I want to thank all my amazing friends for all your support and love. I could not have done it without you. 
Thursday at 6:30am, I will be driving to Bethesda Memorial Hospital. I am no longer afraid. I had my hospital visit this morning and I met my care takers. I feel that I am in the best hands possible. All I can do is say a prayer and leave it up to the experts.
I am now looking forward to not being anemic, which means having more energy and overall better health. I am looking forward to having a flatter tummy and not having anymore periods. And I cannot wait to see what happens to my tennis game.
I am hoping to be home by Monday and back on facebook and blogging by this time next week. I want to thank my family and friends who have been so patient with me. I love you all very much!
I've written before about my upcoming surgery. I am scheduled to have a hysterectomy on June 18th.
I gave two units of blood as requested by my OBGYN, which in it self was quite a feat. I knew I was anemic but I had no idea how bad. I ate high iron enriched food and went in. I just barely made the cut to donate for myself. My numbers were not good enough to be a regular donor. When I came home I got sick and threw up all and was weak for days. I went back a week later after eating iron enriched foods again and taking iron like I always do, my numbers were off and I could not give blood. I was able to give the last unit a week later. I could not believe how exhausting it was for me to give blood. It took a good week for my body to feel normal.
I guess normal is relative. I went to talk to my OBGYN because I had some more questions and he looked at me and told me I looked very anemic. I had started my period and they are VERY heavy...major reason for hysterectomy. He told me that I needed to stop the bleeding and he gave me a serious drug to stop my period. The minute I took it, my period stopped. I felt better and my energy level went up.
Why can't I just take meds that prevent my periods? I am sure it's not an option since Ive spoken with so many doctors.
The genius that I am, watched Oprah yesterday and the topics were Medical Mistakes. Not the best thing for me to be watching two weeks prior to surgery.
It's 4 am and I am thinking about canceling the whole thing. I know my friends and family are going to think I'm crazy. All I've talked about for the past 3 months is this operation and now to not to go through it. Three years ago I flaked out and canceled the same procedure. I am smart enough to not have the surgery just because I will feel stupid if I don't, but I will feel stupid. I can live with that.
I have a appointment tomorrow for my medical clearance with my regular doctor. I think I am going to talk with him and see what he thinks.
Tricia is my BFF. We’ve been friends since Tricia first started to drink (legally). I on the other hand have already been drinking for ___ years .
Even though I moved away from
Tricia’s mother moved to Sebastian Florida which is only 2 hours north of me. So when Tricia decided to visit her mother, nothing, not even the cold I was getting, would stop me from crashing her visit.
Amanda and I drove up Friday night. Seeing Tricia, still as beautiful as always with her
We had dinner with her mother Jackie and step-dad Dick and the following morning off to Universal Studios it was. The girls had an amazing time and because of the weather conditions, the park was not as crowded as it could have been considering it was Memorial Day Weekend.
After the park, it was Hard-Rock Café because the 2000 calories we consumed in the park was just not enough.
The drive home was the real thrill ride. While we were driving south on 95 my Prius ran out of gas (only I could run out of gas in a Prius). We ended up on a ramp exit were not one gas station was in sight. We called 911 and they send a cute 12 year-old policeman. He drove Tricia to get gas and left me, a stray cat hanging around the car and the two sleeping beauties. The battery ran out and I could not roll the window back up. All I kept thinking was this cat-lion was going to jump in the window. Tricia and the baby cop came back with gas and off we were again. Carried Amanda and Brittany to bed and they never even knew about our predicament.
We left the following morning after Dick made us a home cooked breakfast and on the ride home Amanda did her usual…I miss
Tricia and I are already planning our next get-together….miss you Tricia!!!
I've been Scrappylicious since 2001. What started as a profile name on a scrapbooking forum became a public persona. I like the Scrappylicious me, but now that I am embarking on a new venture. So you know...Scrappylicious is doing business as SmartGirl.
Wish me luck!
After I removed the pages from the original Scarlet Letter to make my SmartGirl Purse, I rebound the book and made a new cover that Amanda and I designed.
All SmartGirl Purses will include the rebound book with a new cover designed and crafted by my little artist Amanda.
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