Carrie, Happy for you and your family including all on DG who went with you today. Pretty crowded in that room today. I waved from Mass Gen. My dear friend got the A-OK too. Good day. I drove her back to Maine tonight and will head back to Nantucket on Sun to see my DH and doggies. Enough Medical crap, now bring on the bulbs and some real spring weather. Though today was very nice. Patti
Yikes. . . I'm really scared.
Great news! I have been praying for you here in Arizona, also.
Congrat Carrie on coming through with flying colors.. From the sound of it, you're not in too much pain.. Either that or you're completely flying on painkillers.. :) Hope your recovery is as fast as your op.. :)
Welcome home Carrie!! :D
Yeah!!
So glad you're back!
Now can i stop "holding you in my thoughts"? My mind is about to give out. ;^)
Welcome home - and welcome back to the world of food!
welcome home... glad you are feeling ok... hugs
Glad to hear your doing well.
Welcome home Carrie. So glad everything went so well. :)
Glad your home safe and sound Carrie and everything went smoothly.
Excellent! I am sooo glad you are home safe and sound :-)
The sun is out, no clouds remain,
Of thanks a heaping plateful.
For Carrie's home and safe again
For which we're very grateful!
BREAKFAST! (hi guys, excuse me while I eat.)
Icosden, there was no incision; the MD used um, er, naturally occurring holes in an unnatural way...? (This is a family site. . . . .) Not rreally any pain, just feeling wiped out.
David, you hold more in your thoughts than that every day, don't be silly. THANK YOU EVERYBODY!!! Allison, thank you for the more seeds.
xxxxx, Carrie
Welocme home Carrie!
Thank you, Harper. I feel giddy with being alive, cautiously optimistic about next week's follow-up appointment and resigned to the fact that I need a cystoscopy to check for more of these things either IN three months or EVERY three months! They tell you not to make any big decisions after surgery and I can see why - today I ordered a new hot water heater! I'm ready to think about the Next Car. Good God. xxxx, Carrie
Water must be hot, even though you have just returned from the hospital & you must have transportation. So there, nay sayers!!
Yeah, does a hot water heater qualify as a big decision?
$3000? Yup, that's big for me. It's probably the general anesthesia they're worried about - but I say, "don't drive after being told you have a tumor!" xx, Carrie
Holy tamales! Is that what water heaters cost nowadays? I guess that is a big decision.
LOL! In Boston, with my plumber, there was the $3200 tankless one or the $3350 tank-ful one. We've had a tankless one for ten years which has been nothing but headaches - and repair bills. That was the big decision - fix it again, for $1400, which may or may not work, replace it with another hopefully more reliable tankless one, or go back to one with a tank that uses more gas and is less efficient and bad for the environment, etc. etc. We've had this hot water thing hanging over our heads for a month now but we couldn't think about it; we were so caught up in the other thing. xx, Carrie
Wow! I thought they cost more like $800.
Personally I prefer all things tankfull over the tankless. Life is too tankless as it is.
Carrie, my mind has rested so now I'm back holding you in my thoughts for next week. Do they have mind steroids? I should look into that.
Gosh, thanks, David! DH wants me to look online and see what they do cost when the plumber doesn't use who and whom correctly. I think mind steroids are called "street drugs". xx, Carrie
Glad you're home and all is well, Carrie!
Me too, Louise, thank you! xxx, Carrie
Carrie -- I had been thinking about you... so glad to hear all is well.
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LOL Carrie.. "used naturally occuring holes in un-natural way" LOL.. DH had that issue too when they did his appendectomy. LOL.. He was very upset and uncomfortable for a while.. :) At least it sounds like you didn't come out to uncomfortable.. :)
It's all good with you coming out of the procedure safe and sound. Hope you a speedy recovery in the meantime.. :)
I'm quite comfortable, thank you. I think I'm all recovered. But that was pretty scaaaaaary!
x, Carrie
IT WAS AN ADENOMA! Not malignant, technically or otherwise, what a goofball to ever tell me it was "technically malignant!" He is much too charming to be angry at for very long, but still, he could have said "we'll wait for the biopsy" instead of getting me (and all of you, best buds that you are) all worked up! I apologize for putting you (and myself) through any undue stress and anxiety!
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YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! Glad to hear it Carrie! I for one am very happy that this Doctor was WRONG!!!!
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yay!
congratulations - you must feel so much better knowing that!
I feel like singing but why did he say it was malignant before? Oh well, MDs all think they're so smart (apologies to any gardening medical professionals reading this)! Maybe he was preparing me for the worst so I would think he was wonderful later, but I thought he was wonderful before, now I think he's a jerk! (Sexy accent, but that only goes so far...)
Thank you, Amy. xx, Carrie
Wonderful, awesome, terrific!!!!!! That is just the best news! Eleanor
Wonderful news!!! Maybe he thought he would prepare you in case it was bad news, who knows. The important thing is he was wrong and all is good. ♬♬♬ So glad you are singing a happy tune again! ☺☺☺
The Hallelujah! chorus has been playing in my head all afternoon - I believed him, 1000% when he said it would be malignant. Do you think it was supposed to be a one-man version of good-doc/bad-doc? Whatever, as long as he's right this time! ♫ ♫ ♫
Carrie - just saw this thread and wanted to add my support. But it's over and that's great. I had (what I think is) a similar surgery.
So I know the worry you were going through and the relief you must feel now. The (only) good thing that came out of this for me is that I have a greater capacity for compassion for other people who go through similar things.
Congrats on the good news!!
Thanks, Katie. xxx, Carrie
Carrie, I would sing too, if I could. Sleep well tonight, dear lady. Patti