Having surgery to remove my gallbladder on the 28th if anyone can send some mast cell stabilizing vibes and/or prayers my way they would  be VERY appreciated.



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Ana,

I subscribed to your blog a few months ago and have been following it with great interest. Your posts have helped normalize my experience of MCAS and I'm sure many others have and will benefit from the detailed information you share about your life with mast cell issues.

I am sending you massive amounts of mast cell stabilizing vibes! I'll be thinking about you and continuing to send good thoughts your way.

Thanks so much everyone!

So kind of you!!

Lyn-- did your chips turn out? So glad you tried them! They have really made the restrictions so much easier! I have them and yam chips at least once a week. Maybe they'll be my last post surgery meal. So great that they're fat and additive free too. I appreciate all of your help along the way.

Hi Ana,

I hope all goes well. You've certainly done your homework on the subject!  Will look forward to your post about how well you did after it's over! .

Ana;
Please remember as you are drifting off right before surgery...
There are people whom you've never met in person, that are sending positive vibes, & prayers your way! You will be in our thoughts til you are "back on the other side". I hope this eases some of the stress, that you have a peaceful Thanksgiving!!!
lori

Ana, please keep us updated when you are up to it ofcourse! You have done so much to help yourself so stay positive!  Prays for you!  

Gosh, I hate to be offline for so long, I miss all the "fun"!   Sorry, Ana my computer crashed for good and I´m only now getting back online more consistantly!!!

Yep, Ana, as you know I went through the Daddy of all surgeries and survived it and it wasn´t due to any positive thoughts or well wishing on my part which did it.  I have my religious beliefs I could talk about but I won´t for  I don´t think that´s necessary.   However, what I do think is the MAJOR REASON why I managed to get through that surgery is due to the incredible care and planning which was done by all of the doctors and their crew who took my concerns and my disease very seriously!!!   Once they began to show me their serious attitudes and their willing to listen to me I began to LET GO AND RELAX!!!

But the success of this wasn´t totally theirs, it was also mine due to all of the prior homework I´d done to get things to this point that also was a major contribution to it all.

However, this is a team project and now that you´ve done all that you possibly can to assure that things are ready, you have but one more job left to you, that of LETTING GO AND RELAXING!!!!

Ana, as you well know those pesky, rebellious, defiant and angry MCs just LOVE a party based on anxiety, strong emotions and lack of sleep!!!   You have but one more job which is to get yourself into that surgery IN GOOD SHAPE!!!   And that means RELAXED and WELL RESTED!!    You must find some kind of means of getting your anxieties and concerns under control, making sure you are very well rested prior to your surgery.  You can´t go into it tired and anxious and if that means you have some "artificial" help, meaning meds, then so be it!!!

 Once I was hospitalized a week or so prior to my surgery to prep for it I told the doctors that I WANTED medication for sleeping at night.   Hospitals are notorious for being horrible for a good night´s sleep - my husband jokes that this way nobody thinks it´s a hotel so that they want to stay!   Well, knowing how vital sleep is to keep MCs quiet I knew that I was going to need help if I would sleep the night through, so I didn´t care what they thought about this, I asked for meds to help me sleep!   I also took ear plugs to make sure any noises going on in the hallway would not waken me (nor my roommate for that matter!).  This helped me to be in good condition for my surgery.   And it was a good measure too cause my nerves went into HIGH GEAR from the point I was hospitalized and I was flushing just due to my own anxieties knowing what I was willingly going into.    I was not to the point of needing anti-anxiety meds, thankfully, and I had my computer and was able to keep my mind well occuppied and entertained with friends and family and movies, etc.   I did plenty of Youtubing and caught up on a ton of reruns of Johnny Carson and other old programs which kept me in good spirits and laughing!   I didn´t have anyone to visit me since I was in Sao Paulo and 5 hours away from everyone I knew and loved, but in keeping my mind occupied and busy I didn´t allow time for my emotions or thoughts to go into the wrong direction.   If I had begun to feel emotionally overwhelmed, however, I would have asked for anti-anxiety meds in a blink!!!    So it was through these means that I kept my reacting at a very bare minimum and I went into my surgery IN PEACE and RELAXED and CONFIDENT for I knew my doctors were totally on board and that I had nothing more to do but to LET THEM DO THEIR JOBS!!!


So, this is your homework, from now until the hour of your surgery, this is all that you have left to do!!!!   It´s not an easy task, but I can assure you, an important one!!!


I´m praying for you and am CONFIDENT that you will be FINE!!!!


All my love!!

Lisa

Hi Ana,

  I will be thinking of you on the 28th!  

  Have you thought of bringing water in glass bottles or jars?  I save my glass spring water bottles (and lids) and refill them with filtered from my house for trips and walks.  Or, any store that sells wine or beer making equipment will have new gallon glass bottles with handles on them.

  Looking forward to hearing from you post-op!  I'm sure you will feel so much better when that pesky gall bladder is gone!  It's just been causing too much trouble   !

  If nothing else, you've certainly done your homework on this, so everything should go really smoothly.