Lucky June 13th surgery ramblings :)

[greythope 0]

Surgery Friday around 5:00pm, so let than 12 hours ago since my PC clock says 4:00 a.m.

I was told to report at 10:00 a.m. and did so all day of waiting was difficult. Once I got into pre-op around 4:00 I was very anxious but was soothed a bit by a sweet pixie doll an anesthesiologist (yay Julie at Methodist in the Med Center!). Not with drugs (yet but with sense of humor and kind words :thumbup:. Got the IV in and then chit chatted with the man across the room who was bored too. Eventually the doc and surgical nurse and Dr. Pixie can back in and I got upset but was melting a little less by the time I got into the ER and a minute or two later life was a happy place :smile2: Not going to lie to you folks I am a big baby and this was first time under general since I was 4 for my tonsils.

Then the mask went on and next things I know I was being wheeled into recovery already talking about stuff (v. odd dreams I had that I can't remember). I was nauseated though in a lot of pain so the gave me some zofran (miracle drug for nausea, took while I was pregnant) and some sort of pain med that didn't help too much but enough. After being told to breath deeply a lot I eventually got back to my room around 7:00. I was told I needed to pee twice and drink before I could leave. No problem I was parched. 8:30 allowed to leave.

Prior to surgery I told doc I REALLY wanted to go home that evening and he said that should be fine if I woke up ok but normally the hold up is the x-ray. But he said in all the ones he's done there have never been any problems and I can just have it at my post op next week. So glad to be home to my own bed (even if I am up right now). I think I willed myself awake to get home to my little man (21 months), my mom, and they greyhounds who were happy to see me too!

Odd thing is I do feel hunger but I suspect it is more to do with my brain thinking the pain (it's a bit like burning from the inside) and a bit of gas. Good news though is there doesn't seem to be gas anywhere is so the pain is localized. Not worried about not having the x-rays because I can drink no problem. Most soreness is with the port, on the right side.

Pain meds helping take the edge off, hopefully I will be ok after another sleep and not feel like I got punched in the gut and maybe stabbed a time or too (OK I told you ladies I am drama queen and it's true since I am obviously if I managed out of bed and walked down the stairs ok to type this :eek: No one else has complained much!

And I was trying to convince myself a bit of cool whip on my Jell-O would be ok and my mean husband and mom wouldn't let me. OK so they're probably right but I LOVE Jell-O and cool whip.

Can't wait until I can have full liquids on Sunday.

Delighted I got myself out of the hospital as quick as I did. Hurrah to Dr. Garth for getting it done, and the Dr. Pixie anesthesiologist for being on the money with putting me under just enough not too much plus all the wonderful staff at Methodist I met along the way. Even the guy who wheeled my down to the lobby for DH to collect was very nice. (although the nurse when I first checked in who joked that my pregnancy test ‘wasn’t good news’ freaked me out a bit. Not ‘good news’ meaning I’m not pregnant. A woman in for the band the day before apparently got her surgery cancelled because she was pregnant. Can you imagine?!

Ramble ramble sorry!!

(Oh and how many incisions do people have?) I have five. Why did I think there would be four? Did they decide to leave my bellybutton alone?

[cathychatts 1]

Hi Grey

Glad you are ok and your surgery went well.

I also have 5 incisions. None in the belly button

Hope you continue to do well.