I have been abnormally calm about the upcoming surgery. I have been so busy with the holidays, keeping up with the kids, enjoying company, and being concerned about my dad that I haven't had time to really worry about my surgery. My dad came into town this past week and it was so great to spend a good week with him. For those of you who don't know, he was diagnosed with lung cancer stage 3b in October and it has been so hard for our whole family. It is terminal and very difficult to come to terms with. He had been pretty sick with chemo but after this last treatment, he felt pretty good. He only had 1 bad day. He was able to plan a trip to come see us and play with the kids, go out to dinner, play the wii, and enjoy being together. It was such a blessing to have him here feeling so well. I was so thankful he could come. A few months ago, I was really debating whether or not to go through with surgery. I was afraid either I was going to miss out on his last good months or something might happen and I wouldn't be able to travel. He came to visit for Halloween, we went there for Thanksgiving, and then he came this past week. I have been so glad to have those visits with him and it has made it so much easier to go forward with surgery. He wouldn't hear of me putting it off, especially on his account, so that made it easier too. My mom got into town on Tuesday. Dad took us all out to dinner that night and then today dad flew home. I have been running around town doing a bunch of last minute things today and it has been so nice to have mom here to watch the kids. My ward (people in my church) have been so amazing at offering to help. I have been brought to tears numerous times already with phone calls, visits, people dropping things off, and already having meals lined up from Sunday to Friday of next week. We feel so loved and we are so happy to live where we live. Our neighbors and friends are so amazing. It helps me to be so much calmer about the weeks ahead.
I did start to freak out a little today and decided to call Shelley from the hip blog. She had PAO's done by the same surgeon as me, Dr. Peters and has such great things to say about him. It was so great to talk to her and know what to expect. Thanks Shelley! Here goes nothing!
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Good luck on your surgery. I will be thinking and praying for you and your dad. That is so sad to hear about your dad. But that is wonderful he came to see you. I'll send prayers his was too. By the way I have also been diagnosed with hip dysplasia recently. I am just in the process of meeting another surgeon so I can decide who I feel the most comfortable with. For me reading blogs of others who are going thru the same thing is really helpful and so is the yahoo group.
ReplyDeleteTake it easy and you are only going to get better.
Katie