You will be in my prayers, SLJP. You are a brave woman, and you will come through this just fine.
Before surgery, think of pink boxes. That's gotten a lot of my friends through surgery. The pink boxes are cake boxes that were always a happy time when we were kids.
God bless and keep you safe!
Thank you so much, Slip18! I tried to post to you three times, but I got selfish and tried to post graphics, and my system crashed each time! So I spent all of yesterday installing and tweaking that good ol' memory hog, Norton System Works. Even Windows XP is inadequate, compared to ol' Norton, when it comes to finding "ickies." I still haven't finished defragmenting! Windows XP said my hard drive was fine; Norton said it was horribly defragmented. I trust ol' selfish Norton, for all his faults. (And he's usually quick, if you're not 20% defragmented!!)
Anyway, God bless you, and I hope you had a blessed Easter! Your kind wishes and prayers mean soooo much to me; I think I'll print out this thread and take all your messages to me into pre-op, and post-op! Knowing that there are wonderful FReepers who actually care is a great source of comfort and strength to me. I can't even explain my feelings, and what an emotional boost you all gift me with!
Many blessings to you!