RE: OT: Not exactly good news...need advice

The week after Thanksgiving. That lets me look normal for my nephew's
wedding next week plus T-day, and a few weeks to heal before christmas. And
work tends to slow down a bit around this time of year, since everyone has
their minds on other things, so all in all the timing works out okay. Could
be worse. 

Cyndi

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Pam Evans
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:52 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: Not exactly good news...need advice

When is your surgery Cyndi??

On 11/14/05, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
wrote:
>
> Thanks Jim and thanks Judy for the continuing advice. I am less nervous
> about the whole thing now, getting used to thinking about it I guess plus
> all the comments from people who've been there. Now it's just waiting. And
> working out how to pretend being calm on the day of the surgery.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of james singer
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 3:10 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: Not exactly good news...need advice
>
> Cyndi, not to worry. I had a large one [maybe 3/8-inch diameter] on my
> nose removed about a dozen years ago. I had it removed by Moh
> surgery--I was awake the whole time--and then taxied across town to
> Georgetown University hospital where the cosmetic surgeon built a new
> nostril from my cheek. For that part, I was under a general anesthetic.
> I felt great the next day, got rid of the bandage within 24 hours and
> was back at work in 2 days. I'm sure your experience will be as
> painless and effortless as mine--it's just worrisome before it happens.
>
> On Nov 9, 2005, at 7:14 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR wrote:
>
> > This is off-topic, sorry, but no one I work with can be helpful so I'm
> > going
> > farther afield.
> > I got a piece of news that wasn't so great. Apparently I have a basal
> > cell
> > carcinoma on my nose and I have to have plastic surgery to get it
> > removed.
> > The good news of course is that once it's gone, it's gone; they are
> > very
> > common and people get this done all the time. The bad news is that due
> > to
> > its size and position they are going to have to move a lot of skin
> > around on
> > my face to patch the hole. (I swear this thing is not really that big.
> > I can
> > barely see it. But he's the doctor). Two weeks, he says, before I
> > ought to
> > appear in public, although I gather actual feeling-bad time is only a
> > couple
> > days, and probably a year before the scars are not noticeable.
> > I'm such a wimp I don't even like getting my blood pressure taken, let
> > alone
> > general anesthesia and surgery! I haven't had anything like this
> > before. I
> > was rattled and I couldn't really think of what questions I should be
> > asking. I know it's a common operation and they're real blasi about
> > it, but
> > you know, I'm nervous. What would you want to know if it were you?
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
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