Sending up more prayers for our friend Cindy!!!

Cindy, sending prayers for yr surgery in a few days. Hoping/Praying that the surgeons are successful in helping with yr pain.

OMG Cindy I am just now seeing this! Sending tons of prayers and PT your way for the 30th. Hopefully you will be on the up side of the 50% and this will help alleviate your pain. I know how hard it is to live in pain on a daily basis, believe me. My motorcycle wreck was 14 years ago and not a day goes by I don't feel it. There is nothing left surgery wise for me besides total hip/knee replacements and docs say I'm too young, because I would require probably 3 more in my lifetime if I get them now, and the arthritis is forever. :( Your lucky to have a chance that this surgery will work. I hope and pray that it will :) Nobody deserves to hurt all the time.
(((((HUGS)))))

Cindy,
You are in my prayers. :hug:
Tammy

Thank you everyone for you thoughts and prayers. You will never know how much I appreciate them.

Tomorrow is my "big day". I report to the hospital bright and early at 6 am for Tarsal Tunnel Surgery. Actually, it is an exploratory surgery - the surgeon hopes to find and repair the place where the tibial nerve was damaged. It could be crushed, severed, or pinched. I am hoping that it is simply pinched and that the repair will be short sweet and simple. However, he will make an incision just above my ankle which will continue to the bottom of my foot to explore the nerve as it branches off.

At this point I expect to be completely non weight bearing on my left leg for 4to six months. I expect that I will be completely "off my feet" for a couple of days, and then it's back to the sewing macine for me.

My dh Ronald will have his blackberry and cell phone and will give updates to a couple of key people who will post updates.

Thank you for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, and kindness during this time.

Good luck tomorrow, Cindy!!!!! I am sending a prayer and positive thoughts to you! Hugs!!

So sad to hear of your pain. I will pray that the surgeons have the wisdom and knowledge to get you feeling back to yourself before the accident. Keep us posted on the progress. God bless. :)

Praying for a successful surgery tomorrow.

Cindy, I love your positive attitude. You have always impressed me and I am so glad to be your friend. My continued prayers for a successful surgery and relief from the pain you have been in. Prayers work.. Hugs to you sweetie. Bobbi

Gosh, I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner. :( You are probably out of surgery by now. I hope things went well and I certainly am waiting for an update!!

Blessings

Cindy, Your in my thoughts and prayers :)

Hope all goes well tomorrow and the surgery helps you. Nerve pain is NOT fun. I had nerves burned (not the technical term) in my neck and lumbar region to relieve nerve pain after a bad motorcycle accident. So I can relate to what you are going through. My thoughts are with you and I pray for a successful outcome for you.

Wasn't her surgery today? Is there an update somewhere?

Surgery Update
 

Aww Cindy, your post was funny. I love the way you told it. I'm glad its gone well and that everything is looking very positive. :D

There's not much I can say here that I haven't already told you a trillion times already today in chat... so I'll just repeat myself... You mean a great deal to us all Cindy and everyone who knows you will be praying their hearts out that you will benefit to the maximum from this surgery. I'm so glad to see that your spirits have lifted again and we're seeing you laughing and joking as much as you used to before you had to go through all of this.

Me and the girls are sending you love, hugs and puppy kisses. We all love you very much.

Cindy whether it be the drugs or not, I love that you have kept your sense of humor! You are very special and just think the world of you!!!

Sounds like someone is well on their way to a speedy recovery with excellent results!!!

Sam and I are always keeping you in our thoughts and prayers!!!

So happy to hear that things went so well and you will be back on your feet soon!

Awww, Cindy, you are such a good story teller. I pray that the surgery will put a end to your pain. Please keep us updated. (((Hugs)))

I am just now seeing this post. I am so happy that everything went well. My thoughts are with your on your recovery. May your recovery be short and your wedding band stay on your finger for another long stretch of time.

Geez, I had turned the computer off and was getting ready for a good long snooze when I realized that my post might have offended those in the medical field. Since I was having a major panic attack and a bit of a guilty conscious I powered the computer back up to apologize to any of you compassionate doctors, nurses, and others in the medical field that I might have offended with my post. I can assure you that ALL of what was done was within hospital policy and I understand that most of it was necessary. Probably the ONLY thing that I so disagree with was making such a big deal about my wedding band (Nurse Meanie WAS NOT NICE nor was she compassionate about my feelings). Here I was a patient scared to death about to have a surgery and she had to be on a power kick about one simple thing that would have meant so very much to me. She was a mean nasty person who was unwilling to work with an upset patient - I don't wish a nurse like that on any one.

With that said, I want to apologize if, in my attempt to make my surgery procedure a more "fun filled event" for the reader that I have offended ANYONE, please accept my apology. Gee - I can even blame it on the pain meds I am taking :)

I don't think that you offended anyone. I am in the medical field and you did not offend me one bit. I think that it is ridiculous that she made you take off your wedding band in the first place and I have never heard of them doing that unless they were doing something with that arm. That should not have been done. You did everything they asked and in my eyes you were a great patient. I think that when you work in the medical field you get hard in a way to what the patient is feeling. I am sorry for that. I think that it is a way to protect ourselves in the process of giving good care to as many patients as we can in a short amount of time. Keep your chin up. We all still love you.

Thank you so very much for your post. It meant a lot to me. I agree with you 100% - I have a huge admiration for those in the medical field. I know that you guys deal with more sadness in a week than most of us realize exists in a lifetime. You have to "toughen" up to be able to survive. Those of you who can be tough enough to survive and temper that with compassion are the Saints in the Medical Field.

The same goes for our heroes in the law enforcement field, our fire fighters and our soldiers and many other unsung heros who help others daily. We can't forget our veternarians and the people who staff their offices - I am blessed in that area, but I see posts from so many that are not so fortunate.

Thank you. Now go focus on yourself and getting better. I am going to be looking at buying at least 3 of your harnesses for Christmas and I need you in top shape to do that for me. LOL.

Consider it done :) Again, thank you for being such kind soul and a hero to both those you treat AND to the yorkies you love.

Oh hooray Cindy! I'm so glad to hear that your surgery went wonderfully and that you have lovely drugs to keep you pain-free or at least dulled to the point of not caring!;)

It sounds like God was doing a good job of guiding that surgeons hands and keeping your foot in the best possible condition for the surgery to work! Go God!! I love it.:D

Take good care of yourself and don't overdoe it for awhile OK?!

Thank you for the update Cindy and I loved reading every word of it and had to read it again, just in case I missed something. LOL
I hope your recuperation goes as well and that you are able to hold on to that wonderful sense of humor that we all love and adore !!!
(( hugs )) to you my friend.

Loved your version of your surgery...too funny. I think we've all had a Nurse Meanie before and you don't dare offend them when they're standing over you with a weapon in their hands. I for one totally tense up at the sight of a needle. Glad to hear all went well in the end and wish you a speedy recovery and no more pain.

:cheer::cheer: Yea, motivational therapy !!! Way to go Sharon !!! :cheer::cheer:

Oh Cindy Lu....I am so glad that you made sense today...what with all of those good drugs.:D:D