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Hi all! Today is the big day for me. I know there's several other banders for the 1st so I thought that as we Smashing Pumpkins have our surgeries, we can log in on this thread with the thumbs up or down. I'm ten hours away.

Hooray!

For those of you in the insurance process, keep the faith. It took me a year. I was denied initially by United Healthcare then appealed and won. Keep fighting!

I'm off to become the person on the outside that I always knew I was on the inside.:thumbup:

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Good luck and best wished Salome!!!!

I'm in the hurry up and wait mode (pending insurance approval) but hope to be part of the Smashing Pumpkins!!! Just wanted to send you a prayer for a speedy and pain-free recovery.

Take care of you!!!

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Good luck Salome!!!!

My surgery is on Oct 14. Right now I'm doing fine, but I think I will have butterflies the day before and of. But, I waited this long and I'm not turning back.

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Salome000...

Praying and knowing that all will go very well today!!

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Salome. It is 7:17 pm. I hope everything is well with you. I hope everything went smooth and you are on a speedy recovery.

We are all thinking about you.

Take care of yourself.

Lone Star Loser

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First of all, thank you for your good wishes...it meant so much to me!

Today was the day. Waking up from the surgery was difficult...the gas (and thanks to all of you I knew EXACTLY what was hurting me) gave me fit. I got two pain shots and discovered that if I sat straight up with my legs over the edge of the bed or walked, I got some relief.

My abdomen hurts...mostly from incision pain.

The thing that is disappointing is how ridiculously hungry I am! I'm on the Clear liquids and can have a Protein shake (muscle milk for me) but I was so ravenous when I got home I almost dissolved a wheat cracker in my broth, just to have something sitting on my stomach.

Dehydration was terrible...they stuck a wet washcloth in my mouth but that just made it worse. I finally began sipping Water (so hard...I'm used to taking huge gulps) and things have settled down enough to write this.

My doctor was cool enough to take pics during surgery so I'll be sure and post them when he emails them.

I know that I'll feel better with each passing day. My status 12 hours out isn't the greatest but I'm still glad I did it.

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That was a quick update. It's getting close to midnight and I'm due in the Med Ctr. in Houston at 6AM for mine. Might as well grin and bear it at this point I guess. Thanks to all who post and share your information with others about your journey!

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