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NEDenise · 06-23-2013, 05:07 AM

Andi,
Negativity doesn't stand a chance. If it accidentally wanders onto the scene, your light banishes it immediately! The doc who said attitude is 90% of the battle sounds like a good match for you!

Obviously, I haven't had the exact procedure you'll be having, but in my 30s, I had 3 laparascopic surgeries to my abdomen to treat endometriosis and cysts on my ovaries.
Afterward, my belly didn't hurt at all, and the three incisions were not even a centimeter long.The only post-op pain was in my shoulders. Nope, that's not a typo...in order to visualize your innards, they "puff up" your abdomen with gas. Most of it leaks out, but what's left rises the first time you sit up...and the pain shows up in your shoulders. The first time, no one had warned me and I was sure I was having a heart attack!! So...in case no one warned you...now you know.

Now...random comments...
~your 'early-bird special' and 'I had a coupon' comments cracked me up!
~the one-on-one chat time with your granddaughter sounds absolutely priceless - and I bet she thought so too!
~I agree that all of this is probably much harder on Paul than it is on you...I know that's often true in my house...sadly, we can't share our inner peace with the ones we love
~you are so right about 'scheduled' surgery times...it's like that 4 hour window the repairman gives you...don't hold your breath!

So...with that in mind...1:00 will be my start time for focusing healing energy your direction...but I won't stop till I feel sure you're resting and recuperating.

All will be well. I know it in my heart.
Denise

06-23-2013, 05:07 AM	#35
NEDenise Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Philly Suburbs Posts: 1,709	Re: The power of your thoughts Andi, Negativity doesn't stand a chance. If it accidentally wanders onto the scene, your light banishes it immediately! The doc who said attitude is 90% of the battle sounds like a good match for you! Obviously, I haven't had the exact procedure you'll be having, but in my 30s, I had 3 laparascopic surgeries to my abdomen to treat endometriosis and cysts on my ovaries. Afterward, my belly didn't hurt at all, and the three incisions were not even a centimeter long.The only post-op pain was in my shoulders. Nope, that's not a typo...in order to visualize your innards, they "puff up" your abdomen with gas. Most of it leaks out, but what's left rises the first time you sit up...and the pain shows up in your shoulders. The first time, no one had warned me and I was sure I was having a heart attack!! So...in case no one warned you...now you know. Now...random comments... ~your 'early-bird special' and 'I had a coupon' comments cracked me up! ~the one-on-one chat time with your granddaughter sounds absolutely priceless - and I bet she thought so too! ~I agree that all of this is probably much harder on Paul than it is on you...I know that's often true in my house...sadly, we can't share our inner peace with the ones we love ~you are so right about 'scheduled' surgery times...it's like that 4 hour window the repairman gives you...don't hold your breath! So...with that in mind...1:00 will be my start time for focusing healing energy your direction...but I won't stop till I feel sure you're resting and recuperating. All will be well. I know it in my heart. Denise __________________ 1/11-needle biopsy 2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes 3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH! 4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks 8/26/11 finished Taxol!!! 10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon 11/11 radiation x28 1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY! 1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :( 2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds 4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon 6/8/12 Return to work :) 6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :( 7/10/12 last Herceptin 7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm 8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb 8/23/12 Back to work 12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair 1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY! 1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair 1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm 5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis 5/10/13 begin weaning steroids 6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working! 6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear! 7/5/13 finally off steroids!! 7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin! 7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids 7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again! 8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :) 9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed “ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert