Debbi's First Postie MRI Tomorrow!

[wendysig]

Debbi -
Thanks for the info on what happens to the fat in our heads.  As for having the distinction of being both a fathead and an airhead, I do like to think that I am unique!!

Wendy

[Debbi]

Well, not to be outdone... I've got a dent in my head now, too.  Guess it took a couple of months for the swelling to go down and now I've got a canyon behind my ear. 

Re the dissolving fat ... If my valium-befuddled memory serves me, he did say that it reduces and solidifies over time.  Again, one wonders why the heck it won't "reduce" anywhere else?  I think this may be payback for the whole "apple in Eden" thing ...  (no offense intended to anyone of any religion...)

Meanwhile, to hijack my own thread ... I had to take one of my two cats to the vet Monday (for a sprained tail, which is another story) and when I brought her home, apparently she didn't smell like Phoebe anymore.  Which meant that my other cat, Rocket, declared instant Feline Jihad on her.  The poor dog, Carrie, is suffering collateral damage by constantly being in the middle of the cats.  I must have put an idle thought out in the universe that my life was too dull ...   

Debbi, taking cover....

[cindyj]

Good news about your MRI, Debbi!  Valium is wonderful, isn't it?  I'm only sorry I just discovered it a month ago...

Your cat has a "sprained tail" 

[wendysig]

Debbi -
Sorry to hear about Phoebe's sprained tail -- how did she sprain it?   Rocket is being a typical male, a girl comes home wearing new perfume and he has a hissy fit!!  Poor Carrie, she probably will get the worst of it until Phoebe starts smelling like herself again in a few days.  Like most things, this too shall pass.
I hope things don't get too wild before then.

Wendy

[wendysig]

K -
I thought I responded to your post but either the blue men took it away or I must have not hit "post" after I finished typing.  Since the fat has been leaking out of my head incision, I wish it would leak out of my bellybutton or something without causing problems too.  I'll have to ask my doc why belly fat doesn't just get reabsorbed and see if he answers me -- you're not the only one who would ask it.  I'll  let you know --- I'm not seeing him again until October 3 and I don't think I'll ask this in an e-mail, he'd probably just ignore it.

Wendy

Sorry for the hijack Debbi

[Rivergirl]

Debby, I love hearing great news, it must feel so good.

[Kaybo]

Wendy~
Sounds like a plan!!     We will seek until we get a straight answer!! 

K

[NL]

Debbi,

Great news on the MRI - congratulations! Hope things calm down soon with the cats - both for your sake...and the dog's!

Nancy

[wendysig]

Debbi -=
I also meant to say I'm sorry to hear you have a canyon behind your ear -- I'm surprised since your docs did put the bone plate back and secured it with titanium straps and screws.  Go figure!  (that was you, wasn't it or was that Jan?)

Wendy

[leapyrtwins]

Debbi -=
I also meant to say I'm sorry to hear you have a canyon behind your ear -- I'm surprised since your docs did put the bone plate back and secured it with titanium straps and screws.  Go figure!  (that was you, wasn't it or was that Jan?)

Wendy -

don't know if this was Debbi or not, but yes, I have a titanium plate, titanium mesh and titanium screws in my head - I think lots of AN surgery patients do.  And the docs did put the bone plate back.

I don't, however, have a dent - or a canyon  - at least not yet - and quite frankly, I'm hoping I never do.  No offense to the "dented" ones among you

Jan

[wendysig]

Hi Jan,
I have hte titanium mesh and screws too, so hopefully no canyon for me either or that was my understanding.  I wonder why all the docs don'st seem to use this procedure.  The area directly behind the upper half of  my ear feels really hard and definintely different from the other side and I've been wondering if this is the titanium mesh or just some residual  swelling left over from surgery.  Do you notice anything like that?

Thanks,
Wendy

[Kaybo]

Jan~
No offense taken - I figure just like something old and worn - the "dent" just makes more loved & gives me more character!!   

K   

[MAlegant]

Feline jihad?  That is too funny.

[Debbi]

Beleive me, the Feline Jihad is much funnier from a long distance!  Rocket is now hiding under the overstuffed chair in our sitting room and growling anytime anything gets too near his "lair."  And, poor Phoebe is still running around with a crooked tail.  And, poor Carrie (the collie, who outweighs the cats times 10) is cowering in her crate. I am living in an episode of Wild Kingdom....

Debbi