unless I'm taking the pain medication. I have an appointment scheduled with my PCP next Friday but am hoping that the neck pain will be gone by then and I won't need to go.

I can say that it is very strange to only be able to drink so little. And love the fact that the smell of foods I would normally crave stink to high heaven, therefore, causing me no desire to eat them! (My husband and the kids had pepperoni pizza yesterday and I almost vomited from the smell). Anyway, I am doing pretty well, I think. And can't wait for the next meeting so I can see everyone again!

Thanks again!

[shrinkydinkme 221]

Thanks so much for checking in Darla, glad you are doing well. I will continue to pray for you and hope your neck improves quickly. See you in November.