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We will be leaving for vacation on Saturday morning and she and her family will be going with us. We are going to Gatlinburg. We are looking forward to the time together to do things around Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge and also visit my brother and his wife. This week I have appointments of some kind everyday and plan to get together with some friends to eat. I won't be able to go out to eat for a while after surgery. I'm going to really enjoy my vacation time with family. We won't be back until the 26th and then I will be doing a few things and get ready for surgery. Please continue to pray for me. |
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Today I went to the doctor and spent about 45 or 50 minutes in his office and listening to the procedure that he will be doing to repair my hiatal hernia and fix my stomach in place. It is a very detailed surgery and he will do it as laparoscopic surgery. The surgery will take about 4 hours. Please pray that all will go well. He said I would probably lose about 15 pounds after this surgery. For at least three weeks I can't eat bread and I can't remember but I believe it was about 6 weeks for steak, pork, chicken, or any kind of meat. He said there will be a lot of swelling in that area where he will be working and I'll have to be on soft foods for a while. He said even 6 weeks after the surgery I will feel fuller quicker and won't eat as much. This sounds like a very serious surgery and I would appreciate all the prayers that I can get. Please pray for me and for the doctor doing the procedure that all will go well. |
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Today we went to her house that is being built and my husband helped Cheryl and her husband sort through some lumber he wanted to keep. The builder is planning to haul it away on Monday so Brian wanted to go through it first. We spent most of the day there. The house is really coming along nice and I think they will enjoy the place once it is finished. It is exciting to see the different stages of the house. We plan to go back down on Tuesday. My husband is cutting wood from the trees they had cut down and we are hauling it home to put in our woodstove in the winter time. We heat our house with wood. Thus far, we have been able to get wood free and we have been using a woodstove since 1985 to heat our house.
In three weeks we will be going to Gatlinburg for a week's vacation. I'm looking forward to going there but I know it will be crowded. Gatlinburg is really a tourist trap but it will be enjoyable anyway. I am always ready to go on vacation. We have three other vacations planned for this year after Gatlinburg. That's what people can do once they retire. My husband is mostly retired. I think he only worked 8 or 9 weeks last year.
I hope everyone has a good rest of the weekend. I look forward to going to church tomorrow. It's always nice when we can assemble with other saints. |
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This morning I had my endoscopy and the doctor wants me to see a surgeon. He says my hiatal hernia is large and the stomach is twisted in the hernia. I have an appointment with the surgeon on July 3rd. The doctor this morning says I need my hernia repaired and my stomach tacked down. Not much else going on. I'm just trying to recover from today. I was put to sleep and have been sleeping some since I came home. |
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We got back home last night a little tired but glad to be back. It was a nice vacation and we enjoyed the train ride through the Verde Canyon. We also went to the Roosevelt Dam. The time spent away from home and doctors was enjoyable. Now it is back to doctors appointments this next week.
As you know cats can be finicky. Well, mine didn't even come out to see me when we got home. Misty actually came out first last night and she is the shy one. I guess they were sulking because I had been gone. Today, Frisky is back to sitting on my desk when I am at the computer, though. He thinks he is an ornament.
Not much else going on. Cheryl, Brian, and the girls came to town today to do some things and came by the house for dinner and visited a while.
I get a shot in my lower back on Monday to relieve some of the pain in the back. On Wednesday I have the endoscopy. |
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