More pics from surgery

so here are some pics of me that my mom took on her phone. I look so thrilled I thought these were definately blog worthy. If you want to see the actual pic of my gland-- you will have to drop by... or I plan on taking it out to Grandparent Hubers house one of these days.... anyways, I look so happy in these pics.... I remember apologizing to the doc and other nurses after saying I am sorry I was so onery.....PS-- These are before pictures... we were kinda bummed that we completely spaced it on getting after pictures

enjoy

So Long Gene!

So on Friday May, 14 Gene and I broke up FOREVER!!! It was a rough relationship. He was fat and taking up way to much space in my life. Ok ok, instead of making this into some complicated story, I am going to write about my experience

Here is a pic BEFORE Gene came out

So we woke up at 5 am, my mom, dad, and I drove to the new Intermountain Riverton Hospital. We had to be there at 6:15 am. SO we got there right on time, we were seriously the 1rst people in the hospital. It was so quiet and scary. WE got all registered and checked in. Then sitting in the waiting area, some nurse came out and said "Who are you?" I said, "Natalie Stapley" He said, "I must have grabbed the wrong top secret paper because I am sure your not having your prostate operated on" (OK AWKWARD!! HE DIDN"T NEED TO TELL ME THAT! I WAS ALREADY A WRECK AS IT WAS) The nurse really said all that too. I Guess because I looked super onery that morning and he was trying to make light of the situation.

But anyways, they took me back to this prep room and made me put this gown on. Then I sat on this bed and tried to relax. So then ths prep nurse came in and get me started on the IV. She had the hardest time finding my vein. She dug around in my wrist for a while... it got annoying. After a while, I started crying, I was a major emotional wreck. The surgeon came in to see how we were doing, My parents were fine and I was emotional. The part that was scaring me the most was anesthesia (or however the heck you spell that word). THe Anesthesiaologist (or however you spell the title of the guy that puts you too sleep) came in and I asked him questions, "will I wake up?" "will I breathe on my own" and he assured me I was going to be just fine. Then they started this drug on me that was making me kind of dizzy. Then from here I don't remember ANYTHING! I guess they took me in the operating room and I got on the table.

After all that, I woke up in the recovery room and with this cute little nurse staring at me waiting for me to come too. I think I asked her the same question 5 or 6 times, "how did I do?" " how did it go?" "when can I see my mom?" They kept me in the recovery room for like an hour and a half.... longer than usual, finding my room was a mess. Anyways, I finally made it to my room. THey got me going on pain killers like morphine, loratab, and oxygen. It was nice. The day nurses were kinda dumb but my night nurse was really cute and hyper and checked on me all night.

Anyways, everything went really well. I am home recovering. IT is sore, and my energy is quite low. I guess they compare this pain to strep throat but I have never had strep throat so to me it feels like a sore throat and a kinked neck.

Here is a after shot

St. George Ironman!!!!

So this weekend lauren and I and our boss/friend from work had the opportunity to go down to St George and be volunteer lifeguards for the Ironman Triathlon. Let me just start by saying, Ironman athletes are INSANE!!!! The whole race was a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and a 26.2 run (Marathon). It was soooooo cool to be a part of. We got to see the start. The athletes looked like little fishes swimming through that lake.We left friday to drive down to St George. Stayed the night at a un-disclosed location. We had to wake up at 2:45 am!! We had to meet at a place at 3:30 am and then we had to be to the lake at 4am!!! Talk about an early morning. From there the lifeguards got situated. I started getting a little nervous when they were talking about , "if fatalities" , "if CPR situations" like it was a common thing. Talking to Lauren, she says it is a common thing if you are not prepared for the cold water. Luckily we didn't see anything that scary. There were about 2300 athletes from ALL over the world competing. They varied in age range from 18-77 years old. I did know two of the competitors. Anyways, we had a fun day!!! It was a really neat expirence to be a part of. Here are a few pics from the event.

This Sucks--

So I decided that this is my blog to vent on. THis semester is sooooooooo rough. I think the main cause of all this roughness is Gene. He is on my mind alllll day and I think he is the reason why some of my grades have not been so hot. In fact, there is a HIGH chance I will have to retake some classes all because of Gene!! I am so glad he is leaving me on the 12th. I just have to remind myself each and every day that college is not a race. I can take my time..... even if that means only taking one class a semester here and there.
There is light at the end of the tunnel. I will finish this semester with what ever grades I get. Get Gene out on the 12th. ANd then my family, believe it or not, is going on vacation the first week of June. I cannot wait for that. Then after that, just chill and work a lot this summer. Then get pumped and stoked for fall and start off fresh with no worries on my mind. Then after the 2010-2011 school year, I will apply for the athletic training program and then I feel that school will start to get fun from there.

Anyways, I just wanted to write all my feelings down and what better to do it than on a blog post.

Thought the blog world should know

just thought the blog world should know that Gene (aka my thyroid gland) and I are breaking up on May 12. He is going to be "cut" out of my life FOREVER!!!!!!! I am quite nervous... but everything will be fine

I'm One Of Them!!!!

HAHA Now I can officially say that I am one of those people who reads the book before going to see the movie. I don't know why but the movie/book "The Last Song" caught my attention. I decided to purchase it and read it before the movie comes out. I started it this past sunday the 14th and finished it last night-- a week is pretty fast for Natalie to read a book. But it was a REALLY good book- it is written by Nicholas Sparks for those of you who don't know. I could really relate to the end of it from personal experience. ANyways, i can't say too much, you will have to read it or see the movie which comes out NEXT WEEK!!! Here is the trailor--

Whats Wrong With Me???

Ok, I wanna know what is wrong with me. On Saturday I went jogging at the oval, yesterday I went jogging around the neighborhood, today I swam a little bit.... what is going on with me? This is not a typical Natalie. THis is Natalie trying to be healthy... What the Heck!!