Thanks for the update.....we're all just very glad you're back. And we'll
just put the coffee on the back burner a little longer.

Betty
"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
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Im going to do a quick explanation with no gory details about my operation
so everyone knows that I didnt get sent through a wringer. I had the type
of
gall bladder removal they used to do, and still do sometimes, instead of
the
easier to recover from laparoscopic type they prefer to do. So, instead of
a
set of tiny cuts I have a larger one, stapled shut, and two drain sites.
The
other part of the operation was a strange one where they ran a camera and
other gizmos to the site of the stones via the mouth and got some out of
the
ducts. The reason my gall bladder needed this more invasive set of
procedures was simply that there were so many stones and because they were
large. Coctail onion size they said.
While in the hospital I thought about what might and could happen while in
surgery. I guess its inevitable to face ones own mortality, especially
when
we know we would leave precious little ones behind, but when I read the
messages Mike printed and brought in from all of you I realized two
things.
Many of you had lived through these procedures and are happy for having
done
so. Second, I was not going to entertain the notion of leaving. Dying was
not an option. I learned too that love can float around me and cradle me
in
times of fear. I felt very little. I dont know, or care what diety or
entity
you sent your prayers towards. I still feel them. They help me heal,
because
a body cant help but heal better when it feels happy, valued and loved.
hmm...people have accused me of being effusive. Ill add maudlin to that
list. Its your own problem if it seems over the top. In fact.. let me know
if its over the top and Ill privately email you with MORE!
buwahahahahahaha!!!
hey, I dont LIKE whats happened to me... it hurts, but dang, you guys know
how to do that love thing so nicely.
My individual thanks will come as I have time and energy. I have a lot of
them to do. I will do them with joy. Its so odd to feel so wonderfully
happy.
my love to you
Diana
I should probably let this sit overnight to edit later when Im not so
high..
but.. i dont know.. is there a reason why I should not be this open with
my
feelings?

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