Happy new year!

It’s always enlightening to go through my photo archives at the end of the year to see what has transpired in the past twelve months. Click the image below to view my 2005 collection of favorite images. Please be patient while the photos load:

Thank you for being a part of my 2005.

Flashback: 2004 was a tough year (with Hubby deployed to Iraq), but friends and family got me through it: 2004 in Pictures. I am so blessed.

Besides the incisions, which are still healing, I have a few other issues I am dealing with right now.

– It hurts whenever I engage my abdominal muscles even the slightest.

– The carbon dioxide that they pumped into my abdomen is causing an extremely sharp pain under my diaphragm and a dull ache in my shoulder. It hurts like a ninny to lie down.

– I woke up feeling more pain than yesterday.

– Worst of all, my stomach feels bloated and I need to poo, but I can’t.

That’s my status update for today. Let’s hope the poo thing resolves itself tomorrow or else I’m going to be very grouchy.

Mindless Entertainment:
– Too Beautiful To Lie, 2003 (South Korea)
– World Sumo Challenge: Battle of the Giants, ESPN2

Two surgeries in 2005. Let’s hope that fulfilled my quota for a while.

I went back and read some of my thoughts from my January tonsillectomy on my dot-com site. I seemed to have more of a sense of humor back then. In case you missed it the first time around or perhaps want to re-live the drama, here it is:

– Under the Knife
– 911
– January life.blog archives

I also want to thank all of you who left well-wishes in my comments and e-mail. Have a happy and safe new year!

As Hubby drove us to Queen’s Hospital, I lifted a prayer for the procedure, that God guide the hands of the surgeons, grant wisdom to the attending staff, and peace to my heart. We both said a quiet amen and left the matter in the hands of the Lord. Continue Reading »

Just a quick note to report that I am alive!

I survived the procedures: D&C, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, and a chromopertubation. I even came home with pictures of my innards. (Don’t worry, I will not subject you to them.) They inflated my tummy and made two incisions: one in my belly button and another a couple inches below that. Thus, the gauze over my piko in the photo. Aside from that, I’m relatively unscathed.

I’m going to lie down and relax a bit. Maybe watch a foreign movie or two. Funny ones. I’ll give a full account of the experience later.

Mahalo for your thoughts and prayers and I certainly appreciate the comments you left on my previous entry! *hugs to everyone*

I’ve been struggling with the “to share or not to share” question for a couple of weeks now. Was it really necessary for me to tell the Internet about my health, with all the sordid details? Maybe not, but I liken my site to an ongoing documentary of my life. Unless I record the bad with the good, it won’t be an accurate testimony. So, for those who wish to be spared from the knowledge, don’t click “read on” and go look at some pictures instead. You have been warned. Continue Reading »