One Week To Today!

Oh wow, I am so bad about writing on this blog.  I am wanting to do better and about this.  As, I am typing this, I am thinking that wow, one week tomorrow I will be in a recovery room for the surgery that was supposed to be earlier in the year but due to set back, had to be pushed back.  I am currently thinking about what all needs to get done at work and I know that as the week narrows and I realize that OH MY GOODNESS, 7 days from today I could look better and have a functional jaw bone.  

This is a new concept for me as I have not had one really for my whole life.  Yes, my former doctor attempted to make one however, just like true Manda fashion, I do not do anything normal or rather it does not end up the way that it was planned.

I am blessed to have my friends, family, and co-workers in my life who are supporting me thru this journey.  I have made friends through this process and I know that in the end it will be better.  I have been asked, am I doing this for me to help make myself "feel good" or am I doing it because I want to...I think it is a little bit of both.  I want to have the option to look normal however, I have been thinking about this...what is normal?  

As, I ponder this week I will post different reflections.  Some will be related to the surgery and some will not.  For example, I was driving the other day and heard a singer sing a song that she wrote about being bullied in school and yes, I will have a post on this.  

So.....stay tuned....

As always, My favorite Verse "All can do all things thru Christ Jesus who Gives me Strength."  I have to hold on to this!

Love,
Manda!

Overwhelemed

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!  I am overwhelmed with all of the love and support that I have been receiving from people at work and friends and family.  I am so nervous.  If I think about it there is only three days before the big day!  I have told people that while this surgery/procedure is complicated, it is from the world go.  It has been over ten years since I have been in the operating room and being put to sleep.  They have to go down a certain way otherwise it will not work.  

I am nervous not just about the surgery itself but that whole process before, the after, and the recovery.  Like, I said, it has been over ten years since I have gone through anything like this.  I do know that everything happens for a reason.  

I have been quiet over the last week but that is because I have been sick.  I would come home from work and be exhausted.  

I hope you all have a good day and weekend!  

Love, 

Manda Moo

TWO WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!

Oh MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  While we rang in the New Year on the way home from my aunt's house this morning, I realized that my surgery is in TWO WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Oh no...I am so nervous and my mind is going a mile a minute.  

I am so nervous and the problem is not the surgery itself but it's outcome.  What will I look like?  Will it take? How much pain is there going to be?  I know these are questions that will be answered after I have surgery and oh yes, there will be pictures to come..don't you worry for my blogger world.  

So, to prepare what have I been doing this New Year's Day???  I have been attempting to catch up on my laundry and doing the dishes so far today, I am on my 4th load of laundry and 3rd load of dishes.  Oh my...is this what nesting feels like?  

Again, I thank-you all for reading my blog and posting comments.  I am sure there will be more to come within the next TWO WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Have I said that enough yet????

Oh and by the way this journey has lead me back to a wonderful person.  She was a nurse at my former oral surgeons office and have not talked to her in forever.  I am so glad that we have reconnected.  Man, things sure have changed!

I hope everyone has what they all dream of in 2013.  As one of my former bosses said "Make it great!"  So let's make 2013 GREAT!!!!!!!  I know I am going to try my hardest!

Love,

Manda Moo!