Surgery Scheduled 6 days before Disney - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
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We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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Surgery was done this morning and no cysts or fibroids found in uterus. My doctor gave my husband pictures of my uterus. I have no idea why. I am cleared to fly to Disney on Sunday barring any complications.
I'm glad it all went well! I had an endometrial ablation (kind of similar to D&C) a few years ago. I was in the very rare group that had A LOT of pain from it. The other girl that had it done right before me was sitting next to me while we waited to be picked up from the hospital and she was planning to go shopping later that afternoon! I wanted to punch her! I was in SERIOUS pain! However, I was fine within another day or two. It didn't correct the problem, unfortunately. (They suspect adenomyosis, so at some point I will HAVE to have a hysterectomy, but I'm putting it off as long as I can!) I also had the hysteroscopy a week or so before the ablation. It was done in my dr's office! He has a special set up where he can do them right there! Pretty cool! I have to say that I thought it was really neat to be able to see all that stuff! And it wasn't painful at all. Anyway, I'm so glad yours went well and you are all set for a great trip! YAY!!
Update, it has been about 2 months since the D & C and things have not really gotten better. I spotted the whole time in Disney on my anniversary trip. Since coming back from Disney, I have been on two birth control pills for 21 days off for 7 days to get cycle. My cycle is just as heavy and the cramps are still really bad. I have an appt with a second opinion doctor on August 3, 2010, an endriologist to discuss my options. I am having bad cramps this morning. I have a doctors appt tonight but nothing really helps them.
Update, it has been about 2 months since the D & C and things have not really gotten better. I spotted the whole time in Disney on my anniversary trip. Since coming back from Disney, I have been on two birth control pills for 21 days off for 7 days to get cycle. My cycle is just as heavy and the cramps are still really bad. I have an appt with a second opinion doctor on August 3, 2010, an endriologist to discuss my options. I am having bad cramps this morning. I have a doctors appt tonight but nothing really helps them.
Sorry to hear it didn't help. I am in the exact same boat as you! had the D&C said everything was normal put me on Depo shot 1x every 3 mos and premarin and that was in Sept, I am still as bad as i was and Dr doesn't wanna do ablation or discuss partial hysterectomy. I do not wanna go drastic but what I or we are going through is drastic! My family has long history of cervical cancer and major issues with this same thing. My younger sister just had ablation done and told to be prepared to have partial hyst. , my mom had hyst at 25 because of cervical cancer, my GM has gone through ablation but refuses surgery she never stopped cycle after going thru change of life and she is 79? My aunt just had ablation but ended up with infection (she has lupos, autoimmune disorder) and had to have partial hyster but only because of infection. She and I have same dr. so she know s our history. I am so frustrated going to get another opinion also. If you wanna talk you can feel free to PM me I am always home and doing much of nothing and would love to help.