JUST TO CLEAR SOME THINGS UP, I NEED TO ADD THAT THE PROCEDURE SEEMS TO BE A SUCCESS AT THIS POINT, BUT IT'S ONLY BEEN A TWO DAYS SINCE THE PROCEDURE. I WROTE TO CINDY THAT I HAD A COUPLE OF COMPLICATIONS....THE FIRST WAS THAT I HAD EXCRUTIATING PAIN THAT WAS SO PERSISTANT THAT THE DOCTORS COULD NOT CONTROL MY PAIN EVEN WITH 9 DEMERAL SHOTS AND TWO PERCOCETS. THE NURSES TRIED EVERYTHING FROM HOT AIR RUNNING UNDER MY COVERS ONTO MY TUMMY, TO MASSAGES OF MY LEGS, TO A RECLINER CHAIR AND OF COURSE, LOTS OF MEDICINE. THAT WAS THE FIRST OF MY COMPLICATIONS. THEN THE SECOND WAS THAT I GOT A PAIN THAT RADIATED DOWN MY LEG. WE CALLED THE DOCTOR AFTER GETTING HOME THAT NIGHT AND HE WAS CONCERNED THAT I MAY HAVE A BLOOD CLOT OR A DAMAGED NERVE FROM THE PROCEDURE. IF IT DIDN'T GO AWAY BY SATURDAY, I WAS TO GO BACK INTO THE HOSPITAL TO CHECK FOR A POSSIBLE BLOOD CLOT. BUT IT HAS SUBSIDED AND I THINK IT WAS JUST SO MUCH PAIN AND IT WAS CAUSING IT TO GO TO MY LEG. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER EXPLANATION. THE DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT MOST WOMEN DO NOT HAVE THAT SEVERE OF PAIN AND IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR IT TO BE SO PERSISTANT, BUT I AM FEELING MUCH BETTER. I STILL HAVE SOME CRAMPING AND A LITTLE LIGHT BLEEDING, BUT I CAN HANDLE THAT NOW. I SURE HOPE THAT I DIDN'T SCARE ANYONE BY WRITING ABOUT "COMPLICATIONS". IT WAS REALLY TOO SOON FOR ME TO TELL, BUT I WANTED TO POST ON THE BOARD ABOUT GETTING HOME AND LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT I WAS OK. AND TO TELL YOU ALL THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR NICE NOTES AND PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK!!!
LOTS OF LOVE AND HUGS....SLEEP GOOD, I'M GOING TO BED LOVE, TONYA
-- Tonya Fleming