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Title: Darth's surgery
Post by: paris on November 09, 2010, 09:26:37 AM
Carolyn sent me a message that she is at the hospital, they have a bed and the surgery is a "go".   Let's keep her in our thoughts and prayers while she has surgery and then during recovery.  She brings so much fun to IHD and I know she loves IHD as much as we love her.   
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Post by: MooseMom on November 09, 2010, 09:28:20 AM
I hope everything goes very smoothly!  Keep us updated!
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Post by: Poppylicious on November 09, 2010, 10:22:23 AM
I too hope everything goes smoothly. Keeping her in my thoughts.

 ;D
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Post by: jbeany on November 09, 2010, 10:41:05 AM
 :grouphug;
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Post by: billybags on November 09, 2010, 10:43:43 AM
Fingers crossed and hopefully Darth will be able to cross her legs soon.
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Post by: kitkatz on November 09, 2010, 11:26:22 AM
She has her laptop with her and says she will be on line when she can.
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Post by: thegrammalady on November 09, 2010, 03:02:21 PM
glad to hear it didn't have to be postponed. sometimes waiting is the hardest part.  will be thinking good thoughts.
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Post by: Jean on November 09, 2010, 03:03:32 PM
So glad it is a go and by now, hope it is over with and she is on the road to recovery.
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Post by: YLGuy on November 09, 2010, 03:13:13 PM
 :grouphug;
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Post by: Bajanne on November 09, 2010, 04:51:30 PM
My caring thoughts and prayers are with her all the way.  A speedy recovery and  a speedy return to IHD is my wish for her. :cuddle;
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Post by: okarol on November 09, 2010, 05:49:44 PM
 :cuddle; Best wishes for a speedy recovery Darth!

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Post by: Chris on November 09, 2010, 06:18:28 PM
Darth, just remember if you take Doogle out, have him pull you in a wheelchair and make sure it has brakes! ;D
Get Well Soon.
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Post by: chook on November 10, 2010, 12:17:08 AM
Watching this space for news!!! All the best, Darth!
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Post by: galvo on November 10, 2010, 02:54:24 AM
Go Darth!!
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Post by: iketchum on November 10, 2010, 04:11:20 AM
I just spoke to Carolyn. She is just now going into surgery. Lets hope for a quick recovery.
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Post by: kitkatz on November 10, 2010, 06:22:54 AM
Instant prayers and love are being sent her way!
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Post by: thegrammalady on November 10, 2010, 08:40:46 AM
good thoughts, good thoughts, good thoughts.
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Post by: paris on November 10, 2010, 03:29:10 PM
Waiting patiently for news.  I'd rather be there waiting!
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Post by: okarol on November 10, 2010, 03:30:19 PM

Long wait.....  :waiting;
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Post by: Sunny on November 10, 2010, 03:56:37 PM
Hoping that all goes well.
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Post by: del on November 10, 2010, 05:41:59 PM
I was hoping to hear something by now. Hopefully the surgery went well.  :grouphug;
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Post by: YLGuy on November 10, 2010, 07:21:43 PM
 :pray;
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Post by: iketchum on November 11, 2010, 03:14:19 PM
I have heard that Carolyn came through the surgery well. She is in some pain but on some GOOD pain meds. I also heard Dougal is being watched by a policewoman. He messed on the station floor.
Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: paris on November 11, 2010, 04:27:36 PM
Thanks Bill!    I bet Carolyn's Mum is really missing Dougal.   My thoughts and prayers will continue to be with both Carolyn and her Mum while the recovery period begins.    :cuddle;
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Post by: okarol on November 11, 2010, 04:44:15 PM
 :waving; Thanks for letting us know!
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Post by: del on November 11, 2010, 06:10:49 PM
Great to know she is doing well. Thank God for morphine!!  Get well soon Carolyn!!
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Post by: looneytunes on November 11, 2010, 07:25:34 PM
Glad to hear Darth is doing well.  We miss you DV, and are sending speedy recovery thoughts your way!   :flower;

And...I wonder if Dougal is behind bars yet?  Can't you just picture him looking through the bars of a cell? 
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Post by: Jean on November 11, 2010, 11:52:01 PM
Get well quick Darthie, we miss you. Hope and   :pray;  all is well with you. Take those drugs girl !!!!
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Post by: Slywalker on November 12, 2010, 06:31:43 AM
Darth - get better real soon.   :grouphug;

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Post by: looneytunes on November 13, 2010, 05:42:08 PM
DV...DV....calling DV...hoping you are recovering and will be back soon.   :cuddle;
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Post by: kitkatz on November 13, 2010, 09:02:44 PM
Get better soon lady friend.
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Post by: Poppylicious on November 14, 2010, 06:22:18 AM
Hope you're still recovering well, Darth!

 ;D
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Post by: cariad on November 14, 2010, 11:11:03 AM
We miss you, Carolyn! Hope to see your delightful posts back here soon! :bestwishes;

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Post by: Sax-O-Trix on November 14, 2010, 11:23:42 AM
I hope everything is going well for Darth and she is recovering quickly :clap;
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Post by: Chris on November 14, 2010, 10:56:45 PM
Hope she has some good meds while there.  :-[
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Post by: YLGuy on November 14, 2010, 11:13:44 PM
Hope to see her post soon.
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Post by: okarol on November 16, 2010, 12:27:47 PM
 :waiting; :pray;
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Post by: thegrammalady on November 16, 2010, 01:15:30 PM
i take it karol's post means no one has heard anything.   oh darth........hope all is well.
Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: del on November 17, 2010, 01:12:03 PM
Carolyn is home from the hospital but still having a lot of pain. Hopefully she will feel well enough to be back online soon!!!
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Post by: kellyt on November 17, 2010, 01:19:20 PM
Good news!   I hope the pain subsides very soon.   :cuddle;
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Post by: looneytunes on November 17, 2010, 03:05:19 PM
Great to hear you are home Darth...take lots of meds and I'm wishing you a speedy recovery!   :cuddle;
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Post by: chook on November 17, 2010, 05:17:21 PM
Hoping the pain is getting under control. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 18, 2010, 02:19:43 AM
Thought you'd gotten rid of me, didn't you???...

Nice try making the morphine almost kill me, but sorry, I'm made of stronger stuff than that!!!!...

Dealing with pain far better at home... I take meds when I need them, not at 'the appropriate intervals'... And I've gone onto the milder stuff... The OxyContin, and Oxynorm made me SO sick!!!!...

Still, I'm back now, and sleeping it all off....

Thank you SO much for your thoughts and prayers...

Biggest thank you to Bill for the call... It was LOVELY to speak to you.... Erm, Ladies... Bill has the most dreamily deep voice I've ever heard... Could listen to him for AGES!!!!!....

As my mum would say "A voice like Testerone on legs!"....

Be good all.....

Love...

Darth....
Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: monrein on November 18, 2010, 04:04:28 AM
Nice to see you back on Darth.   :beer1;
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Post by: del on November 18, 2010, 04:36:19 AM
Nice to see you are getting back to your old self Darth!!! LOL  Take care!!!
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Post by: Rerun on November 18, 2010, 04:37:20 AM
Here's to a speedy recovery.

         :wine;
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Post by: billybags on November 18, 2010, 10:42:17 AM
Lovely to hear from you again, it is so much better to be at home and recoup. You take it easy now.
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Post by: thegrammalady on November 18, 2010, 11:03:09 AM
glad to hear you're home and thing are on the mend. miss your posts and no we didn't think we'd gotten rid of you.
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Post by: chook on November 18, 2010, 04:08:05 PM
Knoing your'e home and on the mend has put a  :) in my day!
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Post by: galvo on November 18, 2010, 04:52:05 PM
Good onya, Darth!
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Post by: Mizar on November 18, 2010, 05:02:04 PM

 Take Care Darth. You Work Hard, this is Your time to rest a little.

 Any chance, Bill, could call Me?  :clap;
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Post by: okarol on November 19, 2010, 12:38:32 AM
 :2thumbsup; Take care of yourself Darth, glad to hear from you!!
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Post by: kitkatz on November 19, 2010, 02:38:44 PM
Hurray! You are back.. 55 stitches is a lot!  Must look like my arm did.
Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: Darthvadar on November 20, 2010, 02:44:33 AM
Hurray! You are back.. 55 stitches is a lot!  Must look like my arm did.

Yep... Not a pretty sight, Kitz....

But hey, it's over now, thank God... Onward and upward.... Can easily stroll around the house on one crutch now... Only do it occasionally, if I want to take Mum a cup of tea for example... I've got FAR better control over pain now, and I'm feeling very confident today.... Starting to get interested in food again, so it's all looking positive... Staples come out on Wed. God willing..... I suppose I'm luckier than most in that I live in a bungalow, and don't have stairs to negotiate...

Still very tired, and drained, but even that's getting better....

Be good, All.... Kitz, you just try... It's all I can expect of you!.....

God bless...

Darth....
Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: Sax-O-Trix on November 20, 2010, 04:10:21 AM
Glad to hear you are home and starting to get around a bit.  Take it easy!
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 20, 2010, 05:28:49 AM
Thanks Sax....

What a cute BT... I love them... SO feisty!....

Love...

Darth...
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Post by: phyl1215 on November 20, 2010, 06:34:07 AM
Happy to hear all is going well and your home.  Keep up the good work.    :2thumbsup;
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Post by: YLGuy on November 20, 2010, 07:57:16 AM
Can easily stroll around the house on one crutch now...
:bandance;
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Post by: Slywalker on November 20, 2010, 08:07:50 AM
Hi Darth - glad to hear you are on the mend!!!!!    :bandance;

Sounds like your reaction to morphine is much like mine..... we are not cut out to be druggies I guess.

Best wishes.    :grouphug;


Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: Darthvadar on November 20, 2010, 09:56:09 AM


Sounds like your reaction to morphine is much like mine..... we are not cut out to be druggies I guess.



Sly, I always say that!!!.... I'd make the world's worst junkie... Just don't enjoy being stoned!!!...

Thanks for the good wishes...

Darth...
Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: kitkatz on November 20, 2010, 12:12:08 PM
I have to try to be good????? Darth, you take the fun out of everything!
Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: Darthvadar on November 20, 2010, 01:32:08 PM
Yep... Taking all the fun out of your life, Kitz... That's my job!!!...  :rofl;
Love...

Darth....
Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: kitkatz on November 20, 2010, 10:05:45 PM
I am sitting in a corner being miserable over here, according to Darth!  Hahahaha! NOT even close!
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 21, 2010, 12:41:49 AM
I am sitting in a corner being miserable over here, according to Darth!  Hahahaha! NOT even close!

Working on it, Kitz... Give me a chance!!!... LOL!!!!!....

Love ya!....

Darth....
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Post by: looneytunes on November 24, 2010, 11:49:53 AM
DV, it's good to see you posting and even better to see you smiling! 
Hugs to you.  :cuddle;
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 24, 2010, 12:59:36 PM
Thanks Looney....

Staples out today, thank God... Still badly bruised, but it's getting there... All looks good, so far...

Be good...

Darth...
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Post by: chook on November 24, 2010, 03:07:10 PM
Glad to read that all is going okay.
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Post by: kitkatz on November 24, 2010, 04:48:04 PM
Staples out! Hurray!  :rofl;
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 25, 2010, 03:37:06 AM
Staples out! Hurray!  :rofl;

Yep!... All out Kitz.... And not one bit sorry to see the back of them... Hope the arm's doing well....

Darth...
Title: Re: Darth's surgery
Post by: kitkatz on November 25, 2010, 08:49:05 PM
I bet you are happy not to have the staples stretching the skin.  I enjoyed my first total shower this morning.
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 26, 2010, 12:40:19 AM
I bet you are happy not to have the staples stretching the skin.  I enjoyed my first total shower this morning.

Certainly am, Kitz....

Had my first Post-Op shower last night... BLISS!!!!!...

Glad your arm's healing well....

Darth...
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Post by: okarol on November 26, 2010, 02:00:04 AM
 :waving; Hi Darth,
Are you doing physical therapy?
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 26, 2010, 05:04:56 AM
Hi Karol...

Yes, working on getting the muscles in order, but I'm having no problems, thank God...

I'm strolling around the house on a walking cane, and taking a few dozen steps without any support... I'm very pleased!... No complaints!...

I've a visit scheduled from the Community Physio on Monday, so if there are any problems, I hope that visit will flag them up...

As far as I know now, it's all good!... Have to see the surgeon on Jan 5th for a check-up....

Love to all...

Darth...
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Post by: Sax-O-Trix on November 26, 2010, 07:44:04 AM
I am glad to hear you are doing well.  Showers are a good thing:)   Is physical therapy standard after a transplant or did you have other issues going into the transplant?
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 26, 2010, 08:52:20 AM
I had a Knee Replacement op, Sax...

Physio's a vital part of the process...

Love to all...

Darth...
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Post by: Chris on November 28, 2010, 09:36:16 PM
Glad your doing well Darth. The physical therapy is the pain in the  :sir ken; part of the surgery. ;D
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Post by: okarol on November 29, 2010, 12:26:30 PM
 :cheer: Great to hear you're healing well Darth!
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 29, 2010, 12:46:58 PM
Yes Karol...

Thank God everything's healing well.... I feel very bruised, but I've been told that as I've EDS, it'll take ages for the bruises to ease....

Oh well, it's getting better....

Love to all...

Darth....
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Post by: looneytunes on November 29, 2010, 03:08:20 PM
Darthie...it's great that the healing is going well.   
Glad to hear it.
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Post by: Darthvadar on November 30, 2010, 03:05:19 AM
Thanks Looney....

Well, we're snowed in!.... About a foot of snow so far... About another foot expected!.... Community physio had to cancel her visit... Roads are trecherous... Paths are worse...

Carer from the Carers Assoc. was in this morning... She showered Mum, and put all the rubbish out into the outside bins, and left out about ten days of D fluids for Mum in the order she'll need them, just in case she can't get here on Thurs...

Thankfully, I did a big grocery shop on Friday, and there's a very good supermarket that I can do an online shop with.....

Baxter delivered yesterday.... I don't know how the driver did it... He was really good... If he'd had any bother getting to us, our Community Gardai had said to deliver it all to the Garda Station, and they'd deliver it up in a jeep... That's REALLY reassuring....

I'm still nursing my bruises, but I'm okay... I'm very lucky really... We've everything we need, good friends, GREAT Community Gardai, and I'm not complaining....

Love to all....

Darth...
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Post by: galvo on November 30, 2010, 02:50:23 PM
Sounding good, Darth. Stay warm and well. Love from Camilla.
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Post by: Slywalker on November 30, 2010, 03:31:18 PM
Hi Darth - sounds like it is time to curl up with a book near a toasty fire.  No snow to speak of here yet - in fact lots of rain and high winds predicted the rest of this week.  The skiers are getting concerned.  Me?  I like driving in rain.

Take good care now.  Glad to hear you are still on the mend.    :flower;

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Post by: Darthvadar on November 30, 2010, 03:41:14 PM
Thanks Camilla and Galvo!... Sorry Galvo, but Camilla is the better looking part of your partnership!.... She's a beauty!....

Erm, Slywalker... Would you like my snow???... I'll happily let you have it all.... No charge!... LOL....

Love...

Darth..