For those I call friend.

I have been doing a lot of thinking about friendship as of late. It is always in adversity that we learn what people are made of. Here are some choice quotes by influential people who view friendship in a similar way. Whether it is an old friend catching up, or even a new friend on the Internet, friendship just makes life that much sweeter. Thank you for being a friend.

Anaïs Nin:
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Ecclesiasticus 6:14:
A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure.

Eleanor Roosevelt:
Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world.

George Eliot:
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

Marcel Proust:
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Waiting.

 

Lovely sentiment, but at this very moment hard to embrace.  I am trying, being strong and positive, yada yada.  I am a New Yorker, waiting is not in my makeup.  Patience yes, but waiting has somehow become an entirely different concept as of late.  Can you relate? 

 

Who Knew this blog would detour into my medical journal?

 

This started as a blog for my writing, and has devolved into an account of my medical woes.  Thus far I have been very calm and have taken this health snafu as just that.  Today, after my surgical consult and speaking with the head nurse about the details I am forced to deal with the reality of my procedure, and what major surgery really is. These are the specifics:

1.  I will be in the hospital for 4 days at least.

2.  The recovery period is 4-5 weeks. OMG.  I was not expecting that, at all!  Although I think b/c I am young and because I am oddly strong and heal freakishly fast, I hope to only need 3-4 weeks.

3.  Apparently abdominal surgery is a rather painful procedure due to the muscles that are involved or something like that and it is known to cause great discomfort while healing.  Fantastic, can’t wait.

4.  I will be needing several tests and the goal is to be admitted next Wednesday and operated on on Thursday. 

There you have it.  I am not afraid believe it or not.  I just want, need to have this fixed because I am very tired of feeling ill and being in a haze of pain killers.  I hate not being able to write.  I really hate to be fussed over and unfortunately I will need just that for much longer than I had imagined.  My mother on the other hand has been stressing me out to the point where I had to tell her she was driving me crazy.  I made her promise to relax and stay strong because I will lose my mind if she doesn’t get it together.  Thankfully, she realized her actions and called me a little while ago, promising to stop freaking out, which I appreciated and found very comforting. 

I will be checking in here and on Stumbleupon as much as I can, in order to maintain my sanity and not go through the dreaded Web 2.0 withdrawal (which I hear is worse than my surgery). 

Thank you for all your kind words of support, they all make me feel warm and fuzzy and that is a natural high I can use right now.  It is really a testament to the bond you can feel for “online friends” that is at times dismissed unfairly.  The people I have met online are so kind and have really made me smile, with their supportive and humorous messages.   

I will be posting here whenever I can and going on SU.  Come visit, OK?

Thank you for caring,

Veronica Romm

Ok, so it’s not what I hoped.

 

April 28th 2008:

This morning I wrote the post below thinking I was having Laproscopic surgery, easy in out, done.  Unfortunately, I am now having as my surgeon said “Major surgery that has a high success rate.”  I also must wait yet another week because I will be needing a series of pre-op tests this week to prepare for the main event.  These include procedures that require local anesthetic and are “generally very uncomfortable.”  Once those are done I am expected to be in the hospital for FOUR days at the very least.