Thread:Gaiasweetgirl/@comment-34076922-20180327042310

THANK YOU for all your support, checking on me, and for your support and understanding of my wiki/game absence while I try to find my new normal in all this. I am very blessed to have all of you thinking of me!! ❣️❣️❣️

Thursday's surgery was scheduled at 2pm (12pm arrival) - I was in the OR by 2:45pm. Oddly enough my cell charger broke so I was nervous my phone would die before I could text my son I was out of surgery (I was dropped off, hospital is 3 miles away so I didn't expect anyone to wait for me) ... they brought me a new one after surgery but for some reason I was fixated on not having a charger...LOL

I was released on Saturday around 3pm so I was in the hospital just over 2 days. Surgery was an hour (ish), recovery was under 2 hours and I was in a room by 6pm Thurs night. I was awake and full of drugs (lol), I was coherent and drinking fluids even on IV saline. My only complaint was I wished they had kept me in recovery longer to get my sea-legs because the transition made me ill but I never had any vomiting or sickness -- lots of Zofran!!! I had good meds via IV, oral meds I reacted too (some made me woozy and queezy, very out of it -- 1 I had heart palpitations and shortness of breath, I do not handle narcotics well) so I am only on Motrin and Tylenol now.

I had several visitors on Friday and was able to eat (mostly soft foods and light meals), have kept up on the same since I have been home. I am trying to be dairy free and eat clean/healthy (although the pudding in the hospital was amazing so my pancreas may be on overload!) and lots of liquids, I have to pee constantly so I am up and down a lot!! 😛

I was more tired out the last few days, today I had go to the Dr who said I can drive if need be AND I am a week ahead of recovery schedule which is a surprise since I feel like a truck ran over my torso!! 😩 🤣

I have good friends who check in on me and are helping me with my son and his classes this week. Just trying to rest when I need to and keep my energy up. I did go to lunch today (after drs) and the 2 hours out of the house were draining but good to get fresh air. The weather should warm up and the Dr said I could go outside and walk if I am up to it. I can do stairs, shower, pretty much do everything I need too. NO lifting more than 10lbs and careful bending, overall not many restrictions.

As far as the surgery -- I kept this lower in the post since it's not as "PC" as the above info -- I have had everything removed but my R ovary. I had an ovarian vein embolism last June and the dr said the left ovary was affected by that (which makes sense since my last ultrasound in Feb couldn't find it...???), it was removed along with the L fallopian tube. I also had an enlarged uterus and a cystic cervix - both were removed. I had a lot of scar tissue they removed as well... the surgery took longer because of it. My R ovary had a cyst removed and the fallopian tube also was removed but the R ovary is still there. I may or may not have hormonal side effects (I had hot flashes and night sweats before) and I may or may not notice ovulation. That's TBD -- but overall that ovary was safe enough to save. I do not need hormonal regulation but I have 6 weeks of recovery so it may be a while till I know how I feel from this whole ordeal.

Right now it's just overall fatigue I am dealing with. I have a ride to my son's meeting tomorrow so I am not an absentee mom, and can socialize with my mom friends.It will be nice to get out of the house, this is the plan anyway!! 😊😊😊

So... as of this hour that's my story. 😍 