I had another wonderful gift this week: my dear friend Kelly surprised me with a visit! Last Sunday morning, I picked up the phone to hear that Kentucky accent say, “Can you pick me up at the airport tomorrow?” Umm, you bet I can! What time? Turns out we haven’t seen each other in over two years (shame on us!), so [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Kelly’s Visit
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged chick flicks, eating, labyrinth, weight gain on November 27, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The Ostomy Nurse
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged colostomy, ostomy, ostomy bag, ostomy nurse, stoma, stoma cap on November 19, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Yesterday I went down to Albuquerque for my first visit with an ostomy nurse. Tasya went with me and, as usual, when I was struck mute by the overload of information, she jumped in and asked the questions that needed asking. Thankfully, she’s had some experience with colostomies, with both her mother-in-law and her aunt having them! So [...]
Surgery Finally Set
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged colon surgery, colostomy, ostomy on November 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I finally have a new date for surgery: Thursday December 3. I’ve decided to go with Dr. Brown instead of Dr. Rajput and UNM (no big surprise there if you’ve been following my saga) and I’m happy with the choice. Dr. Brown’s office has been so accommodating and efficient – they’ve actually done everything they said they [...]
A New Surgeon?
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged colorectal surgery, colostomy, weight gain on November 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »
First things first: I’m finally feeling better!! It took a few days before I was willing to say it out loud as it seemed like every time I dared to utter those words before, I’d immediately get smacked down with some new crisis. But I think I can now safely report that I’ve been steadily improving. I’m [...]
Off on a Rant…
Posted in Journal Entries on November 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Okay. This is definitely going to be a bit of a rant. I’m disappointed, outraged, concerned, and incredibly ticked off – and this seems like a better place to express that anger than, say, randomly shooting people at UNM Hospital. First I want to point out that, from day one, I have had nothing but praise [...]
