Way to busy and am taking a break

[Gaining Strength]

Wow OC!!  Congratulations!!!!!

Take good care of yourself.  You have had major surgery!  Be gentle and kind and nurturing even if you have so much to take care of.

I am so proud of you!!!  Take care - Gaining STrength

[finding peace]

Ditto on the congratulations OC - you have been wanting this for a long time, and it is done!!! YEAH!!!!!

(((((Take care))))))

Peace

[Overcomer]

You guys are great!  It has been a long haul.  I took the band aids off and I have five incisions.  The middle one was quite long and looks like someone stabbed me!  I feel so much better.  I am planning on going to work tomorrow.  Now I am on my journey from 247 pounds to 150!  I am very happy and cannot wait for the next year to go by!

[teartracks]

OC,

I'm so happy you're up and at'em.  How long will your recovery be?  I can't believe you're already going back to work.  That's awesome.

You're brave and I've missed you.

tt

[Overcomer]

Now I have a rash-maybe I am allergic to the med.  I have to wait for the DAV to pick up all the donations but they did not sound like they were too keen on taking it all so we will see!  Thanks to all for your support.  There were some against it-even close friends but I think most people were just concerned about my well being.

[Ami]

Dear Kelly,
   Just wanted to say that I am so happy that you are doing well. You sound really upbeat  . Love    Ami

[Overcomer]

Boy I was not upbeat in the hospital while waiting for an ICE CHIP!  I peeled  off the bandages and took a shower this morning.  I actually went to the store to buy cat food-poor things-they were following me around.  Cannot wait to start dropping the weight!

[Overcomer]

So I stay home from work today and wait for DAV to come and pick up a garage FULL of donations.  AFTER they are taken away then we can fill the garage up with boxes we are going to move into our new house.  This will free the house of clutter and then I can list it.

So I am waiting for them.  The dog barks so I run (well, as well as a gal that just had surgery can run) down the stairs and I see theDAV truck next door.  I run out the front and start screaming YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG HOUSE!!  OVER HERE!!  OVER HERE!!  So I run inside and call the DAV and ask them frantically to call the guys in the truck.....I'm here, I'm here.  So she proceeds to tell me that the notes say the donations will be on the driveway and there was no mention to knock on the door.  I burst into tears and tell her that I talked to the lady last night and told her all the details.  I got hysterical.  I have been waiting for you guys since am - it is now 1:15 and I see them drive away.  I told her I just had surgery and I couldn't put a garage full of stuff out on the driveway.  The night before the woman said they would only take 30 boxes so I told her I had over 50.  She wanted me to put 20 on the next door neighbors drive.  I was so mad and hysterical.  I said "Call those guys and get them back here....I have missed six hours of work and I know they heard me!!"  So anyway she went on and on about how the notes didn't say knock on the door.  So I said ARE YOU GOING TO HELP ME OR NOT?  THEN I SAID - NEVERMIND!!!  I called my husband crying (don't get me wrong - these tears were way over the top - I think it had something to do with trying to hold everything together WHILE my gut hurts....)

So my H was gonna call DAV and chew them out.  So they call back and were so kind and said they would come over tomorrow and take it all for me!!!  I started crying again.  I think I am about to start my period so I am PMSing while trying to recuperate from a surgery.  The stress is over the top trying to get the house ready to sell and my two oldest daughters will not lift a finger to get the house ready to sell.  I only asked them to go threw THEIR stuff.  I said their deadline was the 29th.....and my 20 year old said "or what??"  I really wanted to smack her.  Or what???  Or What?  Or we won't get our house sold and we will have double mortgage payments you twit!!!

[Hopalong]

Kel, hon...
Post-operative depression is a real thing that can happen to people.
It's really truly physiological...

Don't be too demanding of yourself right now, hon...your body's
reacting to an assault (it thinks surgery's an assault) and it affects
you inside and out and emotionally too...it's an organism response.

That's all it is and you don't have to fix it, it will pass. But you need
to be extra kind to yourself right now.

Is there anything to laugh about? Can you delegate?

Moving is a BIG stress, and you're post-surgery.

hugs
Hops

[Overcomer]

I am laying here and I have cramps AND I am constipated!  I never have that problem so it is foreign to me.  gotta get up and wait for DAV Again-I hope it goes smoothly!  I am looking forward to three weeks when I should be all healed, eating solid foods and less emotional.

[Certain Hope]

(((((((((Kelly))))))))) I do hope you will feel better soon and the DAV comes for ALL the stuff, as promised.

I'm sure that Hops is right about what's happening within your body. It's so hard to be patient when you've got all these fantastic things to look forward to, but you can do it!!  Look at how far you've come...    You're doin great!

And I think that your 20 year old daughter is very blessed to have a home to move to. When I was 19, my parents put their house up for sale and let me know that their new apartment wasn't going to be too accomodating to me. She has no clue how very privileged she is.

Love,
Hope

[Overcomer]

Hope:  you are right.  My daughter has always been a bit of a princess.  She was the first girl in 26 years so we all adored her.  My ex and I are brunettes and she came out a blonde.  I think she has inherited my moms N tendencies.  She has no desire to move-she has it too good here.  I still do her laundry!

[Ami]

Dear Kelly,
  I can SO relate to you"losing it" .I can relate to you crying and telling them,over the phone, that you have PMS and just had surgery.
  It is UTTER exhaustion--- mental,emotional and physical.
  I think that there is a "let down" after surgery-. I have heard this from friends who anticipated a surgery for a long time. At first when it was over, they were elated. Then, they got depressed . I think that the enormity of the physical "assault' on the body  hit them.
   You have  had many  life 'crisis's"  Moving is a HUGE life crisis.
   You put many hopes and dreams in to the surgery and you may be having a let down b/c it is over ..Now, you are back to 'real life". Just a thought.                     Love to you    Ami

[Overcomer]

Very good insight Am.  I remember being in the hospital for two weeks when I burned my arm several years ago-there was an extreme let down after I got home.  I am laying here still waiting for DAV.  It is 12 20 so I have been waiting for over four hours again.  I am enjoying the laying low.  I am feeling kinda sick.  I just want to take a nap.  I am supposed to go watch my daughter cheer tonight but I just do not know if I can!

[Ami]

Dear Kelly,
  I want to tell you that you seem like a really good mother to me and a really good friend. Just wanted to share that                                                                         Love   Ami