Dear All:

Itsme, thank you all for your support and prayers. Yes, it was my turn on 6/21st. I thought it was definitely harder than "labor" but thank God with all your "white light" my way, I woke up in ICU and not with the harps,
playing in the back ground. I didn't expect nausea for three days after wards, but finally it passed and because of the steriods ( ONLY AN EXCUSE) I began to eat everything in sight, BUT food never tasted SO GOOD and WATER was the best thing I ever tasted in my whole life, thereafter! Currently, I do have a little set back and that is "my right ear" *did surgery on the right side* seems like it's clogged up and I can't hear~
The doctor told me NOT TO WORRY, that I will get my hearing back,hmmmmm??? Did any one run into this problem? If so, please let me know what you did and how long it took to get your hearing back to NORMAL?

Any way, I can't wait to see all  of you to thank you in
person in August. I also want to say meeting Jill, Tara and Cotadad's family before the surgery was a Godsend.
Thank you Jill and Tara for supporting me on the day I
got my staples out. It was so OVERWHELMING when I
realized this was it! I also met Melissa from Conneticut,
who had the surgery the next day on the 22nd. She is
also doing good and ready to go back. Not to mention,
Stephanie's family from N. Carolina on the day of her surgery. According to Jill and Tara Stehpanie is doing good too.
Any way, I will keep all of you posted and if I'm not on the board any time soon, please forgive me, I don't have access to email but will do my best to get on.
Thank you again and I will continue to support all of you
and others forever~ I made it because of all of you!

Lots of Love,
itsme
email at my house.

itsme,

glad to hear you're doing great.  your doctor is right..don't worry about your ear.  your ear is close to the area they probably operated on.  thanks to people who have gone before us, and through providing supporting those after us, the healing process will go much smoother.  i am now almost 6 weeks post-op and still have some blood in the area and numbness on my left side (surgery on my right side too), but my dr. said i should be okay...  i too have got my appetitie back...(uh oh!)  please keep us informed on your recovery...sounds like you're on the road to success!

take care & God bless,
SFH

Hi Itsme -

Glad to hear everything went well.  After my first surgery I felt like I had constant fluid in my one ear.  I felt like I had ear muffs on!  Well - I didn't lie fully back during the 2 weeks I was in the hospital - I mostly slept with my head slightly elevated.  The first night I was at home, I lied fully back and when  I woke up I was hearing like normal. 

Not sure if that is what you were experiencing....

But, glad you're back!  Keep up the good work with your recovery!

-Shari