Tag: Surgery
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Impermanence
Written March 18, 2022 Day 20!!!!! 2 Weeks // 10 Days Left!!! I am just feeling so incredibly thankful to be doing as well as I am. Even this morning, I woke up with tons of increased swelling, my lisp from post-op was back, & I quickly sent a message to my care team due…
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A reason to smile
Written February 27, 2022 My sweet sweet nurse friend told me she has a face case patient just like me & the patient was so sad and discouraged with how she is & looks, so my friend told her about me & showed her how I look even a few weeks post op & the…
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Amazing Grace
Written and Recorded January 25, 2022 “The only constant in life is change” Edit January 25, 2024 Gosh – this was a tough one to watch. My heart breaks for myself then. There was so much I didn’t know – what was coming, what would be, what even could be – I’m so glad I…
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Walgreens’ Pain Meds
Written 01/21/2022 When you have to start using the Walgreens pain meds “C’Mon!!!” New Year New Thoughts Written 01/02/2024 It is wild to look back at how much pain medication I genuinely needed two years ago. Even with the oxycodone, fentanyl patches, liquid lidocaine, ibuprofen, Tylenol…to name a few…I was still in so much pain…
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One Year Post-Op
Written 01/14/2023 “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” – Frida Kahlo Your spirit can endure so much more than you ever thought possible, and if that doesn’t feel true right now, that’s okay, everything changes. January 15, 2022 – January 14, 2023 Edit: 01/15/2024 Another big lift…
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Leaving the hospital
Written 01/21/2022 Let’s blow this popsicle stand, shall we? Loooong road to go, but today it takes me home Leaving behind a tracheostomy, taking a patch I’ll have to press on to talk for a week, leaving my NG tube, headed for a full liquid diet, no more wound vac or drains or foley, left…
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The day after surgery
Written 01/13/2022, Originally shared 01/15/2022 Reflecting on the last 10 years – 16 to 26 – I got my first job & saved up to go on my first international trip (Paris – with the French Club), caught the travel bug & booked my first solo trip to NYC where my cousin showed me the…
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The night before surgery
Written 01/13/2022 Photo by Lisa Lefler Laughing at the cancer that decided to mess with me knowing it’ll be gone tomorrow
a small hope 