As excited as I was to have a gastric bypass, my decision and approval to get a laprascopic hysterectomy with the robot was even more thrilling. I tried to do this in my late thirties and the doctor kept saying I was too young. I knew I didn't want more children, anyone who has met my boys can understand why.
Anyway, I arrived at the hospital on October 11th at 7:30 a.m., got wheeled to the surgery room at 9:30 a.m. and was in my private room for the night by 12:30 p.m. Everything was removed and the pathology report came back that all cysts and tumors were benign - no cancer of any kind - Hallelujah!
By 2:00 p.m. I had eaten my broth and jello and even managed to get dressed in spite of the catheter. I was walking the halls and feeling great. The only painful thing was my IV, they placed it on my hand at the base of my thumb, isn't that a weird place? I didn't even ask for pain meds until 9:30 p.m. and then it was because I wanted to sleep. I'm a stomach sleeper but that wasn't going to happen for a few days and I just could not get comfortable sleeping on my back.
My sister Sara came to stay with me for the night and we had the suite at the hospital, one of the perks of being an employee. Dinner for us was quite an event, I'll post that shortly.
No comments:
Post a Comment