I'm Speechless

No Really I am Speechless.

Tom is one Happy Man right now.

Well - Till August 19th I have to be quiet... No literally total silence for at least 5 days.. then i can talk 10 minutes the 6th day... and build from there.. So the 14th i can speak 20 minutes - Which still has to be broken up into 10 minute intervals.



While it may not sound like a big deal, it's really hard not to talk. I went and bought a little white board that i can write and erase messages and I send text messages out with the phone. But i can't say anything.... That worked well till today I had a slip up, I was half asleep when Tom asked a question and I answered him.


So What have I done now so that I can't talk.

I had polyps on my vocal cords - from years of smoking.... It made my voice raspy/hoarse/ and painful. So I had to quit smoking and have them removed.

This is the way it lookedThis is the before and after shot... Looks pretty gross. But now it's fixed and i can finally swallow without a lump in my throat and I can lay on my back and sleep without it feeling like my throat is closing.

Now when I spoke to the Dr he told me that I would have to be total silence for 3 days... After surgery, I learn it's 5 days. I still wonder if Tom had something to do with adding extra days.

I will have a new voice after I can talk.. Who knows, I may be able to be a famous singer! I will call and sing to everyone for their birthday's as soon as I heal!!!

Gown that could of fit me And Tom in it

Now this surgery is a week after having knee surgery to repair my torn cartilage in my knee. I am still recovering from that surgery, After that surgery I was on the boat till Bod and Debbie and Ashley came to visit, that was the first day I was off the boat. I must say that knee surgery was more painful than throat surgery. But I'm slowly getting back to normal with my knee. I have been walking a little more each and every day.

Top Left- Torn cartilage - Top Right - Fixed
Bottom left Before jagged part of some bone .
bottom right- Fixed



knee marked so that they didn't do wrong knee.

Tom is sick of waiting rooms, He likes the days off. But soon work is going to be suspicious of these days off for surgery. He has used that excuse once a week for the last 2 weeks. But They had an opening for this last surgery so I grabbed it, so I can recover from both of these at the same time.
Tom Sleeps

So while I recover - Tom is being well - Tom. He's been out playing with his little speed boat - he goes out quite a bit, I haven't gone anywhere on it, hell I'm lucky to get off this boat let alone getting on another boat with my knee.


He also has been dealing with the pooch. He was in shock last week, she stayed home with me during the day. She didn't want to go to daycare, She camped out with me. She never does that. He no longer has to pay for her to go to doggy daycare. They said she doesn't eat, drink or go potty while she is there, she waits for tom to come back. so they don't charge us. Works for me. At least I don't have to have her with me everyday. We had to get a baby(doggy sitter) for her Friday cause we had to be in Virginia at 5.30am. Poor Tyler had to be here at 3.30am to doggysit.

Dog - Spoiled