I do wish you well, Vera, and look forward to your next batch of garden pics. Hurry home!

Good luck Vera!

Good luck, Vera. Be sure to let us know how you are when possible. We'll be thinking of you.

Karen

Thanks :)

It'll be a day surgery...laparoscopy. I'll be home unless I can't tinkle within a few hours after LOL!
Gosh just to follow my NPO orders I had to set the alarm for 1:30 just to get my daily caffeine requirement met LOL....who wants a migraine headache!

Veeerrraaaa - we'll miss you and we all will be thinking of you! Get well soon....

:0) Carrie

I'll pray for you this morning that all goes well.

All the best, Vera.

Godspeed,Vera.
Hurry back!!
-B

I sure hope your surgery goes well, and you make a speedy recovery.

Yes, be well Vera!
Hope your recovery is speedy too.

Best wishes, Vera! Hope all will be well this afternoon.

Becky

Vera
Best wishes with today's surgery. When you can, please update us.
Sending a hug from NY
Alberta

Best wishes! Hope all goes well and we hear from you soon.

Good luck and hope you're back on your feet (and in your garden) soon!

Marianne

Wishing you well and hurry back with more garden pics.

yes GODspeed and we'll be praying for you!! i do hope all goes well and can't wait till your back on your feet!! many hugs!! ~ Medo

while your going under.....think of the beautiful gardens!! LOL how peacful!

Good luck my friend!

Medontdo, I was thinking the same thing! Vera will have visions of flowers dancing in her head.

Vera, I'll pray that all goes well, but I predict you will be back in the garden within a day or two.

Bonnie

Hope all goes well and you have a quick recovery.
thinking of you!

Vera:

Good luck, I'll be thinking about you, and waiting to read that you're feeling ok.

Wishing you the best from the other coast - be well again soon, Vera!

Another one wishing you well from over here. Let us know how things go ASAP!

Hope all goes well. Wishing you a speedy recovery!!

Good luck and God speed vera!

Good luck vera, wishing you speedy recovery.

Fran

Vera, you have my prayers for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery.

Mary

Vera, I pray all goes well. I don't post often, but I sure enjoy your comments and beautiful pictures. God bless you.

Cindy

Good luck Vera !

Vera. best of luck, and speedy recovery !

With all the wishes and prayers from all the GW Angels, I think you will be back into the garden in no time !

Vera, I know you will do well if you are anything like your plants. Beautiful, strong and keeps coming back stronger than before.
Jill

VERA! Get well , and of course you will be fine! Your garden needs you! I really think you are a garden fairy that got a chance to live as a human!

The Garden Pooter!

Good luck, Vera. Hope you're home as I write this ....

PV

Good luck with your surgery we'll all be thinking about you and waiting to hear from you!

Carol

Vera, Hope everything went okay. Here is a "bouquet" to cheer you up!

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Maggie

Thank to each and everyone of you for the kinds words and prayers!!

I am doing well...of course with the help of narcotics LOL! The surgery went well but did last 1 hour longer than planned. spent 1.5 hours in phase I recovery and 1 more hour in phase II recovery. Unfortunately though I did have to have both fallopian tubes removed, but everything else is healthy and intact. In the future if we choose to I have the option to do IVF with about an 80% chance of success working with the same specialist who performed the surgery.

Vera I can't believe you are up and lucid! I had similar surgery a year and a half ago and I was zonked from the sedative they gave me for surgery and for the long hours on the table.
Luckily had I no use for pain meds because the pain of the surgery was so minor in comparison to the pain of the condition before the surgery! I am sorry you had to have part of you removed, but if it means a well Vera, then I think it's not such a bad thing :) I'm glad you are doing OK today and wish for you a speedy recovery! I hope you won't have to go thru that again!

GGG

Vera, so glad everything went well. The invention of laparoscopy makes recovery such a breeze - had it for my kidney removal in 2005 and was up and around the next day. Do take good care of yourself, I'll be waiting for your pics.
Northerner.

Vera,
I'm glad to see that it's over. It's always scary when your going in for surgery. I'm sure you'll have a quick recovery and be out gardening in no time.

Vera
So glad to hear you are ok, and up and somewhat cognizant. Hope you continue on the road of good health.
Alberta

So glad you're OK, Vera, that's the most important thing. IVF and adoption are always possibilities to explore if you want to be a mom.

Narcs are wonderful things when you need them. Rest and get well.

Karen

Hi Vera, I'm so glad your ok, take it easy & get lots of rest. I always look forward to your pics.
Best Wishes, Jan ")

Sorry to cut off my up-date post so quickly, but I had a sudden wave of nausea so I ate some toast and laid back down again :O

This a.m. I am still in some pain and my stomach is still the size of a basketball from swelling...part of which is due to left over CO2. I received 4 incisions vs just 3 and not sure why. Am currently eating a little oatmeal to get a little more bulk in my stomach before taking another "happy pill" :). Since surgery all I've consumed is toast and juice in recovery and jello and toast last night....a lot of water and 7up too. Doc said I should be up and doing what I was doing before surgery, but I don't even closely see that just yet LOL! I can hardly stand straight, but yesterday evening before checking in with you all, I toted around my small watering can giving a drink to Mondays planted out seedlings, container flower plantings and in-ground carrots. If I'm feeling froggy this afternoon I'll get to the container cucumbers and peppers just outside the door. We will be up in the 90's from Saturday thru Monday, but I think by the morning of Friday I should be able to tote around my hoses and sprinkler.

Thanks again all for the extended wishes,

Lovin' ya,

Vera

Glad to hear you are up and about. Listen to your body and remember that we all heal at different rates, regardless of what your dr says. Pain pills also affect each one differently. They left me feeling awful, dizzy, foggy, high. Got along better without them.

Didn't have a chance to get on last night, but so glad your back home and feeling better Vera. Don't lift too much too soon, woman!
I used to date one of the best fertility docs and he was such a stikler about lifting after such surgeries.

Can ya tinkle? Went to Urgent care last night for a UTI. ICK. I know, not comparable, but I did think of you speaking about your ability to tee-tee after this short-term.

Hope you get some awesome drugs and glad to hear you are up and moving around.

i told talla you were a fairy helper, you help keep the flowers for the fairy's and so she's been prayin, LOL
we are praying and wishing for you to have a speedy recovery!! Hugs ~Medo

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Vera.
Remember to drink a lot of fluid. Try prune juice....because you'll have a VERY tough time, if you don't. Those narcs are godsends for controlling pain, but...they're a pain in the b.... literally.

Vera, you may need to take "Fart Pills" if you can. Tums, Rolaids for whatever the Dr. suggests for all that gas. Don't be fooled by them telling you that you should be able to do what you did before.
Dr. is a man, right?
They told me to do whatever right away, but the nurses were great and said not to let "That Man" (the surgeon) boss me around, and to take it easy! They were great. Was told I'd be "back to normal" in a week. I flew in three days. Trust me, take it easy. Especially if they cut thru abdominal muscle! OUCH!

GGG

Hi Vera, So glad your recovering well. It may not feel like it right now, but it's all for the best.

GGG is right! The gas they put in you has to come out somehow. It can make your shoulders and neck ache terribly. Your belly's prob going to be puffed up for a few days. The worst is getting the gas out! lol No matter how hard you try!

Prescription meds are good for when you really need them. My dr told me about alternating ibuprophen and tylenol...one for pain, one for swelling. It works just as well without the dizzy, foggy icky's.

The 4th incision was prob just to get a better look at things. I've had 2 laproscopics (infertility), 2 c-sections, and a tubal.

I feel your pain and you've got my sympathies! The good news is...the gardens are planted and you've got time to take a breather and watch them grow. It's perfect timing! Rest, relax and enjoy your gardens....take more pics!

LC Grace