BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 22 Jan 09 - 10:14 AM

Sorry, I only just saw the thread. Sandra, lots of warm hugs and best wishes from me and Nessie! May they probe minimally, pronounce you clean fully and let you go home speedily. Lots of love.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: GUEST,Mary in Kentucky
Date: 22 Jan 09 - 10:29 AM

Best of wishes to you, Sandra. I'd love to send a card, but you know how slow the mail is from here to there, just consider this a virtual card (with geraniums).

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Big Mick
Date: 22 Jan 09 - 10:46 AM

Whoa there......... hold it ....... no one checked with me on this aul load of shite!! I just checked the logs and you are not due to start falling apart for a good long spell!

Listen to Spawzer. He is nuts. It has served him well and kept him around long enough to screw up any number of office pools on when he would assume room temperature. And when THE FAIR ONE chimes in, that is particularly strong juju.

In the meantime I will light the flame, play the Low D, and say the prayers for one of the very best folks on Mudcat.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: My guru always said
Date: 22 Jan 09 - 05:14 PM

Positive thoughts from here, recover well!
Hil
ps may I take this opportunity to recommend arnica cream for help in healing scars....

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Morticia
Date: 22 Jan 09 - 06:11 PM

Good luck, don't be scared, we are thinking of you.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Tig
Date: 22 Jan 09 - 06:13 PM

(((((((((((((((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Lots of love and hugs
Tig
xxx

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Jan 09 - 07:51 PM

Love and hugs and healing, calming thoughts...hug your pillow and make them treat you gently and thoroughly to be as comfortable as possible!

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Joybell
Date: 22 Jan 09 - 07:59 PM

Sandra should be in recovery by now. It's 11 in the morning here. Getting through the early-morning traffic in Sydney would have been the scary bit -- even by taxi.
Still sending best thoughts, Sandra.
Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: GUEST,Peace
Date: 23 Jan 09 - 01:45 AM

Slept through it all, I suppose?

I trust you will be feeling 'way far lots better' in just a few hours. In my thoughts and prayers, Sandra.

BM

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: JennieG
Date: 23 Jan 09 - 06:57 AM

Especially by taxi, Joy! Sandra may be feeling a bit woozy for a while but hopefully she will be back to her usual chipper self soon.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Janie
Date: 23 Jan 09 - 07:32 AM

Just think, Sandra, you are now a day closer to heading back home.

Hope all went well and will continue to go well. Still keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Janie
Date: 23 Jan 09 - 07:05 PM

Any updates?

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Rowan
Date: 23 Jan 09 - 10:14 PM

All the best Sandra!

I'd have seen the thread and responded before this but a (somewhat) similar event has meant that I've been Mudcatable only in the local library since New Year and will remain so for the next month; a small piece of carpal tunnel surgery has to be healed before I start chemo. The oncologist took my need to play concer much more seriously than the surgeon and was able to effect some rescheduling.

See you at the National, where we can swap hospital and scar tales.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Ross Campbell
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 01:54 AM

Love and best wishes, Sandra. Be well!

Ross

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Bugsy
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 02:35 AM

I've only just seen this thread Sandra. Hopefully, it's all over and done with by now and I hope that everything went well for you. I'm, glad to see that 'Spaw sent you a message with loads of good advise enclosed. I found his message to me a great comfort when I was in for bypass surgery. Anyway, I don't normally do a lot of praying nowadays but I'll say a couple tonight in the hope that the good lord will be so shocked that he takes a look at you to make sure all is well.

all the best and love from the West,


Bugsy

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 03:26 AM

Sending you some 'good' morning thoughts from England, Sandra. xx :0)

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 06:02 AM

Only just saw this thread - hope you're recovering well and will soon read all the new messages!

Kitty

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 06:24 AM

I've only seen it too - thinking of you. Love from Ireland

xxx

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: freda underhill
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 06:39 AM

It's Saturday 10.33 pm here in Sydney. I went to visit Sandra at the hospital today - a 40 degr smotheringly hot day out where she is.

After a woozy day yesterday, Sandra was sitting up in bed looking like a queen in white (Sandra, I didn't realise your hair is sooo long!) and was remarkably calm and gracious, considering she has just had quite a large chunk removed from her tum - not just the cancerous intruder but quite a bit of flesh on either side.

Sandra had her knitting, some books and the remains of lunch, not all of it eaten. So we sat and chatted about this and that, until the lights were dimmed and a very nice nurse explained to me that it was time to go.

Sandra has been very pleased to read all the Mud-messages - just what she needed to keep her going during a time of sudden and unexpected illness.

Rowan, good luck with your op too - I'll be there to compare scars at the National too, and look forward to it.


freda

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 07:15 AM

Thank you, Freda- I love the image of queenly Sandra, hair flowing, presiding from her bed. Heal well, Sandra!

Allison

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 10:53 AM

Thanks, freda. I love that image, too!

Sandra, you'll be home in no time and the better for it, too.:-)

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 11:48 AM

Hell of a way to lose that tummy bulge, Sandra. Candle lit for you and a few others.
Love,
Mary

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: ranger1
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 07:56 PM

(((((Sandra)))))

I just saw this thread. Get well soon, oh wonderful rescue Santa! I flip through my Australian wildlife book frequently and think of you.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Rowan
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 09:06 PM

Glad you're on the mend, Sandra; catch up with you at Easter. You too, Freda; many thanks.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Charley Noble
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 09:10 PM

Freda-

Thanks so much for the update.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Beer
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 09:12 PM

Sandra,
The very, very best for a speedy recovery.
Adrien from
Quebec, Canada

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Joybell
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 10:52 PM

Thank you Freda. Keep up the good work getting better Sandra. Rowan -- my possible friend from school-days -- Oh dear! all the best. Sad I won't be at the National with my scar. It's tiny of course but there's a computer beneath it reminding my heart to beat so it's interesting.
Happy but concerned thoughts.
Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Alice
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 11:42 PM

Just opened this thread for the first time - Sandra, take care. Best wishes for a very speedy recovery!!

Alice

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: ragdall
Date: 25 Jan 09 - 03:12 AM

freda, Thank you for the update.

Sandra,
Best wishes for speedy healing, kind caring nurses and visits from many cheerful friends.

rags

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: catspaw49
Date: 25 Jan 09 - 03:24 AM

Rowan!! So much going on and so little news. That's not the Mudcat Way and unfair to your friends here......But I'm glad things are moving along in what seems the right direction so keep the rest of us posted (so to speak0,

Sounds as though Sandra has the situation in hand too! Sandra, Karen is knitting away on a baby blanket for a close friend's daughter due in two weeks. Karen has really gotten into the homemade blanket gift for babies but she makes them more sized for a 12 year old.......I think she hopes to achieve "favorite blankie" status with new arrivals as they grow up....LOL

Hang in there Kiddo!!!!


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Rowan
Date: 25 Jan 09 - 08:09 PM

Rowan!! So much going on and so little news. That's not the Mudcat Way and unfair to your friends here

Thanks for the good thoughts Spaw!
I didn't want to hijack Sandra's thread, so I tried to keep diversionary comment to a minimum. The onset of my event was (thankfully) sudden and I was out of contact for enough time to think it didn't warrant starting a thread. Unlike the UK and NE US 'catters there's a lot of nonMudcat distance between many of us in Oz so news can be sporadic. Festivals are great for catching up face-to face and I'm looking forward to seeing Sandra and Freda.

I've just received news that the person who introduced me to Mudcat (Tony, in Darwin and with whom I sang and played in a past life) has had a bit of an encounter that Ozcatters might like to chat over with him. Like me, he has a well-developed sense of humour and a good prognosis.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Charley Noble
Date: 25 Jan 09 - 08:31 PM

Rowan-

My best to you and Tony as well.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 08:27 AM

This just in from Margaret who is hosting Sandra at her digs while she recovers:

"bearded bruce - my scar is longer than my forearm! beat that, folks!

& sins, the tum is above the scar! ratzes! it was great when the original thingy was removed & that bit was flat, wot a shame the other bulgy bit remains. My surgeon said some pathologist is going to get a real surprise when they get to work after the holiday weekend & see the huge sample that needs slicing & examining. The result will be available at the end of the week, & I have to make an appointment to see him the following week.

Hospital was a lot better than I thought it would be - great staff & fellow patients, why I even decided that I'll accept my thyroid specialist's opinion to remove my malfunctioning thyroid! She'll get a shock, cos I was so much against the idea. Food wasn't good (who was telling us about starving patients hoarding food? good thing I took my supply) but my wonderful hostess has loaded up her fridge so fully that I had to remind her I'll probably only be here 1 night & day. Spare bed has been carried down the narrow steps & set up in front living room, (thanks John aka occasional Mudcatter Jack Halyard!) - everything is cosy for the invalid - dunno whether to milk the situation or not! Another friend picked me up from the hospital, fed me lunch then drove me over here.

thanks to everyone for your good thoughts, I took my printout to hospital & read thru it.

lots of love from sandra"

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 09:36 AM

Great to hear you're doing OK... continue to take care.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 09:40 AM

Milk it, MILK IT! :0)

Good to hear you're on the mend, Sandra...and looking forward to your next op too! Now *that's* what I call great hospital service, the patient liked it so much she's going back for more. lol.

Look after yourself...and eat loads of chocolate! :0)

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: gnu
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 11:50 AM

Sandra, Rowan, Tony.... great to hear positive news!

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Megan L
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 11:54 AM

What are you folks doing over there trying to get bulk buy discount. Now get well all o ye and dinny mak me send Granny ower there.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 02:03 PM

Thanks for posting her message. Good to hear from you, Sandra, and that things went well!! Keep up the good vibes!

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Rowan
Date: 27 Jan 09 - 12:05 AM

Just in time to enjoy the holiday; goodonyer, Sandra!

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: freda underhill
Date: 27 Jan 09 - 06:29 AM

Sandra, I'm glad you're in good hands. You were remarkably calm considering a pece of you has been removed. I'm glad that apalling heat has been replaced by cool misty rain, this should help your recovery be more comfy.

freda

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: topical tom
Date: 27 Jan 09 - 08:15 AM

Best wishes for a speedy recovery from Quebec (Canada)!

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 02:07 AM

back home after my adventure.

Another friend collected me from Margaret's place & took me & my bags to Craft group, where I wasn't allowed to move chairs & tables & carry stuff back to the storeroom! Not that I wanted to, or even thought of helping. We had our usual crafty & chatty time.

Nor was I allowed to carry my bags, or the fruit & veg we bought on the way home. Dallas pushed the trolley across the sloping market floor (good thing the trolley was stable, cos she is smaller & shorter than me!) & then drove thru early peak hour traffic, & carried almost everything up my 38 stairs! And offered her spare room if I find the stairs too much, but I'm planning to stay in for a few days, maybe take a short walk at night if I get too stir-crazy.

I do have some great friends - it's amazing to an island like me how helpful folks are if asked (& even if not asked!)

The only pain-killers I asked for (in the ward, dunno what I might have been given pre & post-op) were for my sore back - scar pain was ok, more a bloody (bruised!) irritation & annoyance, as it still is. And those little sticky strips that "hold" the wound together - wot a bloody irritation. And white surgical stockings are just the thing for hot humid Sydney days & nights, but I have to go around looking like a lady bowler until I see my surgeon again.

Hospital beds & chairs are not the best for chronic back pain, so after I could get up on Fri night I walked a round a bit - sometimes just out of our 4-bed ward into the corridor, later in the hospital grounds.

I read, knitted, embroidered & rested, & did the same at Margaret's place, tho she did allow me to chop veggies last night (I was hanging out for veggies & ate lots, yum!!), & I even sneaked in a small washing-up while she was arguing with her new computer. By-the-by, I couldn't submit anything on her computer, first message I had saved & we sent it to Charlie for posting, second disappeared after submitting & I couldn't retrieve it. One Of Life's Little Mysteries! (Two Of Life's Little Mysteries?)

thanks to everyone for your support & good wishes, now I just have to wait till my appointment with my surgeon in a week.

sandra (resting on a comfortable computer chair after half a day on another comfortable chair)

I'm sure my bruises are prize-winners, too!

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: GUEST,Peace
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 02:15 AM

YAHOO!

Great to see you posting, Sandra.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Megan L
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 03:39 AM

Great to have ye back lassie Noo dinny dae onythin daft (OK try no tae dae onythin dafter than usual:) )

Hope you get good results from the specialist.

Awra best
frae
Dauvitt and his Meg

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 03:48 AM

Wonderful to hear from you! Should I open up the Recovery Ward now? There's a special annexe stuffed full of craft items (for the occupational therapy, we can't sell the stuff but the "special" patients here get such a kick out of being allowed to eat as much glue as they like), with windows that open out onto the gardens where you can watch Nurse Ratched pursue her burgeoning career as a Physio Terrorist. Or just pursue the patients that have escaped her tender care...

Keep up the good work of resting, it's the best thing you could do!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: freda underhill
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 04:44 AM

I kept an eye out for Nurse Rathched when I was visiting, as Sandra let it be known she wasn't to be allowed in. Luckily, there was no sighting, I think she must be off causing trouble with Micca.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Charley Noble
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 07:44 AM

Home is nice!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, preparing for another foot of snow in Maine

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: SINSULL
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:19 AM

Good to have you back, Sandra. 114 degrees in Brisbane? YUCH

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:32 AM

not quite as much in central Sydney - only 23.0 ten minutes ago @ the observatory, but it's close to Sydney Harbour & so am I. We have 81% humidity, tho I'm not noticing it as I have a fan blowing on me.

We're expecting 28 tomorrow (with 36 out west) & I'm staying in!

It'll be cooler tomorrow in Brisbane - they're only expecting 30.

sandra (12.24am)

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: artbrooks
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:33 AM

Of course Nurse Ratched is spending all her time with Micca - why else do you think he is spending all his time locked in the loo?

Good to see that you are out of durance vile and on the road to recovery.