Well......the doctor just called.....

[krazyaboutkatz]

Debbie, I'm glad to hear that you're doing well. Now please rest and do everything that your doctor tells you. Enjoy a nice relaxing and happy Thanksgiving too.

[ChrisH]

Debbie, so good to hear from you and know you're doing pretty well.
{{hugs}]
Chris

[Randi]

Debbie, it's so good to hear from you, Glad you're on the mend, but please take it easy!

Sending lots of healing thoughts to you and hugs.

[ramanth]

Welcome back Debbie! Glad to hear the surgery went well and the recovery is going smoothly.

[koxka]

Yay! My favourite girl is doing well.

Take is easy and let you spoil rotten.

[Soapets]

Yes, welcome back! Your mind is going to be wanting to get back to work a lot sooner than your body's physical system is. If you can do some mental work without tiring out physically too much, it will probably ease your mind and help you rest better when you are at home. I know you will continue to heal every day.

How does your throat feel from having the tube in? (THAT was the worst thing for me when I had my thyroid removed.)

Deb

[gini]

My goodness what a great evening.............Carole's husband has his job back, Phred is home and Debbie is on the mend.

I call that a banner evening.....................

Debbie, I am so glad that you are feeling so good, so soon. Please don't over do it though - and give yourself the rest that you need to be back feeling 100%

It sure was good to see your post though!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

How does your throat feel from having the tube in? (THAT was the worst thing for me when I had my thyroid removed.)

Now that I'm on the mend and can look back at the first day or two after surgery, I'd have to say that that tube is the WORST thing in the world! If it wasn't for that, I'd have felt much better much sooner! I can't believe that we can put a man on the moon, we have drugs that cure most any disease and we're making great progress on curing previously uncurable diseases, and yet we still have this stupid plastic tube that has to be put down our throats during surgery. I can't believe someone hasn't come up with some softer plastic, or a different way of doing things so it's not so intrusive. Anyway, that's my rant for the hospital.

Other than that, things have been going well. My mom left this morning, which is another sign that things are going well. I can only say good things about the hospital and my doctor. Every single one of my nurses was pleasant, friendly and caring. After reading Kelly's stories and with some previous experience observing nurses with my parents, I was totally taken aback and just how nice everyone was! No battle axe nurses here. I think Slick said it earlier in this thread - but I sure wish Kelly could go to this hospital.....

Another thing I discovered was that everyone just loves my doctor and says he is the BEST! The girl that wheeled me from the pre-anesthesia room to the pre-operating room said she had the same exact surgery 8 years ago by the same doc and she couldn't be more pleased with the results. Everyone just ranted and raved about how good he was, how fine his sutures are, what a great guy he is, what good work he does and generally, just what a wonderful doc he is! He really never says a whole lot during out appointments, so I guess I didn't really know him before this, but boy am I glad I lucked out and got him!

I found out that at work my computer screen is a bit high and I have to lift my chin to see it properly, so my neck is a bit sore today from lifting it yesterday. Will have to bring the screen down a bit when I go back tomorrow for a few hours. I finally slept the night through last night with no additional tylenol needed, and I haven't needed any "booster" tylenol today yet either, the area is starting to turn an awful sickly yellow color, which means it's healing, and it's starting to itch - all good signs that I'm on the mend.

Thank you all so much for all your thoughts and prayers.