I think I am, finally, going to be alright. I just had an operation that I put off having for many years, but now I'm really glad I did it. I'm also very happy its over. Let me start at the beginning.

   When I was young, I had quite a bit of stomach pain. Then, when I began operating a printing press, about 20 years ago, I started having lots of heartburn. I kept a bottle of Tums on my desk and ate several a day, then after a few years I started taking over the counter acid reducers. After I started driving a truck, our doctor prescribed the new acid reducers. Prilosec first, then Nexium. I still had heartburn and was told I needed an operation to close the flap at the top of my stomach.

   No way I said. Nobody is going to cut holes in me, stick in a bunch of sharp metal objects, and cut, tie, and rearrange my insides. So I started taking 2 of the heavy duty acid reducers a day and ate bunches of Tums. Then somebody reminded how my grandfather died. (Those who are squeamish should look away during the next few sentences.) He constantly had heartburn. In his late 50's it got worse and one day he started throwing up blood, was taken to the hospital, and died a few days later.

   Finally, after a sleepless night of heartburn, late last year, I decided I was going to let them cut holes in me, stick in a bunch of sharp metal objects, and cut, tie, and rearrange my insides. First, I had to take some tests. One of them determined how much acid was in my esophagus. The surgeon said, "if I scored a 14 on their scale, I would be eligible for the surgery". I scored a 67.  The surgery was scheduled for Feb. 5th.

   On the morning of the 5th we drove to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. I was taken to a small room and an IV was started. The doctors came in and basically said they would take good care of me then I started feeling sleepy. I heard a nurse say, "give hugs and kisses", and I was out. I barely remember looking around the recovery room, then I was being wheeled into my hospital room with a bunch of holes in my belly.

   I couldn't be happier with how easy it went. They gave me a button that would give me a shot of morphine when I pushed it. The next day, after a scan, they sent me home. They gave me pills that took care of the pain for 4 weeks and then released me to come back to work.

   I have not had one bit of heartburn since the day of the surgery. About my only side effect has been an occasional feeling of butterflies in my stomach. The surgery is called Nissan Fundoplication, it was performed by Dr John D Scott, and it has greatly improved my life.

Hi, im at college now, and it's lunch time, ya know, I though I was going to fall alseep in the first hour and a half, but i've managed to wake myself up now :P

I can't get on Web Messager cause the freaking settings on these comps so i'm just hanging around being bored to be honest.

I miss my Sweetie, a lot, I couldn't speak to him last night due to power cuts, so I went to bed feeling rather sad, though I probably wouldn't have been able to talk much anyway cause I was falling asleep on the seat, but tomorrow, I get to lie in ^^ yay :D i need more than four hours sleep, seriously. ¬.¬ I dont know how i've managed to stay awake in class though my music does help a bit, yeah, we're allowed to have out music playing in class, which I like :P

I just wish they had Firefox on here, cause I like it better...

Lunch times here are pretty boring, cause I dont know where the rest of my class go, so I tend to be by myself, I was supposed to be with Rach yesterday, but she didn't have lunch till 1, when I had it at 12.

I'm hungry but I really cant be bothered to get anything, i've told myself that for the next two -three weeks im not going to eat any chocolate, i've had two big bags the last two days :|

Hm, yeah, i miss not being able to talk to anyone on Msn *signs*

I could sit and talk here all day :p so, i think i'll talk for a while.

I really need to get that program gavin sent me to open cause I really want to see ffvii: advent children, i swear, i hate my computer, it has something againist me ¬.¬

I wonder if Vincent is sleeping well, I just wish I could talk to him :'( I miss him so much... it was our one month, but I couldn't spend the damn night with him cause of the power cuts they had...

*sighs* hopefully hge'll be on tonight though, so I cant wait to speak to him :)

I like my new profile Pic :D i fee like i'm in a Reno mood :P don't ask me how that works cause I really don't know.... lol *rolls eyes at self*

What else... oh yeah, I sat and downloaded a bunch of Advent Children and .Hack//Sign soundtrack music, and I really like them, my two faves are Ac: The Promised Land and .Hack//Sign - The World, though I like Sign's Ending Theme a lot too :)

I really should get round to sseing my friends, spent sometime with them last week, which was fun, but with Rach at work, and hadden in Sixth Form, we all have work to do, so we can't get out as much anymore :(

Though i hope to see them on the weekend :)

:O my weekend starts in...3 and a half hours cause this is my last day in college this week ^^ so sleep in for the rest of the week, woot! lol

Ok, ok, im just talkiong about completly random  things now, so i'll stop :P

Listening To: Melodies Of Life - Emiko Shiratori

Mood: Happy with slight heartburn ;-;

Reinaxxx