Re: Surgery planned
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jun 24 07:36:19 2002
At Sun, 23 Jun 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>Diane,
If you haven't found the Hystersisters.com website yet, please take a
look. It's a fabulous place for emotional support before and after
surgery, and the women who post there are great.
>This is the first time I've written that isn't in response to someone else's
>letters. They are sending me in for a Gastroin. Surgery, which means they
>will be going up one end and down the other, to check out if I have any tears
>in any of my intestinal walls. I don't think it'll be too horrible, but it'll
>definately be painful, because after that comes the hysterectomy. LOL,
>sound's like I'm in for LOADS of fun! I know it's going to be emotionally
>hard on me, but not for the Obvious reasons, like I can't have more kids.
>Don't want to give birth to any more kids anyway. But I know that through all
>this, NO ONE in my family will even bother to call me, or worry about me, not
>counting my son. Yeah, I guess I am feeling sorry for my self. I'll live,
>just be lonely, and scared, and sad that my family is SO not close to me, or
>even to each other. But mainly to me. Ah well, we do what we can, huh? Wish
>me luck. And thanks for letting me read all your e-mails. At least I'm not
>going in there blind. Luv you guys, thanks for the help. You are a GREAT
>support for people like me, and your e-mail list is a help for all females,
>alone or not, who need to know more about what they have, and need to know if
>they are dying or not.
>
>Love,
>Diane
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