[tri-family] Re: New Penny Update

Ah Penny Penny Penny

You will be sitting on a donut for awhile I am sure.  You are getting 
yourself into such a tizzy.  It will be so much better afterwards, think 
that way.  Also you will gladly take the pain meds the doc gives you, and 
yes you will be cath'd but you won't care cause getting up to go to the 
potty will not be an option at first anyway.  The cath is not that bad - I 
had both times with back and hip surgery.  I get sick from morphine so they 
gave me something synthetic which was better and I didn't get nauseous.  You 
will be just fine - you have to have confidence in your doctor.  If you work 
yourself up, your BP will be higher and they won't operate.  You don't want 
to have to postpone all this do you?  That doc does that surgery all the 
time.  I know you get paranoid but you gotta chill, girlfriend, or you will 
work yourself into such a stupor weeks before surgery that you won't be able 
to have it.  Enuff said.  Guess I am such a pro at surgeries that your kind 
is not seen as life threatening and you should think accordingly.  It will 
be wonderful afterward!  Think that way!
Love ya, Charleen

>From: "Penny Victor" <pvictor@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: tri-family@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <tri-family@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [tri-family] Re: New Penny Update
>Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:30:18 -0400
>
>Hi Jocelyn...we only get unemployment if we get laid off or even fired. I
>may call Devon's SSI case worker and ask her if there's any kind of
>help....like a temporary total disability or something?? I WOULD take 
>it...I
>may be proud...but I'm not stupid :o) As of right now...I think I have 
>about
>4 weeks covered between what vacation and sick time I have left and my 
>short
>term disability benefit from AFLAC (I've never had to take advantage of it
>before but have been paying for it for years). Our AFLAC guy came today and
>told me my surgery IS covered for the short term thing and he told me what
>to do to get it. The best part about that is that AFLAC pays fast :O) I 
>have
>their cancer wellness benefit and their vision plan as well as others
>(including a life insurance policy on Joe and myself)...and the cost is
>taken out of my paycheck every week. I just 2 weeks ago found a great 
>coupon
>for JCPenney Optical and went and got my eye exam and new glasses. The cost
>was 149.95 for both and I charged it on my JCPenney credit card. I'll get a
>check from AFLAC for 155$ any day and it will pay off the credit card bill
>before it even accrues any interest. I just had my pap test last week and
>I'll get a 75$ check for that...which will also pay a bill.
>
>I'm not eligible for any food stamps or welfare unless I lose my job, and
>Unemployment runs out...basically all other things have to be exhausted
>first. AND all of that can't even be applied for until I would actually 
>lose
>my job...and I'm not losing my job. They all ask for proof of income
>(usually for the last 4 weeks...sometimes more) and I'm working right up
>until the surgery...so it wouldn't even do any good to apply for anything
>like that until like 2 months after the fact...which is pointless. 
>So...even
>if I DID apply, AFTER my surgery (can't apply before)...it doesn't happen
>fast enough. I'd be back to work by the time I saw any $.
>
>After finding out today that I at least have some of it covered I can relax
>a little...although not entirely. But I'm workin' on it :o) Problem is my
>mind has been working overtime thinking about the surgery itself :o( I just
>came to the unpleasant realization last night that I'll be cathed that 
>first
>day and night until the day after most likely when he removes the packing
>(YUCK!) :o( AND how am I going to sit if everything south of the waistband
>of my underwear has been newly renovated??? It hurts already just thinking
>about it :o( I'm also scared to death of strong pain meds...which I suspect
>I'll be taking for a little while in all likelihood. I've seen my Dad's
>reaction to Morphine (he hallucinated) and Devon was dosed wrong and
>startled awake every 10-15 minutes mewing like a kitten...neither sounds
>good to me and I'm with Molly (who just had he wisdom teeth out)...I don't
>like the way drugs make my head feel. All of that was running through my
>head and then I made the mistake of thinking how much it's probably going 
>to
>hurt to even get my bladder, kidneys and bowel functioning again :o( Maybe
>Demerol?? I'm thinking it might be a good idea to just start the anesthesia
>now :o)
>Love,
>Penny...loving & devoted wife to Joe, the best husband in the world...mom 
>to
>Nick (16 yrs old...lover of Fishing, Dragons, Turtles, Blue Collar Comedy
>Tour, RollerCoasters, Chocolate Icecream w/ Ovaltine sprinkles, Devon (12
>yrs...lover of Barney, Blue, Nappy ol' Bear w/dreadlocks, Elmo, & food in
>general. Full trisomy 13 w/balanced translocation 5 and 13) , and Trooper
>the Wonder Dog...our 10? year old yellow lab adopted from FL Lab Rescue
>12/13/02 :o) Please visit the webpage my wonderful friend Karen made for me
>on our trisomy listserv at:
>http://www.trisomyonline.org/victor.html
>AND...see our Trooper on FL Lab Rescue's website at:
>http://www.labradorrescue.net/success/index.html (Look for the name
>Trooper...page 4 or 5 right now) AND :o)
>http://livingwithtrisomy13.org/album9.htm
>AND http://web.coehs.siu.edu/Grants/TRIS/
>"Faith sees the invisible, believes  the incredible & receives the
>impossible"
>
>
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