Got the call...

I got the call from the hospital today and my surgery has been scheduled for the middle of November-ish.

Now is when I start to get nervous!! Anesthesia scares me. Pain isn’t my favorite thing. Catheters are pretty low on this list of Oprah’s favorite things, or so I’ve heard... harvesting my own body parts doesn’t sound like a picnic and I made the mistake of watching this surgery on YouTube and let me be your friend when I tell you, don’t. I took one for the team and we’re good.

And!! The Astros lost the World Series.

Good news... Halloween!!! Yes! The family is going out for dinner to celebrate the dead coming to visit..... You, not me.... I don’t need any dead relatives lurking about. And then what time is it?

Christmas! That’s what time! And that Big dinner in November too.... but, Christmas!! In my Hallmark Movie community and I have been waiting for this since June. Bring on the Holidays! Songs, decorations, shopping, trees, turtle doves and Hallmark Movies! Cocoa, cider, soups, long sleeve shirts! Yes!

Speaking of long sleeve shirts.... last weekend the community started their Halloween week and the grandkids came over. I was wearing a shirt that reads “ Baby it’s cold outside” PS: it’s gone from 90 degrees to 30 degrees in about a week! Anyway, the grand daughter looked at the snowflake and then me and said.... Elsa? Omg! I could have hugged her fucking head off! There is something so wonderful about tiny little children. I suppose that’s why I had so many.

Night!

Tracy
#Fireandbrimstone

Welcome!

Hey, so let’s get to the business of the day.

I had a procedure done by a surgeon over a week ago. We can’t find the “exact” cause for why I’ve been in a spiral of, Kidney infection/ Sepsis.... antibiotics... kidney infection/sepsis. So, one thing that we are planning to do soon is reverse some of the surgery that was done during my Hysterectomy. No, I’m not getting a new uterus, thank God, but I had other surgeries done at the same time. One is a well know procedure that has a billion lawsuits attached. I was told that my surgeon could guarantee that the way he performed the surgery, there was no way that I would have the horrible issues that can come along with it........

This is what will happen...

I will be cut open from side to side through my tummy. My fascia in an area will be removed to use in the following surgery. Now, the way I’m doing it is by choosing to use my own fascia. There are other options... donated tissue from a cadaver or from a pig ( porcine). Those choices would be less painful but, we know me, I’m the zebra, my body *will* reject either of those option, let’s be real.

Then what was placed in me will be removed as best as it can be, from inside me. Unfortunately, five years later my body will have grown around it and it’s very very hard to remove. This means that pieces will remain inside me.

My surgeon works in a magnate hospital so I’m really hoping that he is the heinous that he’s suppose to be. He does get my sarcastic sense of humor so, he’s already got a leg up on most people.

The recovery period is about 5 weeks.


Other than that.... remember the black box antibiotic I was on? The one that could snap a tendon!? Ya, well...... I have an injured tendon and muscle on the left side of my jaw. It hurt like the sun of a thousand suns when it happened. Now it just hurts my childhood memories.

My doctor says the silver lining is that it wasn’t my ankle. Um, ya, I.... suppose so but.... suddenly screaming in pain in public when I’ve somehow managed to forget that my jaw “breaks” easily and I’ve ordered the steak, well, it doesn’t feel very much like a silver lining.... knock on wood though for my foot isn’t dangling off my leg stub either..... Yet.

So there ya go. It’s a good time!

Wanna know a secret that I can’t tell anyone about? But, you’ll keep the secret right??

My OM and her husband are expecting a BABY!! My girl baby is expecting a baby!  Grandkids are coming fast and furious.  I’ll talk about the grandparent journey next time. It’s really changed my everything so much!

Tracy

In The Beginning....

There was....

The Art of Me

How exciting! Come along with me in my new Journey.......

Mind Body and Soul. Who we are is a combination of all our parts.

Walk with me through this new journey and time of my life. Be here and now, not backward, not forward, here and now.

Also, I'm excited for a place to show my art.

WELCOME.

Ps: I have a huge secret! So huge that I can barely contain it!!! Coming soon!

Tracy

#Phoenix