<p>Hi Sunrise-- Thinking about you today, and hoping that you are comfortable and that you will get to spend some time with the Sunrise family this weekend. Take care, Sunrise. You are in my thoughts constantly.</p>
<p>Came home two days ago. Difficult recovery process. But I slowly move on. More later.</p>
<p>So glad to hear you are home Sunrise. I hope you have a peaceful and restful family weekend. Sending gentle hugs.</p>
<p>I am happy to hear you are back at home. Rest and heal.</p>
<p>There’s no better place to rest than your own bed, with loved ones nearby. So glad that you are home. Best to you and your family.</p>
<p>An infrequent poster but regular reader here…Sunrise, your strength continues to amaze and inspire me. Wishing you healing thoughts as you recover from your most recent battles.</p>
<p>healing thoughts from South Jersey- sending a virtual bouquet of lavender to your home . May the scent relax you and your family</p>
<p>Rest well…it is so satisfying to be in your own home. Do not stint on getting yourself any help you or your H may need.</p>
<p>glad you are home. Rest and do whatever makes you feel more comfortable.</p>
<p>Like everyone else said, you have my admiration and best wishes. You have truly been through the mill.</p>
<p>Wishing you a peaceful, healing weekend.</p>
<p>Welcome home. Here’s to a comfortable settling in, with support that works for you and your family.</p>
<p>Another lurker here. There are probably more of us than you could possibly imagine. I have been shy about posting, feeling presumptuous…but I wanted to say that I am so happy to read that you are home. God bless you, Sunrise.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for letting us know you are home. Please rest and enjoy being at home. Let others do for you. Continued prayers for you and your husband.</p>
<p>Glad to hear you are home Sunrise. I hope all of our prayers and wishes help get you through this setback a little faster. Being home should surely help! Healing thought to you and your family.</p>
<p>I stayed at MSKCC for 15 days, and came back home two days ago. The whole of month of August, I spend 23 days at MSKCC.</p>
<p>This was a very traumatic surgery for me, not only due to the nature of the surgery but because I was already in a very weakened state due to the last three months worth of bowel issues that prevented me from eating and nourishing myself properly. they also left the incision open. They only closed the wound to the muscle layer and left the fat/skin layer open: I hear that for the internal infection, they don’t close the would right after the surgery. So, now, I have a long recovery for the open wound to heal plus other complications I do not want to elaborate here. </p>
<p>While I was spending most the month at MSKCC, I wore a persona of a cheery, upbeat patient since I don’t like to be this whinny, weepy, and sappy patient. however I am starting to have a delayed reaction now. One thing I am having a glimpse into is the psychic status of a torture victim. the kind of pain I had up until they put me under in the operating room was such that I have never known such pain exists, and I have two kids. Even after the pain was gone after the surgery, the memory of that pain was seared onto my brain. Perhaps this is what a torture victim lives with. It’s like PTSD.</p>
<p>I am home now. The recovery is slow and I am mostly uncomfortable if not in outright pain. However, I KNOW that I am recovering. I am grateful for having survived. I am grateful to be alive.</p>
<p>My full time job now is to eat enough to promote healing and strengthen my body so that I can continue with my chemo treatment. But this has not been very easy so far. I do my best. I have a visiting nurse three times a week to care for my wound. Shortly, I will have a physical therapist three times a week (home visit), and also a few hours a day visit by a home health aide who will help me with daily things that need to be done. I am well taken care of.</p>
<p>When I look back some time in the future, I would like to say “I almost made it to the hell, but with a lot of competent people doing their job right I survived to tell the story”.</p>
<p>I am also very grateful for my amazingly wonderful friends who have stood by me and helped and nursed me through this ordeal. Most of all, I am grateful for my husband who has stood by me at every single step of the way. I heard that after they wheeled me into the operating room, he broke down an cried thinking this might be the last time he saw me alive… My heart weeps for his pain. </p>
<p>My body is in shambles, but my spirit is valiantly holding tight. I will survive this period also, and I will tell this story with humor and mirth.</p>
<p>You are so good to us sunrise, to keep telling your story. Thank you. I am very, very happy that you are home. I’m sure your husband is too, and for him every day you are here is worth any pain.</p>
<p>I hope this was the low point, and that you find your way back to the healing path. Sending qi from Northern California.</p>
<p>You never fail to amaze me.</p>
<p>But please don’t put your energy into keeping up a persona if it saps the energy you need to heal, recover, and thrive. Let your body recover to support your irrepressible spiit.</p>
<p>It’s wonderful to hear that you are home. There’s nothing better than the comfort of one’s own bed!</p>
<p>Your strength is astounding- and I shutter to think of the pain you must have experienced - thank for this recent update and explanation!</p>
<p>I am so glad that you checked in on the board Sunrise. You are an amazing woman with a valiant spirit and the strength of a thousand warriors. </p>
<p>The process may be slow but you are moving in the right direction. I am sending you healing energy and love. Keeping you , Mr Sunrise and the Sunrise boys in my daily prayers!</p>