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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 06:50 PM Jan 2013

Once more, my dear friends.......Vibes for tomorrow's surgery, if you will!

I am cleared for takeoff...er, surgery, tomorrow.

Today I got my shattered teeth removed and temporary caps applied. Whew, thank goodness that's over! It's not painful, just tedious. My dentist is a very good man, and he takes excellent care of me!

Anyway, my surgeon knows all this, and it's cool.

My right shoulder hurts like hell, and it's time for it to be replaced. I am more than ready!

I know there will be anesthesia weirdness, and post-op weirdness, but that will pass, and I will heal...

Thank you all for standing by me...

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Once more, my dear friends.......Vibes for tomorrow's surgery, if you will! (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 OP
We're with you Peggy!!! Scuba Jan 2013 #1
Oh, thank you, my dear Scuba! I'm so glad... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #4
See you on the other side! hedgehog Jan 2013 #2
That you will, my dear hedgehog, and thank you, sweetie! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #5
(((hug))) ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #3
Aw, thank you, my dear ZombieHorde... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #6
You've got the best vibes I can send lunatica Jan 2013 #7
Thank you, my dear lunatica! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #11
You bet, Peggy m'dear. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2013 #8
Thank you, my dear Still Blue in PDX! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #12
OH HE'LL YES, NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #9
Aw, thanks, sweetie... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #13
we can rebuild her, we have the technology Enrique Jan 2013 #10
Lemmie have some of that there technology stuff, my dear Enrique! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #14
Indeed, we are with you! Big hugs! CurtEastPoint Jan 2013 #15
I cannot tell you how much this means, my dear CurtEastPoint... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #17
Hey, we're all in this big mess called life together and if we can't support... CurtEastPoint Jan 2013 #19
Exactly right! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #20
Absolutely CP. ohiosmith Jan 2013 #16
Aw, thank you, my dear ohiosmith! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #18
Dear Peggy, you want maybe I should come out there from Florida and help you monmouth3 Jan 2013 #21
Thank you so much, my dear monmouth3! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #26
Best of luck Peggy! Frosty1 Jan 2013 #22
Thank you so much, my dear Frosty1! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #27
Get well quick HarveyDarkey Jan 2013 #23
My dear HarveyDarkey! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #28
I kind of enjoyed the anaesthesia weirdness HarveyDarkey Jan 2013 #43
Break a leg! trof Jan 2013 #24
NOT planning on breaking anything else, my dear trof! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #29
Get back home soon, my dear! rocktivity Jan 2013 #25
My dear rocktivity! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #30
((Positive Vibes)) Boomerproud Jan 2013 #31
Thank you so much, my dear Boomerproud... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #33
Happy to send vibes, Peggy. liberaltrucker Jan 2013 #32
Hey, cover those bases, my dear liberaltrucker! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #34
Sending good vibes your way. Hope all goes well. n/t RebelOne Jan 2013 #35
Me too, my dear RebelOne! Thank you so much! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #36
I'm sending good vibes to you Peggy. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #37
Thank you so much, my dear In_The_Wind... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #38
Take care Peggy. Try to stay upright until you need to lie down, ok?. . . n/t annabanana Jan 2013 #39
Now, that's funny, my dear annabanana! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #41
Sending big hugs, Callalily Jan 2013 #40
Thank you, my dear Callalily... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #42
Best vibes to you CP. GentryDixon Jan 2013 #44
Thank you, my dear GentryDixon... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #46
Good Luck and Best Wishes..for Today, Tomorrow and Each Day Afterwards.. Stuart G Jan 2013 #45
Thank you, my dear Stuart G... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #47
Good vibes are frogmarch Jan 2013 #48
Ah, my dear frogmarch! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #49
Good Luck, Peggy! Scruffy Rumbler Jan 2013 #50
Aw, thank you, my dear Scruffy Rumbler! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #51
Vibes for rapid healing siligut Jan 2013 #52
Thank you, my dear siligut... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #54
Good luck, Peggy. Hayabusa Jan 2013 #53
Many thanks, my dear Hayabusa... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #55
Sending you healing vibes!!!! warrior1 Jan 2013 #56
Healing vibes happily accepted, my dear warrior1! Thank you, sweetie... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #57
VIBES COMING, CalPeg!!! elleng Jan 2013 #58
Wow, thank you, my dear elleng! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #60
You will pull through with flying colors... WCGreen Jan 2013 #59
Thanks, Chris...I sure expect to! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #61
We are with you! Lifelong Protester Jan 2013 #62
We sure do need them, and thank you, my dear Lifelong Protester! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #63
((((((((((((vibehug))))))))))))) You're getting a bionic shoulder aren't you? nolabear Jan 2013 #64
I sure am, my dear nolabear! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #74
Sending good vibes your way lovemydog Jan 2013 #65
Thank you, my dear lovemydog! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #75
You'll be better than ever once this is over, Peggy! 6000eliot Jan 2013 #66
Wouldn't that be nice, my dear 6000eliot? Thanks, sweetie! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #76
Metta to you CP nt YankeyMCC Jan 2013 #67
I thank you, my dear YankeyMCC! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #77
~~~ good vibes and healing energy ~~~ for you Peggy Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #68
Thank you so much, my dear Tuesday Afternoon! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #78
Good vibes to you, Peggy.... CherokeeDem Jan 2013 #69
I thank you, my dear CherokeeDem! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #79
Good luck and a speedy recovery! a la izquierda Jan 2013 #70
That sounds great, my dear a la izquierda! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #80
Sending you vibes and light and love solara Jan 2013 #71
I really hope so too, and thank you, my dear solara! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #81
God luck! alarimer Jan 2013 #72
I'm counting on it, and thank you, my dear alarimer! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #82
May it go well LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #73
My wishes exactly, and thank you, my dear LiberalEsto! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #83
The fall with resultant shattered teeth sounds way worse to me! redwitch Jan 2013 #84
That was truly awful. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #86
My dear CaliforniaPeggy... healing vibes headed your way, MiddleFingerMom Jan 2013 #85
My dear MiddleFingerMom! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #88
Dear Sweet Peggy bench scientist Jan 2013 #87
Thank you so much, my dear bench scientist! I expect to do all those things! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #89
Wishing you a speedy recovery. applegrove Jan 2013 #90
Thank you, my dear applegrove... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #91
All my vibes are directed towards you Generic Brad Jan 2013 #92
Thank you so much, my dear Generic Brad... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #104
Good vibes going your way! Flaxbee Jan 2013 #93
Thanks so much, my dear Flaxbee! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #107
Take care California Peggy!!! Please get well soon. This place is not the same without you! nt riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #94
I'll be back asap, my dear riderinthestorm... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #108
Go give 'em all hell! struggle4progress Jan 2013 #95
Probably not but thank you, my dear struggle4progress! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #113
May your "anesthesia weirdness" be the FUN kind...!! MADem Jan 2013 #96
I'm not expecting that, but who knows??? CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #114
I'm thinking happy thoughts for you! nt MADem Jan 2013 #139
I will be thinking good thoughts for you tomorrow. sad-cafe Jan 2013 #97
Thank you so much, my dear sad-cafe... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #115
Good Vibes for Peggy Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #98
Wow, my dear Baitball Blogger! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #116
Vibes to you, Peggy! mwdem Jan 2013 #99
Thank you, my dear mwdem... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #117
Good luck Peggy... one_voice Jan 2013 #100
Thank you, my dear one_voice! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #118
Best wishes, Peggy! femmocrat Jan 2013 #101
Thank you, my dear femmocrat! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #119
Best wishes to you. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #102
I appreciate your good wishes so much, my dear PoliticAverse! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #120
Hugs and Vibes Miss PC denbot Jan 2013 #103
Aw, thank you, my dear denbot! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #121
You're in my thoughts! Solly Mack Jan 2013 #105
Thank you so much, my dear Solly Mack! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #123
Hope, Rest and Wellness for you SEMOVoter Jan 2013 #106
Those are lovely wishes, my dear SEMOVoter... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #124
Will be thinking of you! Phentex Jan 2013 #109
Thank you, my dear Phentex! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #125
sending positive vibes your way tandot Jan 2013 #110
Thank you so much, my dear tandot... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #129
Sending good vibes for swift and easy healing... love_katz Jan 2013 #111
Aw, my dear love_katz... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #130
Good vibes on the way. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #112
My dear GoCubsGo... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #131
Peggy dear Bombero1956 Jan 2013 #122
Thank you so much, my dear Bombero1956... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #132
I wish you the best Peggy! hrmjustin Jan 2013 #126
My dear hrmjustin... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #133
Strong vibes on the way! onestepforward Jan 2013 #127
My dear onestepforward! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #134
May the wisdom and kindness cbrer Jan 2013 #128
What can I say, my dear cbrer... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #135
rest well tonight hopemountain Jan 2013 #136
Thank you, my dear hopemountain... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #137
Here's a question I asked right before I went under for my one of my operations: Lasher Jan 2013 #138
I love it, my dear Lasher! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #141
Vibes for you, CaliforniaPeggy! csziggy Jan 2013 #140
Thank you so much, my dear csziggy... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #142
oh Peggy!!! Wow...major refurb! You'll be in my thoughts!! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #143
Thank you, my dear BlancheSplanchnik... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #144
enjoy the pain meds, is my best advice. ;) BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #145
I'm happy that the Docs have a remedy HeiressofBickworth Jan 2013 #146
Thank you, my dear HeiressofBickworth! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #147
Sending out the healing mojo. Be well soon. Hug. nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #148
I hope the rest of the procedures are "just tedious" JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #149
(((Vibes))) Dragonbreathp9d Jan 2013 #150
Best recovery ever to you my friend libodem Jan 2013 #151
Good luck with your surgery. erinlough Jan 2013 #152
Good Luck! OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 #153
Sending all my good vibes, Peggy! mvd Jan 2013 #154
Can't wait to see you post again. bamacrat Jan 2013 #155
Best of luck to you! Wetzelbill Jan 2013 #156

CurtEastPoint

(18,613 posts)
19. Hey, we're all in this big mess called life together and if we can't support...
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:05 PM
Jan 2013

each other then... I don't know what! Yeah, you're right about the anesthesia blahs. I had a couple of surgeries and it's doodoo but it passes!!

monmouth3

(3,871 posts)
21. Dear Peggy, you want maybe I should come out there from Florida and help you
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:07 PM
Jan 2013


get through all of this mess? You'll be in my thoughts... There are like three edits on this post already, cannot type today....LOL..

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
26. Thank you so much, my dear monmouth3!
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:09 PM
Jan 2013

My husband and I timed this surgery so he would be home to take care of me...

That is a very sweet offer...

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
28. My dear HarveyDarkey!
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:11 PM
Jan 2013

Thanks, sweetie, but this is not the kind of weirdness that is very much fun, alas...

I want to heal fast!

Boomerproud

(7,938 posts)
31. ((Positive Vibes))
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:22 PM
Jan 2013

All of your DU friends will be thinking of you tomorrow. Wishes for a successful surgery and speedy recovery to you Peggy.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
33. Thank you so much, my dear Boomerproud...
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:26 PM
Jan 2013

I always remember all of you and your great good wishes when I'm in the hospital, and I can feel the warmth all around me...

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
41. Now, that's funny, my dear annabanana!
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:36 PM
Jan 2013

I will sure as hell try to do just that!

I expect to succeed, too...

Thanks, sweetie!

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
46. Thank you, my dear GentryDixon...
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:50 PM
Jan 2013

My husband will update tomorrow after I'm out of surgery...

His name is Lionel Mandrake...

I really appreciate your good thoughts...

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
48. Good vibes are
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:51 PM
Jan 2013

winging their way to you from froggy. I'll be thinking of you and wishing you the most fabulous surgery ever!

Scruffy Rumbler

(961 posts)
50. Good Luck, Peggy!
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:58 PM
Jan 2013

May your doctor and all your support staff be having their best day ever! May this operation go smoothly from beginning to end. May you have the gentlest of recoveries and the smoothest healing. May you have full range of pain free motion when this is through!

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
55. Many thanks, my dear Hayabusa...
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:04 PM
Jan 2013

I hope so too, and I expect it will...

I have an excellent doctor...

elleng

(130,714 posts)
58. VIBES COMING, CalPeg!!!
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:29 PM
Jan 2013

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nolabear

(41,930 posts)
64. ((((((((((((vibehug))))))))))))) You're getting a bionic shoulder aren't you?
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:17 PM
Jan 2013

I knew something was up.

Seriously, you know I'm sending all spare vibes your way.

redwitch

(14,940 posts)
84. The fall with resultant shattered teeth sounds way worse to me!
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 10:17 PM
Jan 2013

And you came through that rather stoically. You are one tough cookie Ms. CPeg! Best of luck, enjoy the anesthesia wierdness!

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
86. That was truly awful.
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 10:20 PM
Jan 2013

I didn't lose consciousness, which is a good thing but oh boy......hearing that was well.........shattering.

I'll try to enjoy the anesthesia weirdness, but I tend to be awfully nauseated....oh well, this too shall pass!

Thank you, my dear redwitch!

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
85. My dear CaliforniaPeggy... healing vibes headed your way,
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 10:19 PM
Jan 2013

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One thing I made sure I did -- I made sure I got the surgical team to SWEAR that I wasn't
going to show up on YouTube the next day flapping like a chicken with 400,000 hits.
.
Not unless they, as a group, took me out for dinner and a movie first.
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Take it slow, take your pain meds and take your rehab instructions seriously.
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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
88. My dear MiddleFingerMom!
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 10:22 PM
Jan 2013

They won't! I've been through this place before and they are the heart and soul of discretion.

Thank you for the healing vibes and the great instructions...

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
93. Good vibes going your way!
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 10:35 PM
Jan 2013

All the weirdness will be worth it when your shoulder doesn't hurt anymore!

And I hope the ongoing tooth replacement(s) goes well...

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
114. I'm not expecting that, but who knows???
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:29 AM
Jan 2013

My husband Lionel Mandrake will post when he gets home as to my status!

Thank you, my dear MADem!

 

sad-cafe

(1,277 posts)
97. I will be thinking good thoughts for you tomorrow.
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 10:42 PM
Jan 2013

Any kind of surgery has risks. You will fly through this and be well again.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
125. Thank you, my dear Phentex!
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:38 AM
Jan 2013

My husband Lionel Mandrake will update my condition tomorrow when he gets home...

Bombero1956

(3,539 posts)
122. Peggy dear
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:36 AM
Jan 2013

I pray that everything goes well for you tomorrow. May the time you're healing go fast and may all the good vibes make their way to you.

 

cbrer

(1,831 posts)
128. May the wisdom and kindness
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:53 AM
Jan 2013

That you've always shared with us waft back to you in gentle waves of healing and love.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
137. Thank you, my dear hopemountain...
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 01:31 AM
Jan 2013

I hope I can. I tend to be keyed up before any early morning excursion...

I AM looking forward to the pain being a faded memory...

Lasher

(27,534 posts)
138. Here's a question I asked right before I went under for my one of my operations:
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 01:41 AM
Jan 2013

Me: Why is it that everyone here is wearing a mask, but I don't have to wear one?

One of them: That's so you won't be able to recognize us later.

(exit, laughing)

True story

Good luck, Peggy

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
141. I love it, my dear Lasher!
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:06 AM
Jan 2013

I'm finding these days, that I'm unconscious before I get into the OR...

Wonder what that means???

Thanks, sweetie...



CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
144. Thank you, my dear BlancheSplanchnik...
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:24 AM
Jan 2013

Actually, my MD says the recovery for the shoulder isn't as strenuous as for the knee...I hope so!

Thank you for your very thoughtful words!

I will be hobbled for a while, arm in a sling and all that...Hopefully not for too long...

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
145. enjoy the pain meds, is my best advice. ;)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:29 AM
Jan 2013

As a veteran of a plethora of various surgeries I am a veritable expert.

Nurses in recovery are wonderful, generally. Very kind and compassionate. You should be in good hands.





HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
146. I'm happy that the Docs have a remedy
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:32 AM
Jan 2013

for your sore shoulder -- hooray for medicine! Good luck with the surgery, take it easy afterwards then do whatever exercises are recommended. You'll be right as rain before you know it.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
147. Thank you, my dear HeiressofBickworth!
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:34 AM
Jan 2013

I am looking forward to a pain-free shoulder!

I want my range of motion back!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,318 posts)
149. I hope the rest of the procedures are "just tedious"
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 06:43 AM
Jan 2013

I'm sure the post-op physical therapy will be no picnic, but you'll be back to normal pretty fast.

I hope you get tag-team sponge-bathers, just like MiddleFingerMom.

erinlough

(2,176 posts)
152. Good luck with your surgery.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:38 PM
Jan 2013

Sometimes it sucks getting older doesn't it? I know, because I am. I was luckier then you, but took the same fall just a week ago. I got some face and lip abrasions and fell hard on my knee, which still hurts. I hit a patch of ice, but I remember when I could recover from that. Oh well this too shall pass. Please feel better soon!

bamacrat

(3,867 posts)
155. Can't wait to see you post again.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 06:48 PM
Jan 2013

I don't know what happened, but I hope everything you are having done is done with the best skill possible. You have long been one of my top 5 DUers I have ever encountered. Always a kind word. Sending vibes your way.

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