Monday Mailbox Monday (3 of 3)

CMash April 26, 2010 7 Comments

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I am listing books received over the past 3 weeks and they are:

Alexandria, Gone by Anna McPartlin (Simon & Schuster)
The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer (An autographed copy won from Reading At The Beach Blog)
The University by Jeffrey Leever (Omnimystery)
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani (won from Bermudaonion Blog)
The Journey Home by Michael Baron (The Story Plant)
The Hypnotist by MJ Rose (The Book Trib/Meryl L. Moss Media Relations Inc.)

Medical Journey

AGAIN !!!!!

CMash April 25, 2010 9 Comments

OK…..going to try this for a second time !!!!!!!! I am back again and hopefully this time to stay. I missed all my book blogging friends and apologize that there has been no update. Will give a quick summary of why I haven’t been here.

MY

JOURNEY

Unfortunately I had a major setback. After being discharged to home after the surgery I had a bad reaction to one of my pain meds, which played havoc on my blood pressure. Because of this, on 2 occasions, while walking with my walker I experienced signs of low blood pressure (becoming faint) and fell. I was rushed to our local hospital both times and then on the 2nd ER visit to make sure no damage was done to the hardware in my back, I was transported to the out of state hospital where the surgery was done. Once there and readmitted, I had some major complications that at times were critical. But as of Friday night I turned the corner and was able to be discharged to home yesterday. I am weak and still have a lot of post op pain but feel that now I am on the right road to recovery…..it will take time but I am willing to take baby steps. It feels good to be home.

I have a lot of catching up to do !!!!!!! I am very behind in my reading and reviews, never even opened a book while in hospital because I was too sick. I also need to catch up with all my favorite blogs and resubscribe to newsletters. HAVE A FAVOR TO ASK…..if you have any news that I might have missed over the past 3 weeks and would like to share, I would love to hear about it. It will take time but eventually I will be back to my old self and schedule. It can only get better from here !!!! I am glad to be back and plan on staying this time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Medical Journey

AGAIN !!!!!

CMash April 25, 2010 9 Comments

OK…..going to try this for a second time !!!!!!!! I am back again and hopefully this time to stay. I missed all my book blogging friends and apologize that there has been no update. Will give a quick summary of why I haven’t been here.

MY

JOURNEY

Unfortunately I had a major setback. After being discharged to home after the surgery I had a bad reaction to one of my pain meds, which played havoc on my blood pressure. Because of this, on 2 occasions, while walking with my walker I experienced signs of low blood pressure (becoming faint) and fell. I was rushed to our local hospital both times and then on the 2nd ER visit to make sure no damage was done to the hardware in my back, I was transported to the out of state hospital where the surgery was done. Once there and readmitted, I had some major complications that at times were critical. But as of Friday night I turned the corner and was able to be discharged to home yesterday. I am weak and still have a lot of post op pain but feel that now I am on the right road to recovery…..it will take time but I am willing to take baby steps. It feels good to be home.

I have a lot of catching up to do !!!!!!! I am very behind in my reading and reviews, never even opened a book while in hospital because I was too sick. I also need to catch up with all my favorite blogs and resubscribe to newsletters. HAVE A FAVOR TO ASK…..if you have any news that I might have missed over the past 3 weeks and would like to share, I would love to hear about it. It will take time but eventually I will be back to my old self and schedule. It can only get better from here !!!! I am glad to be back and plan on staying this time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Misc

CMash April 16, 2010 8 Comments

I am home from the hospital and have been reunited with Lily Laptop. First, I want to thank everyone for the well wishes, thoughts and prayers. I truly believe that the prayers that were offered up for me worked as I had a serious complication but am ok now. The surgeries were successful. I am definitely not jumping up and down like my little smiley buddy, but with time I hopefully will be. I am walking with a walker and still in the height of postoperative pain. I will try to get back into blogging slowly but it is hard due to the pain. I also want to thank the new followers that have visited and decided they liked my blog. Hopefully it will be sooner than later that I am fully up and ~~running~~, ~~strutting,~~ ~~skipping,~~ taking baby steps. Again thank you. It is good to be back. Missed you all !!!!

Misc

CMash April 16, 2010 8 Comments

I am home from the hospital and have been reunited with Lily Laptop. First, I want to thank everyone for the well wishes, thoughts and prayers. I truly believe that the prayers that were offered up for me worked as I had a serious complication but am ok now. The surgeries were successful. I am definitely not jumping up and down like my little smiley buddy, but with time I hopefully will be. I am walking with a walker and still in the height of postoperative pain. I will try to get back into blogging slowly but it is hard due to the pain. I also want to thank the new followers that have visited and decided they liked my blog. Hopefully it will be sooner than later that I am fully up and ~~running~~, ~~strutting,~~ ~~skipping,~~ taking baby steps. Again thank you. It is good to be back. Missed you all !!!!

Misc

Cheryl’s Update

CMash April 9, 2010 11 Comments

Hello everyone. This is Cheryl’s younger son, Mark. I would like to inform you that the surgery was successful with minimal complications. She is doing great and we expect her to come home soon to begin the recovery process. I talked to her today and she is looking forward to get back on and talk to you all. Have a great week everyone!

Misc

While I Am Gone

CMash April 3, 2010 3 Comments

Once discharged, it is going to be hard to catch up on all the blogs that I follow and/or subscribe to so I would like to ask a favor. If you have a second and think that there is someting that I might be interested in that is happening in bloggy land, would you kindly add it here so I have a starting point of which way to go when I get home. Thanking you all in advance. Have a great week !!!!!!