Thanks for all the supportfor my 72 hour post-op breakdown

January 18, 2004

I don't know if I can express how grateful I am for the kind words

and support I got from so many of you. I was really at a low at 72

hours post-op. I had been feeling like I was just a big baby for

having such a hard time. Before the surgery I thought that I would be

different -- I was going to breeze through the surgery and post-op. I

would be the BEST patient, the BEST healer, the BEST recoverer. That

my doctor would be amazed at how quickly I healed. " Yes, , your

bones have knitted together miraculously and you are completely ready

to go back to your life--and at only 3 days! " Dream on, . Of

course, I was none of that -- just a regular ortho surgery patient.

In fact, probably worse than normal. Boy do you ever learn some hard

truths about yourself going through something like this. It gives me

a renewed sense of admiration for people who go through really bad

things, and persevere -- like Reeves. Things got worse

after my 72 hour breakdown -- I couldn't sleep, which really blows

things out of perspective. And I got really bad acid indigestion from

the antibiotics (if they can put that thing on Mars, can't they make

medicine that tastes good?). But today, for the first day, I feel a

little better. I even took a bath (I'm ashamed to admit that I just

didn't have the energy to have a bath -- for 5 days. My husband is a

saint.) Anyway, your words of encouragent came at the perfect time.

They made me cry with gratitude that I wasn't alone, and people

understood. Thanks from the heart.

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