Well, we had a great day yesterday walking around town. We spent hours trying to find the Deutche Bank machine that mom had google mapped for us but of course we forgot to bring when we left. We asked many Germmans directions but no one who spoke English knew. Althought the hotel and cab driver speak English we are finding that in the shops and restaurants there is a large language barrier. I was not expecting this. The year I spent travelling in Europe many years ago was mostly in big cities so we always found that many people spoke English.
Well, I'm off to the hospital. More news when I can.
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Oh no! It stinks when you are trying to communicate with people who don't speak english.
Thinking of you! Good luck today with the cleansing...
Hey Cheryl! Glad you got to get out and aroung a bit. We just wanted to wish you the best of luck tomorrow. We will be thinking about you.
Dyane and Bruce
That sucks!! We are all thinking of you and can't wait for tomorrow to get here. You are going to do great. Miss you!!
good luck tomorrow!!!
hope all goes well
Mike and Gab
Ditto what Amber says - You are going to do great and we are all so excited for you! Feel the love baby! Looking forward to your next posting! Christy
Aren't those Germans stubbord, not learning to speak english! Just wanted to wish you good luck. I'll be thinking about you.
Monique
thinking about you this morning. you know I was thinking, you mau wake up tsller!!!
sounds like german to me... I mean you may wake up taller!!
she will be taller i grew 1 full inch after a single level adr.
chuck
Dear Cheryl,
As I write this, I imagine that your surgery is already over and you are on the road to recovery. I'm 5.5 years post-op from my 2-level lumbar... same as yours, L4-S1. I hope that your recovery is as amazing as mine... an incredible rebirth. More than 5 years later, I'm still riding my bike to work and am able to enjoy life at a level that I never thought I would see again.
Straubing is wonderful... Dr. B is excellent. I'm looking forward to reading about your excellent recovery and your return to a normal life.
All the best.
Mark
Cheryl,
Glad to hear you came out of surgery ok. Heard you are in a lot of pain, hope that will get better soon. Hang in there!
Monique
Cheryl, Jack, Maureen and I are keeping in touch with Dave. Very glad to hear that you are out of surgery. Sorry that you are in so much pain but sure that that will get better! We will be thinking of you and pulling for you during your recovery.
Love from your mother-in-law, Anne
Cheryl, So glad you are feeling better as your aunt has said each hour and day she can see change. We are all here thinking of you and miss you and can't wait to see the new you. I also miss my happy hour buddy and hanging out bud. See you soon!!
Amber
You are one brave woman. Those x-rays make my back hurt!! Glad to hear you are improving daily. I know you are going to feel even better when they let you shower.
I tried to call Cheryl... couldn't get through. I want to let her know that for me, the first week post-op was absolutely horrible. Pain, pain, pain... at day 3,4,5 when I was supposed to be getting better, I was getting worse. We all hear about the quick and easy recoveries, but the normal recovery is difficult and a worse than average recovery can be really tough. I was scheduled to go home on day 10, but there is no way I could have traveled. I rescheduled to come home on day 15 and that was OK. Day 16, I started to taper off the meds and at 4 weeks post-op I was opiate free and have never looked bach (now 5.5 years.)
My point is that early recovery does not matter. What matters is how you feel 6 months and years from now. (A tough recovery makes for a better story too!) After my miserable 2 weeks post-op, I was playing tennis at 3 months... skiing and rock-climbing at 4.
I wish you that and even more!!! All the best,
Mark
Hi Cheryl- Thinking of you. I'm glad the surgery went well. I have been getting the updates from your Mom. Wish I could do something for you. I'm glad you have so much support down in NC!
Derryl
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