Surgery Date Set!

Wow... everyone kept asking me after my last iron treatment if i noticed a difference and felt more energetic... really, i did not notice anything different... i did notice some change in my color, but other than that, nothing... this time, i have been able to tell a big difference! i woke up this morning and felt different... i am thinking it is what i used to feel like when i woke up in the morning... didn't feel the need to hit the snooze button even! 

went to the girl dr today to set up the surgery and get any questions answered, etc... the surgery is set for the 29th here in town... dr said i will be in the hospital at least overnight and the next day and then we will see where i am at... she was so nice and answered every question i had... it will have to be abdominal surgery and she let me know that my assumptions were correct... i will be off work 4-6 weeks... said i might feel up to some part time after 3 weeks, but not up to sitting all day until 4 or so... this will be hard for me, i want to make sure that everything is healing properly and yet know that work is going to be on my mind as well... dr said the mass is about the size of a large grapefruit... and i should notice a difference when it is removed... that was good news... on the bad news side, she said she does not think it is my monthly visit that is causing the anemia... she said it might be the mass, but she wasn't sure with the level of anemia that i have... so who knows... i guess we will have to wait for the mass to come out and see what happens then... i do have another appointment with the hematologist on the 27th for blood tests to see how the iron treatments are working, so hopefully we will get some good news then... 

please keep praying that i will be patient for the next couple weeks and NOT think about the surgery... i have a pretty active imagination and i don't want to let it get out of control... 

thanks for all the prayers... we will continue to keep you posted... 

d and d