Ready to Get Back to the Real, Authentic, Raw, Natural ME! Sarasota, FL

Wednesday morning, May 4th was my surgery. I am doing well overall. I am more sore and tired today, but I think it is because I was up allot, less pain meds, no more anesthesia on board, and the nerves are connecting again. It is no joke that we have to take it easy. Yesterday I thought I would be up doing things all day today, but I am still in bed. Getting up intermittenly. I am ready for a nap now too. Surgery went well. I saw my implants and capsules with no visable mold or debris. My doctor did say I bled twice as much as most people because I was so inflammed around the implants and that my body was rejecting them. SO I am SOOOOOOOOOO glad they are OUT! Thank you for those who have checked in on me. I can't wait to start running a few errands and getting back to me. Oh, and taking a shower...today I am not ready for that just yet! Love you all. XOXO

This will be my last update before explant! I am flying out tomorrow morning and I have to leave or the airport around 5:15am. Then I arrive and have my pre-op. Surgery the next morning at 7:30 with a 6:30am arrival time. If you are the praying type, please say some prayers for me. I would appreciate any that I can get. I am going to go pack right now...spend the evening with my beautiful kids and be fully present with them. Thank you ALL of you for being there...It has been such an emotional road and I am ready to heal. Love you all. XOXO
Lisa

At this time next week I will be out of surgery and recovering in my hotel room. SH*T just got real!! Holy crapola! I have been doing pretty well with it overall. I am having the blues off and on...not really about explant, but just about LIFE. Then I got my period today. This was actually a REALLY good thing, because I was afraid I was going to get it while I was away for surgery. And, it helped explain all the tears I have had over the past few days. I woke up and I was like "ohhhhh, now that makes ALLOT of sense!" I am more than ready to go, but...and it is a big but....I hate leaving my kids. I do go on trips every now and then without them, but when I get put under, well that makes me a little nervous. But everyone does it, and everyone does fine...right? (Just say YES!)
I had acupuncture this week, saw my therapist last friday (she is new to me, but she is more like talking to a good friend who doesn't judge you AT ALL). She is BIG into visualization and used it while she healed from cancer and said it helped her heal so much that her doctors were amazed. So I am going to be really focusing on that. I am going to pick a book to read on the plane so I don't go crazy in my head making up 100,000 scenarios. I am really good at that!
I am making a list of questions to ask the doctor since I get 2-3 hours with her the day before surgery. I am grateful for ALL of you who have encouraged me, made me laugh, made me cry (good tears) by knowing you CARE and you get it. We are strong, we are warriors and our scars prove we were stronger than what was inside of us. I am blessed to have you are in my life. Keep sharing, keep smiling, and most of all...keep loving YOU. XOXO Lisa