Jenna,
How are you? And how is the radiation going? Are you almost done? I noted your encouragement to Lyn, and it sounds like we have had very similar surgeries. I know that I lost some time there and even had to hydrate at the clinic several days before tx. When I say lost time, I mean I was functional, but have very little recall of all the goings on... of course the hydrocodone may have had something to do with that. I recall the days where you are at this point as being a trial where I had to force one footstep after the next, knowing that it would all be over soon. One of the radtechs told me early on, 'it'll be over before you know it,' well it got over, but I counted every visit. T-1 was my count, meaning on the next to the last day my count was 0, but in reality I had one to go. Now, no more pain killers, but plenty of Miles 480 mouthwash, or Duke's it's called by some... the stuff really works for me. Please let me know how you are doing.
Godspeed, John