So...I have been MIA lately...but I have been busy and I have been having a great time....I just haven't had time to share my good times with the blogging world! On March 8, I had to have a total hysterectomy and fibroidal removal (I just made that last part up...sounded real eh?) First, I have the most amazing family from my hubs and my girlies all the way down to my littlest nieces and nephews. I am truly blessed to be part of and to have married into such a wonderful family. I was eerily calm before everything and then we got to the hospital that morning and I was terrified. It was literally all I could do to keep tears from streaming down my face. I know that pre-op calm I felt that gave me the courage to get to that hospital in the first place was a result of the many many prayers that had been said on my behalf! After that though...I needed and was blessed with some modern drugs to help get me the rest of the way there...my nurse called it my iv margarita! I was and am still a huge fan of the ole iv margarita! It made me so relaxed and actually put me right to sleep...I don't remember the anesthesiologist, or counting back from 10...I was gone way before that. I do remember noticing that the trashcan was full..which I thought was weird since it was 6 in the morning. Or I remember seeing my Dr. Dr. Dan in the hall drinking a diet coke. I remember getting the courage to ask the nurse to take a picture of my fibroid, I remember talking so much that they told me to stop and try to rest...and then I remember waking up. Actually, it was more like trying to wake up...whatever they used to put me under was working good! I think it took me about 40 minutes to even start to wake a bit. It seems I am a bit of a light weight! I also remember noticing and being a bit surprised at how sore I was when I woke up...I thought they controlled that stuff. I guess they want to hear from you how the pain is so they know how much pain meds to give you? I would have been fine with sending another margarita through the ole iv...but I was not that lucky. The first day was ok...my pain was managed well and I was blessed with great nurses taking care of me. It's all a little cloudy...but I do remember seeing the picture of my gigantic fibroid! I am getting a copy next week and will post it...so beware the blog if you're a lightweight like me!
I felt so weird after surgery I wanted to see how I looked...so I asked Steve to take my picture...here I is:
Pretty rough huh? I mean they could have at least finished buttoning my gown down my shoulder....
Anywho....
My recovery went so well...I had my Ma and Mary here for 2 weeks to take care of my kids so I could just rest! It was awesome and helped me get better so much faster! I am so blessed to have had this surgery and to have come through it with no problems. Here's the proof:
