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Posted 7/26/2009 12:57 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks again for your support. I just popped my 8:30 pm Tyl #3 and expect to be out of it in a little while. I took your advice to heart and have been on a strict regimen of house walking and resting. I put a camera strap across my chest like Pancho Villa's ammo belt and hang my bag from it. That way I don't forget it.

I gotta tell you, it still freaks me to look down and find myself sporting a package (or lack thereof) that would make RuPaul jealous. There has to be a way to help shorty come out of his shell. As the abdomen gasses escape and I get my abs back I'm guessing this won't be so much of a problem. Right? (I just wish I had been warned beforehand.)

I promise I will sleep tonight. You're the best!!!
Posted 7/26/2009 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
Amen to that JamesC
Plus take your stool softeners and laxatives as instructed by your doc. Getting regular is an important part of getting well. You should have movement the third or fourth day and if not, I would say call your doctor's office and tell them. This is not the time to be the brave little soldier standing duty alone. They can't help and care for you if they don't know what's going on. (not my original idea, it was on my doc's training video.)
Posted 7/21/2013 11:55 PM (GMT 0)
Guys,
Today is the 4 year anniversary of my surgery. This is the first post I made on HW, 60 hours after the surgery when I was not in the best of shape - physically or mentally.
You guys saved me.

From the bottom of my heart I say: Thank you!

Jeff
Posted 7/22/2013 12:01 AM (GMT 0)
Way to go, Jeff. Sure seems longer than 4 years, but glad to have you in the HW PC family. You are a regular fixture for sure, lol.

david
Posted 7/22/2013 1:39 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Jeff,

Happy Anniversary. It's so cool that you can celebrate it in good health.

Whatever you've received from this forum you've more than paid forward. You've been a great source of information and support to me and many others.

Can't wait to see you guys at GFMPH!

Jonathan
Posted 7/22/2013 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
Jeff, I loved reading your first set of post. We have come a long way.

Jeff the Cajun
Posted 7/22/2013 3:22 AM (GMT 0)
It will be 4 years since diagnosis for me this week. I didn't come to HW until months later, and heading off to an unknown place in Louisiana to this thing called GFMPH was a leap of faith.

Happy anniversary, so to speak. See you guys in Rochester.

Yes, I've been off line for a week. Work is getting in the way. But I'm back ....

Posted 7/22/2013 6:03 AM (GMT 0)
Jeff and 142, thinking of you guys.
Kathy
Posted 7/22/2013 8:24 AM (GMT 0)
Jeff, it was great reading your first post,I'm sorry PC brought us here but glad to have been able to meet you and alot of the other great people.
Mik,
Posted 7/22/2013 10:56 AM (GMT 0)
Jeff - congratulations on your anniversary - you are indeed a treasure and a great help to many here on HW - especially the engineering types - and those north of the border.
hugs,
Bronson
Posted 7/22/2013 12:47 PM (GMT 0)
You are welcome, now you can be known as Worried Guy, aka Happy Guy. I well remember your first series of posts and can recognize that even then you had a special wit and style that has gained you so many friends here. You're the best , guy! Love to Miss B.
Posted 7/22/2013 12:52 PM (GMT 0)
Jeff,

Ditto on what everyone else said! See you guys in September!


142,
Same to you on your 4th year! I totally understand the "leap of faith" thing. One of the best leaps we ever made. :)
Posted 7/23/2013 3:23 AM (GMT 0)

tatt2man said...
Jeff - congratulations on your anniversary - you are indeed a treasure and a great help to many here on HW - especially the engineering types

Yeah, Jeff. Your engineering perspective brings a lot to the discussion. I don't know what the hell you're talking about half the time, but it sure sounds cool! tongue
Posted 7/23/2013 1:20 PM (GMT 0)
Good for you Jeff. As I write this, I am celebrating my exact to the hour 1 year anniversary of getting my favorite gland cut out. A year ago it was your postings and stories that lifted me up the most. Being an engineer myself and seeing your sense of humor matched mine, I found us to be kindred spirits. Thanks for sharing your journey and your humor. Glad to see you two years out are doing well. Me, I got no complaints. 1 year out, I am exactly the guy I was going in, except now I appear (so far) to be free of the beast. Best wishes to you.
Posted 7/23/2013 1:53 PM (GMT 0)
And you were worried? what was that all about?
Posted 7/23/2013 2:03 PM (GMT 0)
Jeff,

You inspired me to look up my first post to see if it would show me as a cute, wet-behind-the-ears, fluffy-tailed, white-knuckled newbee like you were.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Nope. Just me droning on...

See you in September.
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