10/25/06

Well- so far I've done horrible with keeping up with my blog. I'm gonna have to do better than just once a week posts. I told another friend today about my decision about the surgery and she was really supportive. I'm lucky to have such good friends.

Had a slight set back yesterday- realized that my mom's house- that I'm trying to get a home equity loan on is actually still in my late father's name as well as my mother's- so we can't get a home loan against it since it's technically not in my name or my mother's completely- So now I'm doing research on probate and what needs to be done.

I've heard different options, but ultimately, my mother is going to want to be able to sell her home in about 10 years, so eventually, whether we elect to do it today or 5 years down the way, we're going to have to go through probate. So instead of putting a band-aid on the wound- I'm thinking we should just cut the arm off and start fresh! (my analogies are so bad sometimes.)

Moving forward with the process, I went and saw my sleep doctor today. Dr. Ganta, that’s my surgeon I’ve chosen to do my surgery, wanted me to get with my sleep doctor since it’s been over almost 2 years since I had my sleep study done. Anyway, we need to just make sure I’m good in that area. I sorta feel like Elvis- I’m gonna have to get some things retested, but I’m going to be taking medication to help me stay asleep- and then medication to wake me up. Weird. But anyway, that’s what I’m gonna have to do for a bit, until they receive results of my sleep patterns from my machine.

Well- I’m gonna try to do better- so hopefully I’ll be posting again soon.

Cat