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Jan. 8th Coming So Soon...

num1habsfan

By num1habsfan
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Well Jan. 8th is approaching so quickly, and I'm getting soooo nervous about my appointment in Calgary. I still dont know where I'm staying, and still dont know enough about the bus schedule even tho I got it...like I dont know if its just a straight thru trip, or if its stops in between. I know bus is super expensive, but my parents dont feel like taking a few days off of work either. And this way I could claim it for income tax as a medical expense.

I think I'm gonna cry when I talk to this doc. I know it. I can feel it already building up in me. This is like....my 2nd last hope (the 1st hope is the endoscopy, which I STILL dont know when it is)...

I dont know how not to freak out from nervousness.

Can anyone give me tips on Calgary? :P

~ lisa ~

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mamaw
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Hi Lisa

I can't help with your bus trip but I just wanted to let you know I'll be hoping for a good outcome. I feel it is always better to know exactly what's going on with our bodies than not knowing... For me I can deal with the known but the unknown makes me nervous.....

I'll be thinking of you & praying for a good outcome...

Everytime I eat my pierogi's I think of you..............

mamaw

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jerseyangel
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Hi Lisa,

Try not to worry. It's always better to know what you are dealing with. Since you are thinking you will become emotional at the doctor's, write down everything that you want to ask, and anything that you think the doctor should know.

I wish you didn't have to go alone--but I know that you will be fine.

I'm having surgery myself on the 3rd and will be off the board for a little while, so if you post about the appointment, and I don't reply, you know why.

I'll keep you in my thoughts and hope that this appointment will bring you some well needed answers.

Take care :)

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Daxin
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If your trip on the bus is "Express' or something similar, it will not stop, or make very few. However, if you do not get the express ticket, you can expect it to take the better part 12-14 hours. (normally 6-7 by car from the Jaw)

Hope that helps.

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num1habsfan
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Yeah the bus trip will be like 14 hours, and will cost $125 one way (thats a student discount) :blink: ...No price difference if going thru Saskatoon or Regina. But my parents already made it clear they will not drive me, neither will they borrow either of our vehicles to relatives so the relatives can drive me.

All I got worked out so far is that my cousin that lives in Calgary will pick me up from the bus depot and drive me anywhere I need to go and take me to my appointment and everything, so that I dont have to take any taxis. BUT since they are in the middle of renovating their house, they have no space for me to stay. :unsure: So that dont help too much. I'll keep you guys updated as I figure things out...

And thanks already for your support.

~ lisa ~

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Nantzie
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I hope this appointment gets some new information, or new ideas, or new anything for you. I can't believe your parents aren't even driving you. Oh wait..., yes I can. <_< Well, karma has a way of finding everyone, sadly enough.

I agree with making lists. It can help you organize your thoughts too. If you feel weird about it, just tell the doctor you just spent 14 hours on a bus to see him and you didn't want to forget anything.

I'm praying for you that this all goes well for you and you get some new information and a new direction to go in.

Hugs,

Nancy

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2Boys4Me
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Hi Lisa,

Have your cousin call around "Motel Village" and see if she can find a decent, reasonably priced place for you to stay. It's probably about 2 -3 km to Foothills from there, but I have NO idea what the bus situation is like around there. Try googling Calgary Transit and see if you can find online maps or schedules.

Good luck, I hope they figure something out.

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Rusla
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The busses are no problem I can help with that as I work for Calgary Transit. So the bus outside of the motel village on 16 Ave is the # 91 or # 40 it costs $2.25 to ride it or the ctrain. The train (Somerset Bridlewood will take you to Lions Park (North Hill Mall and you can catch these busses there also.

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num1habsfan
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I finally found out some greyhound info, So I guess ill be leavin Yorkton at 6 pm and get to Calgary at 5:45 am on Monday....and then I can leave Monday night at 7:45 and get back to Yorkton at 1:05 or leave Monday night at 8:45 and get back to Yorkton at 1:20.

I think I'm too nervous already....i'm tired like mad, and its 3 am, and I cant sleep :unsure:

~ lisa ~

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num1habsfan
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Ahhhhhh its techincally TOMORROW...it also means I leave for Calgary in just 14 1/2 hours from now. I have never been this NERVOUS in my life. I should so be sleeping but I doubt I'd be able to :blink::(

~ lisa ~

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Fiddle-Faddle
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Lisa, you're back!!

How is the wrist? And the black poop?

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Carriefaith
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Good Luck!

num1habsfan Rising Star
num1habsfan
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Good Luck!

Thanks hun! I might need it :P

Lisa, you're back!!

How is the wrist? And the black poop?

Yeah, kinda here..Wrist is meh, but at least I got feeling in my fingers now. And the poop vanished a couple weeks ago (thats when it happened, 3 weeks ago, and it only was there a few days)

~ lisa ~

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