I have had a nice day and today was the first time that I actually slept in past 8 in the morning since I got home from the hospital. I am hurting tonight and I am trying to just do things a little at a time, so in the next month I will be full speed at work! I love the support that I have been getting, and I love the fact that the people close to me are really taking it seriously. Just because the surgery is over does not mean that my recovery done as well. The surgery was only the beginning and right now I am on so many steroids that it's like I still have a tumor. I will be on the same amount for at least the next 6 weeks and then hopefully it will help my pituitary gland start producing the right amount on it's own. Before the surgery I learned so much about what has been going on with my body for the past 5-10 years and I made a plan. Surgery and getting the tumor out is giving me a huge second chance to get my health in order. I want to resolve all of these medical problems that I have been having and removing the tumor was only one big step into doing that. Exercise, healthy diet, sleep, taking personal time for myself, and not always placing everything and everyone before me! If I don't take control or manage me better I will not be able to get up to 100% at work and I will not be going to Orlando for work. Of course I am sure that my family would be happier if I didn't move to Orlando but it's not about them!
I started looking at what I can do to get more in shape to help with my recovery and loose weight quicker and I think I have combined some exercises together to make a great workout for me. I am going to do a different routine each week so I don't hit a wall! I have lost 4 pounds in the last 2 weeks and all I did was sit around and eat in recovery. I have been keeping my sugar better under control and I am really proud of myself! It is hard and it is always a struggle but I can do it and keep myself healthy. The real challenge is incorporating what I have been doing into my really busy life and work! It can get really hard when you are just busy and convenience blocks your vision of healthier decisions! I have had a lot of time to think and today was one of them. I am going to start bringing my lunch or items to make my meals at work healthier.
I don't think that I have ever had so much time to concentrate on my health and my life. I am so thankful that I am doing so well after the surgery. So many things could have gone wrong, and I have had so much support from my friends and family. I am so thankful and blessed to have all of them in my life.
I actually have a busy, fun, relaxing, recovery week
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Today was my last day at work until April 12, and everything went well. Things are coming together and I am getting ready for Surgery. I am packing all my things up and trying to get everything in order so I don't have to worry about a thing for a while! I am ready for all of this to be over and I am just at the begining of it all.
On a might lighter note, I get to go see BEN FOLDS tomorrow night. I am just hoping that I will get out in time from pre-op to go to Orlando to see them.
For now it's nothing but positive thoughts!
This week is going by fast and I have plenty of things to do to keep my busy! It's crazy how things are just coming together and being put in place.
12-22-2009
I woke up to a phone call from Shands this morning. they were calling to set up an appointment with my neurologist. It was kind of shocking.
I found this in a notebook tonight while trying to get things cleaned up and organized.
I have been waiting since September of last year, and going through test and test and test and test. So now in the matter of 2 days I have a surgery date and it is only 18 days away. I am so thankful that I finally have a surgery date. I am excited and relieved that all that I've been waiting for and working towards with my health is starting to be put in motion. For the past 5 years my health has just been spiraling down hill and having this surgery will help me get on the right track to recovery.
I am a little worried, scared, and all over the place emotionally today..but this is just the begining of something great.
After everything that has happened since last September I finally have a surgery date. I am going to have to backtrack a little and then I'll get down to the meat and potatoes of the matter. So this past Saturday I had the MRI at Shands and the technician blew two of my veins before they decided to get someone else to place the IV. The MRI went really well, oh and the best part is that the other technician was well, a HOTTIE!!!!(not the one who was killing my arms!)
I received a phone call yesterday but, there was no message on my phone and Dr. Roper's office didn't call me. I have been very anxious all this week and I have been expecting a phone call from Dr. Roper all day today. Finally today as I sat down for lunch I got a call from Dr. Roper about what the next step would be. He wants to talk to Dr. Quinn and make sure that she is on the same page to go ahead with the surgery. He also wants to do another test that we had discussed the last time we met and then we are going to setup a surgery date.
So I drive to blockbuster and drop a movie and as I am driving I get another phone call from Dr. Roper's office. (hold on to your seats people this is the exciting part!) He was able to get a hold of Dr. Quinn (my endocrinologist) and she wanted him to go ahead and schedule the surgery. So we setup a surgery date today. March 17, 2010. I am so many feelings right now and overall I am happy. This is a big step for me, this is going to be so great to have things put in motion. I will have more to tell later, but for now I need to just let it sink in.
So Dr. Ropper wants to give me another MRI this coming week. It's on Saturday at Shands and I feel that things are starting to get in motion. I am ready to get all of this tumor business over with and get onto the road to recovery.
