4 days left!

OK, so early up this morning and off to the hospital and Drs. office for pre-op preparations! I'm home with Panara Bagels in hand for the kids who are not even awake yet....

The doctor was fairly excited and animated this morning about the result we are going to accomplish here...I'm THRILLED at this opportunity...and why do I say opportunity because it is just that...A General surgeons surgery and outcome would have been much different...and to be honest I would have come away feeling disfigured. By plastics operating I am not only going to get this hernia repaired but my entire abdominal wall reconstructed with a hidden scar for the most part. I have had a devastating two year stint undergoing treatment, BUT I am determined to come into a place stronger, wiser, and healthier than I have been in years. Until this hernia started to rupture I was starting a walking/running program. Through this healing process this summer (I will have 6-8 weeks off) I am going to work at getting my physical body back in shape. I told my daughter this year I want her coming home from college to RUN the Susan B. Kolman race this year on Oct 10th. I know that is just a 5K but you have to start somewhere... I should have enough training time in to be able to run that race well...



You hear this said so many times but sometimes it is not until something is taken from us for us to realize its true value. Multiple times a day I find myself praising God for the energy I feel and the ability I have to move, not only do I want to run but I want to do yoga as well limbering my joints past the pain...God certainly healed me miraculously but it is up to me to choose to be the picture of health from this point on...I plan on rocking it out!