Big Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the surgery to remove the carcinoid tumor from my stomach. The game plan is to try to do it laproscopically with an endoscopy (camera) to find it and remove it. If the tumor is in a spot where he can't get to it then he will have to actually cut. Either way, I will be at the hospital overnight. The amount of days is dependent on the way surgery goes. The recovery time is 2 weeks. I am able to reschedule surgery for my knee in 2 weeks as well.
I am scheduled to be at St. Joe's at 830am and surgery is at 1030 am. Phillip will be with me (of course).

I appreciate everyone's prayers.. I will definately need them :)

Update on surgery status, Candace's birthday

Well, fun stuff first. Today (March 14th) is Candace's 21st birthday. Of course that means free lunch at Asianna. THe five of us, Rainna and Sammy and Candace all went, Joel opted for a nap :)

Sammy enjoyed dipping his chicken in any thing he could find. He also enjoyed a lemon. Unfortunately no one came to sing to candace (much to her delight) because they forgot about us (we did ask). HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANDACE!!!

So, to update the surgery situation, I went through with the knee pre-op appointment, but halfway through my registration at ParkRidge I got calls from both my knee doctor and the tumor-removing doctor. I was told to cancel the knee surgery and do the tumor surgery first. So, on Monday I have a CT scan and I will schedule surgery. I am hoping to get it done in the next week and am praying for a very very short recovery time so I can do the knee quickly. I really don;t want to be recovering through the summer. I want to be able to walk during the nice weather months and enjoy it, not having to be stuck inside recovering. The pain in my knee is worsening and due to my stomach pain (i have h-pylori and gastritis) I can't take Ibuprofen anymore. Right now I am taking no pain meds. They've given me Xanax to deal with the stress and my anxiety before the surgeries, etc. I'm on 3 meds for the H-Pylori and 2 peptos 3x a day. I feel like an old person with all this medication!

So, basically, I should have a date for the tumor surgery, but I will not know how quick I can reschedule the knee surgery until I have the tumor surgery. He was unsure how much cutting he would have to do (he's really unsure if he will even be able to find it!) As soon as I have something to update, I will add it on here.