Guest guest Posted June 5, 2002 Report Share Posted June 5, 2002 Hey, Georgia, I live in ville....not a native Floridian, though : ) > Hey : > I was born in Florida. Lived in Lake Worth, a subdivision of West > Palm. What area are you in? > Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2002 Report Share Posted June 5, 2002 Well if you are going to pick a place to live, Florida is a wonderful place to choose. At least you've got the beaches & wonderful ocean breeze down there. Randy(I think) is in wonderful Hawaii but Florida has one major advantage over it- it's not an island! It's nice to know you can go somewhere far away without necessarily having fly. We'll be keeping our fingers crossed for you & Net-a-lee(I hope I spelled that right). You both deserve the smoothest surgery of all time. Good luck, Georgia > > Hey : > > I was born in Florida. Lived in Lake Worth, a subdivision of > West > > Palm. What area are you in? > > Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2002 Report Share Posted June 5, 2002 Guess what? I was born in FL as well!! Moved to CA when I was about 3 but have been back to visit a lot of times (mostly because a lot of the cruise ships I've worked on go out of Miami). Yep I'm on #3 as well except that my surgery is probably going to be around the holidays. I'll have a better estimate once I get my braces on. I'm trying to find a way to pay for the ortho work at the moment. I'll have good benefits once I start my new job but I'm not sure how soon that will kick in. My goal is to get the braces on at the end of this month or beg of July at the latest but it could possibly take longer, I'll just have to wait and see. I'm really glad I have this site to support me throughout the treatment (whenever it starts!) Ciao for now, Neta-lee > > > Hey : > > > I was born in Florida. Lived in Lake Worth, a subdivision of > > West > > > Palm. What area are you in? > > > Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2002 Report Share Posted June 6, 2002 Ya know, All of this talk of Florida has got me thinkin'....I live in Miami and my surgery is tentatively scheduled for August (height of hurricane season). Ten years ago I survived Hurricane which destroyed my house entirely and knocked out our electricity for six weeks. What if *shudder* we have another one while I'm recovering? I won't be able to use my blender, won't have air conditioning, phones will be knocked out so I can't even call my surgeon. Any thoughts on this? Or am I over dramatizing? Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2002 Report Share Posted June 6, 2002 --Cheryl, I too was in Fla when hit. Luckily I was in Ft Lauderdale, but my friend lived in Kendall and their house too was pretty demolished. You can't worry about the " what ifs " but you do have a major concern, especially knowing first hand the kind of damage that a hurricane can do. Do you have a generator? Obviously, you should always be prepared if a hurricane hits (like we should if an earthquake hits). If I were you, I would just make sure you are prepared as you can be, but don't let that weigh too much on your mind. A couple of times, thoughts would go through my head " What if there is an earthquake during surgery and the power goes out or the hospital is damaged? " And at least with hurricanes, you can " prepare " for them, earthquakes come with no warning. Don't worry my friend. Everything will be AOK. Donna - In orthognathicsurgerysupport@y..., cshecmia <no_reply@y...> wrote: > Ya know, > > All of this talk of Florida has got me thinkin'....I live in Miami > and my surgery is tentatively scheduled for August (height of > hurricane season). Ten years ago I survived Hurricane which > destroyed my house entirely and knocked out our electricity for six > weeks. What if *shudder* we have another one while I'm recovering? > I won't be able to use my blender, won't have air conditioning, > phones will be knocked out so I can't even call my surgeon. Any > thoughts on this? Or am I over dramatizing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2002 Report Share Posted June 6, 2002 Thanks, Donna, I guess you're right and this falls under the category of " in God's hands " . I'll try not to worry about it. My dear husband suggested possibly booking a hotel room in Ft. Lauderdale for the 2 weeks following my surgery. That way if worst comes to worst and a major storm hits us directly (highly improbable I know but that's my nature) we could get in the car and head up there. 'Course you usually get about 48 hours in which to cancel a reservation without being charged for the room and about 9 hours notice of an impending storm. *Sigh*. The good news is that our house is completely shuttered and would withstand a storm much better than our old one did. I have no intention of finding out, however. If a hurricane even looks at me funny I'm " outta here " . Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2002 Report Share Posted June 6, 2002 Hi Cheryl. Remember that day about a month ago when tornadoes touched down all over the East Coast? We had one touch down a quarter mile from our home. It zig zagged back and forth along the river where we live.(Pennsylvania, who would have thought?) Thank goodness we personally suffered no damamge. But it was rough, no power for 18 hours, no water. I drank mostly the broth from canned soups that my boys heated up on their camp stoves, also lots of juices. (but the warm ones from the cupboard as I didn't want to open the frig.) I managed, but I think if I had my choice or some warning, I would have left too. Not time to play " Survivor. " I think it's a good idea to have a plan in mind. Bu of course, just because you're braced and ready for the Big One, you know it won't happen. Think positive & don't do anything to tempt Mother Nature, Lexi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2002 Report Share Posted June 6, 2002 Holy Moly, Miz Lexi! You just tempted fate for sure for me... I live on the Gulf Coast. And guess which season started June 1... Hurricane season. Everybody sez we're due this year -- we haven't had a bad one since Frederic in 79. WAHHHHHHHH! See what I baby I am!!! I did Betsy. I did Camille. I did Frederic. I did Opal, and Danny and on the second bounce, and others whose names I do not remember. I do not want the heat with no A/c. I do not want the struggle for ice. I do not want NO POWER!!! Is there a patron saint of hurricanes? Or of protection from 'em? The Carmelite nuns used to keep 'em away from us, but somehow their powers seem to be waning since '79... Oh, dear. Now I'll pre-worry about THAT (my last major pre-worry having been exorcised Tuesday night) until June 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2002 Report Share Posted June 6, 2002 Wow, Lexi, I think you can safely say you've " been through it all " now...then again, better not to tempt fate. Glad that your family and home were spared. Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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