New Foobs for the New Year....

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a good holiday. We had a very nice one but I am glad to see the end of December and the start of a new year. It’s like we try to take 12 months of activities and pack them into the month of December…way too much stress for me….you know my motto, “NO DRAMA”!! Going to try to keep living that in 2010 also. We were able to get with both of our families during the month so it was great to spend time with everyone. The kids both seemed happy with their gifts so I guess for this year we can just say “mission accomplished”.



So have you made any New Years Resolutions? I try hard NOT to do that each year and that strategy works out pretty good for me….low expectations! I heard Dr. Oz on the radio today talking about weight loss. He said one of the easiest things to do is stop eating anything white…white bread, anything with white sugar, white flour…I will just stop right there because those few things probably make up 98% of my diet. Guess I won’t be trying that diet plan any time soon. Bret has started exercising and trying to eat better so I am hoping that once I get this surgery behind me I can get motivated to try to get into shape and eat better. If I don’t start something soon I am going to have to invest in a new wardrobe because nothing is going to fit…gotta love the perks of menopause!!!



I am as ready as I can be for surgery on Wednesday morning. I am scheduled for 10:30. I didn’t even ask how long it would be…I guess it depends on how much she thinks she can do once she gets everything opened back up. Bret will put an update on here once I am done. I am not really nervous about surgery. What I am dreading the most is wearing that HORRIBLE surgical bra. It really is torture but I have to wear it for a week or ten days so everything stays where it is supposed to be during healing. The most important thing once I am at home is not using my arms too much. I can look back at my last surgery and see things that I did that I shouldn't have done. Now I know the ramifications of doing those things so I am really determined to use my arms as little as possible and definitely not do anything that isn’t absolutely necessary. I can remember stretching really far to get something a few weeks after my last surgery. I would swear I heard a stitch or stitches pop and felt pain shoot across my chest. Once you start to feel better it’s easy to forget and just go back to doing things you normally would do but when you think about how moving your upper arms really does involve your chest muscles it’s easier to understand why it is important to give that area as much time as possible to heal internally as possible. Since this is my 9th surgical procedure at Good Sam Hospital I am being very optimistic that we won’t have any nausea problems with anesthesia. Carissa has even got me hooked up with the best anesthesia team so I am very happy about that. Let’s just hope that I don’t end up laying next to “Elvis” again in the recovery room as he repeatedly asks why he is having pain after his surgery…that once in a lifetime experience was plenty for this gal!!!



Thanks for the prayers that all will go well…I will try to do an update when “the fog clears”!!!