Anyway, I had a really good weekend besides the game today. Heather was home from school in Florida and we had a few days together as a family before she leaves for England tomorrow (she'll be gone a month). Last night we went to the Melting Pot, a fondue place, for an early mother's day and my parents really liked it. Me and Heather have been there before but they never had so it was a really fun experience for them. The chocolate fondue is amazing.... that is literally the only reason I go there haha
mom, dad, heather
But yea, after dinner me, Heather, and her bf Jeremy went to go see Baby Mama. It was pretty good.. funny but not as great as i had expected. I really want to go see Made of Honor and Forgetting Sarah Marshall still... I think me and Christina are going to see one of the two on Friday before we go out and celebrate the end of finals. woo hooo
I just realized that next Tuesday (May 13th) I'm going to get my preadmission testing for my surgery. I have to get a blood test, chest xray, and an ekg (which I've never had before). And then the week after that is my surgery (Thursday, May 22). I'm not really nervous about it anymore but I know once it gets closer I will be. It's just kind of scary not knowing what exactly to expect. They're removing my birth mark (large congenital nevus) since there's a chance it could turn into cancer or possibly spread further. They have to go pretty deep into my foot so they have to take a skin graft from my thigh. Apparently the scar from the skin graft will heal and lighten over time but the scar on my foot will be pretty noticeable.
Right after the surgery I'm going to have a cast up to my knee for 2 weeks. During that time I literally can ONLY get out of bed to use the bathroom, which I'll need crutches for. Then I have to go to the plastic surgeon to get the cast removed and he'll replace it with a smaller cast for another 2 weeks. He said after that month I should be able to get around with a smaller bandage on but the oncologist told me I might be out of commission and wearing a boot thing up until August. SOOO i'm not exactly sure what to expect. My healing time could be 1-3 months depending on how the skin graft takes and whatnot. I guess I'll see.
The news of my surgery has already made me realize who my true friends are. It means a lot to me to have people saying they support me and they'll be there when I'm stuck in bed and everything. Some people have reacted in ways that have really hurt my feelings. But i guess i'll see more of their true colors once i actually get the surgery. It's really true that you only have a small group of friends in your life that you can really count on and it's in times of need that you realize who those people are. Over the past year i've changed so many things in my life and i'm thankful for the people who have stood by me or the new people i've met along the way.
Okay, enough being so emotional haha.
this is what my life looks like right now:
this week....
monday- last gender&comm. class, P.R. final group presentation
tuesday- work 10-2
wednesday- DAY OFF!! work on outline for group project...
thursday- media crit group presentation, work 1:30-5
friday- work 10-5 (Christina is coming in to interview for my job! haha), movie/dinner/out with Christina!!
saturday- home
next week....
sunday- mother's day--family stuff
monday- day off... hopefully see friends from home
tuesday- preadmission testing wooooohoooo
weds-fri- work 10-5
then basically i'll be getting my crap together (clothes, laptop, books, dvds, cat) and bringing everything home. my surgery is the 22nd and i'll be out of my apartment and home with my parents for at least a month so i need to take a bunch of stuff home and get settled.
wow my summer is off to a really crappy start huh... ha. it kind of felt good to write it all down... okay no more complaining from me. POSITIVE THINKING. I'm a huge believer in "The Secret"... totally makes sense. It has definitely made a huge impact on my life. Read it love it live it hahah xoxo
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