Sunflowers and Thorns

Here’s a better description of what happened to postpone the surgery: It wasn’t the bladder infection that stopped the surgery. My TSH(thyroid stimulating hormone) was so high that Dr. Kirk (his words)nearly fell over from his chair. What is ironic is, the levels wereDOUBLE that a couple of months ago so we know it’s headed … Read More

I’m home now but didn’t have the surgery. Some test results came back that showed the surgery was too life threatening at this time. We are working on theproblem. Until then I will return to work and hopefully have the surgery next week. To be honest, I’m very depressed about this turn of events so … Read More

I leave Wednesday for surgery. The surgery is 7 a.m. Thursday. I will update more when I get home about the final happenings of prep for the surgery. Jamie

It’s Sunday night and everything seems ok. I have to start on my clear liquid diet Tuesday. I’m a little nervous about that because I will have a normal-size tummy on a post-op diet. One of these days I will write a blog entry about my entire process and my reasoning for choosing this surgery. … Read More