I think it's time for a post with the latest scoop on things I've been blogging about over the past few weeks...
The Quilt
My daughter and I finally finished cutting all the fabric squares for her quilt last weekend and have been sewing and sewing. It's coming along...just not as fast as we'd planned. We've been busy this week with other stuff too. But, I'm still hopeful that we'll finish it in time. I'll be sure to post pictures. I promise!
The Tufted Headboard
We've put this project on hold. We priced out all the supplies this week. It turns out that it'll cost a lot more than we'd expected...around $80! Foam is expensive! We're not sure how well it would turn out since we've never made anything like this. We're thinking about it and trying to decide whether to chance it or see if we can come up with an alternative that's cheaper and just as cute. We bought fabric for it last month but we got a deal...only $3 a yard.
Parking Ticket
Remember that parking ticket I whined about? We had parked at the beach, in a parking lot and received a ticket that said we were in violation of parking in a red zone. The curb was not red. There were no signs that said we couldn't park there. We were parked completely legally. We even talked with other people there...even the lifeguards and they all agreed...we were innocent. It was so wrong that they would give us a ticket, knowing that we hadn't done anything wrong. Well, we fought it and WON! Yay! We're VERY happy about that. They changed it to "officer error"!
Smog Test
All the error codes finally cleared on our car and it passed the smog test to renew the registration. But, a couple days later the "check engine" light came on again. Ugh! I guess we'll have to take it to the dealer to have the computer "flashed" with the correct programming. What a pain! It runs just fine but this will have to be fixed before it needs another smog test in two years.
Post Op
I had my post op doctor appointment today. I've been feeling great and the doctor was happy to hear that. I was hoping to hear that the results of the biopsy showed absolutely nothing wrong. But, that wasn't the case. Luckily, it isn't the "C" word! Whew! It turns out that I have "Complex Hyperplasia without Atypia". Say, what?! I know...long words, huh?! It means that my uterus is trying to be an over achiever...it has wayyyy too many cells. It's what's causing the overly thick walls and wonky cycles. It has a small chance of turning into cancer. So, the doctor recommends progesterone therapy for 10 days per cycle, for six months. It usually clears up the problem and it shouldn't come back. She gave me three options for the hormones...the synthetic kind that insurance will cover (with a co-pay) but doesn't have a very good reputation for being safe; a bio-identical one that insurance might partially cover but it's suspended in peanut oil and absorbs so fast into the body that it causes unpleasant side affects; or a bio-identical one that is compounded, isn't covered by insurance but should only be $35-40 per month, and has the least amount of side affects. Guess which one I picked! The last one. It makes the most sense and probably won't cost much more than my co-pay would have on the first choice. Even though the cancer risk is minimal, it makes sense to eliminate the risk or, at least, reduce it. I'm sure not looking forward to taking any hormones though and dealing with possible side affects. Ugh! I can only hope it'll be like my surgery was....dreaded but turn out to be painless and I'll feel great! I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'll have to have a biopsy in six months to see if it worked. But, it'll be a different procedure this time and can be done in the doctor's office.
Yarn Therapy
I know...I didn't talk about this before. But, it was in my mind all along (and, some of you highly recommended it...wink wink) that I'd take myself to the yarn shop for a little yarn therapy and buy something pretty after my surgery stuff was over. Well, it's not totally over but the surgery is and with the news of the biopsy and hormones, I needed it. In fact, I just might need more therapy sessions over the next six months of added hormones! ;-) Right after my doctor appointment today, I stopped in at a wonderful yarn shop in Fallbrook, "Labors of Love". I'll try to take some pictures of my new yarns (yes...I bought more than one skein...I bought three!) over the weekend and post them.
And, since I'm busy posting the latest...
I finally saw an orthopedic doctor a few months ago for severe pain that had developed in my left shoulder. It had gotten so bad that it hurt terribly to put a shirt on over my head, put dishes away, even hold the steering wheel. And, not just an ache kind of pain but really sharp....like close to a 10 on a 1-10 scale. It was awful! The doctor felt pretty strongly that physical therapy would help. Luckily, it's been working pretty well...at least with my forward range of motion. It has improved greatly. But, I still can't raise my arm out to the side, above shoulder height. Ugh! I saw the doc again this week and had some x-rays to be sure there wasn't something wrong inside that was causing it to get stuck. Luckily, it all looks pretty good. The doc seemed pretty pleased with my progress and recommended more therapy...instead of shots or surgery. Yay! I've been working hard and pushing into the pain to get results. I hope it'll take me all the way back to a normal and pain free range of motion.
That's the latest scoop on what's going on around here. Maybe I should pour a glass of wine and celebrate all the good news....and, ease my mind about the upcoming hormones. ;-)
Have a wonderful weekend! And, stay cool! We've been in triple digit temps all week...hoping for a cool down very soon!
Showing posts with label hysteroscopy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hysteroscopy. Show all posts
Friday, August 10, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Thank You!
Thank you so much to each and every person who took the time to leave such sweet and thankful comments for me before and after my surgery. They all meant so much and were uplifting. One morning, I logged in and found six comments. Wow! That was super cool! Thank you! I tried to respond to each and every comment (as I always do) but some of them had "no reply" on them and wouldn't go through. So, if you didn't get a personal email from me, you know why. But, please know that I'm grateful to you for taking the time to leave a comment and for thinking of me. The comments made my heart smile! :-)
I've been feeling pretty good since the surgery. In fact, I felt so good the next day that I even took the dog to the vet. I know...I'm supposed to rest. My daughter helped me out...she handled the dog and drove. The only discomfort I've really had was where the breathing tube left a little ouch on the back of my throat. It's feeling better now. Otherwise, I've almost felt like I didn't even have surgery. I never even took ibuprofen. I've just felt a little 'blah' here and there. But, I've wondered if that was just from sitting around and not moving much. I think it's been long enough now that I can start walking tomorrow. I'm going to try it out and see how it goes.
We might head up the mountain today to enjoy the cooler temps. A little relaxing, some food, some knitting and crochet, reading, great company. Ahhhh!
Have a wonderful day! :-)
I've been feeling pretty good since the surgery. In fact, I felt so good the next day that I even took the dog to the vet. I know...I'm supposed to rest. My daughter helped me out...she handled the dog and drove. The only discomfort I've really had was where the breathing tube left a little ouch on the back of my throat. It's feeling better now. Otherwise, I've almost felt like I didn't even have surgery. I never even took ibuprofen. I've just felt a little 'blah' here and there. But, I've wondered if that was just from sitting around and not moving much. I think it's been long enough now that I can start walking tomorrow. I'm going to try it out and see how it goes.
We might head up the mountain today to enjoy the cooler temps. A little relaxing, some food, some knitting and crochet, reading, great company. Ahhhh!
Have a wonderful day! :-)
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Done!
My hysteroscopy surgery is done! Over! Finished! Whew!
Despite my nervousness about the procedure...and, especially, the anesthesia...I was able to keep my nerves down enough to sleep last night. I shed a few tears of fear at the hospital but I think I did pretty well. It helped that everyone at the Fallbrook Hospital was super nice and great at what they do. I felt well cared for and never rushed. I've felt quite the opposite with procedures at other hospitals.
My day started with the alarm clock at 4:00 am and a shower with antibacterial soap...as the hospital requested. I'll be happy not shower with that soap again. Ick! We were on the road by 5:00 am. I'm not usually on the road that early and was surprised to see so many cars at that time. It was amazing! We made it to the hospital at 5:45, right on time. We walked in and were immediately greeted and quickly whisked away. My husband and daughter were shown where things were and told how the morning would work. They even gave them a morning newspaper. Then, they began preparations for me. They did paper work here and there while I changed, had an EKG, met with the doctor, and had other preps. That was nice. It was less stressful than sitting in an office and signing a huge pile of papers and waiting to get started. Each and every person that worked with me was friendly and had a way of putting me at ease.
Sometime around 7:15 or 7:30, they rolled me into a room near the operating room where I met with my OR nurse and the anesthesiologist. They were great too! They prepped me a bit more, explained more things, and answered all of my questions. As they rolled me into the OR, there was music playing...and not the elevator kind...it was more contemporary. It was nice. There were other people working in there to get ready for the surgery. I remember scooting from one bed to another, commenting on the pretty blue/green color of the overhead lights, chit chatting and...then...nothing...until I woke up in the original room I'd started the morning in.
It turns out that, what was supposed to take 20-30 minutes, took over an hour. I was told that could happen, depending on what they found. I was also told, many times, about how good my doctor is and that people come from far and wide to see her. And, that it's not uncommon for her to take extra time because she's very good and very careful at what she does. It was wonderful to hear and very reassuring every time I heard it. I chose her because of the amazing reviews I'd read and how people come to her from Hawaii, Alaska, Arizona and more. So far, I've been quite pleased too. It turned out that I had a large polyp and two smaller ones. She removed them, had a look around, and did a D and C. I imagine I'll have results for that at my follow up visit in a couple weeks, or via email....the doc is great at communicating.
I woke up from the procedure pretty well. I only felt a little icky when I got up to use the bathroom. The anesthesiologist gave me anti nausea meds before the surgery and they gave me a bit more when I had that moment of ickiness. It seemed to work! Hubby was driving me home before noon. I'm feeling pretty good. I've been laying around and napping off the meds. My throat is a bit sore from the breathing tube and I'm a bit sore 'down under'. But, so far, no cramping and very little bleeding. Whew!
Hopefully, I'll feel even better tomorrow. Hubby and my daughter are taking great care of me. In fact, she's hard at work in the kitchen, whipping up a gourmet meal. Yumm! I can't wait!
Despite my nervousness about the procedure...and, especially, the anesthesia...I was able to keep my nerves down enough to sleep last night. I shed a few tears of fear at the hospital but I think I did pretty well. It helped that everyone at the Fallbrook Hospital was super nice and great at what they do. I felt well cared for and never rushed. I've felt quite the opposite with procedures at other hospitals.
My day started with the alarm clock at 4:00 am and a shower with antibacterial soap...as the hospital requested. I'll be happy not shower with that soap again. Ick! We were on the road by 5:00 am. I'm not usually on the road that early and was surprised to see so many cars at that time. It was amazing! We made it to the hospital at 5:45, right on time. We walked in and were immediately greeted and quickly whisked away. My husband and daughter were shown where things were and told how the morning would work. They even gave them a morning newspaper. Then, they began preparations for me. They did paper work here and there while I changed, had an EKG, met with the doctor, and had other preps. That was nice. It was less stressful than sitting in an office and signing a huge pile of papers and waiting to get started. Each and every person that worked with me was friendly and had a way of putting me at ease.
Sometime around 7:15 or 7:30, they rolled me into a room near the operating room where I met with my OR nurse and the anesthesiologist. They were great too! They prepped me a bit more, explained more things, and answered all of my questions. As they rolled me into the OR, there was music playing...and not the elevator kind...it was more contemporary. It was nice. There were other people working in there to get ready for the surgery. I remember scooting from one bed to another, commenting on the pretty blue/green color of the overhead lights, chit chatting and...then...nothing...until I woke up in the original room I'd started the morning in.
It turns out that, what was supposed to take 20-30 minutes, took over an hour. I was told that could happen, depending on what they found. I was also told, many times, about how good my doctor is and that people come from far and wide to see her. And, that it's not uncommon for her to take extra time because she's very good and very careful at what she does. It was wonderful to hear and very reassuring every time I heard it. I chose her because of the amazing reviews I'd read and how people come to her from Hawaii, Alaska, Arizona and more. So far, I've been quite pleased too. It turned out that I had a large polyp and two smaller ones. She removed them, had a look around, and did a D and C. I imagine I'll have results for that at my follow up visit in a couple weeks, or via email....the doc is great at communicating.
I woke up from the procedure pretty well. I only felt a little icky when I got up to use the bathroom. The anesthesiologist gave me anti nausea meds before the surgery and they gave me a bit more when I had that moment of ickiness. It seemed to work! Hubby was driving me home before noon. I'm feeling pretty good. I've been laying around and napping off the meds. My throat is a bit sore from the breathing tube and I'm a bit sore 'down under'. But, so far, no cramping and very little bleeding. Whew!
Hopefully, I'll feel even better tomorrow. Hubby and my daughter are taking great care of me. In fact, she's hard at work in the kitchen, whipping up a gourmet meal. Yumm! I can't wait!
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Would you like a glass with your whine?!
Actually...a glass of wine would be better. But, hey...a girl is entitled to a little whine once in a while...right? So...here it goes...
Tomorrow is my dreaded surgery that I blogged about months ago. I know, it's minor, but it's nerve wracking nonetheless. I can't wait til it's over, everything is ok from the tests, and I'm back to normal. And...that everything else gets better than this past week.
We went to the beach on Saturday to escape the heat and came back to our car to find a ticket on our windshield. What?! Whatever could that be for?! We were parked completely legal and our registration is current. Maybe they put it on the wrong car. No such luck! It had our license plate number on it. But, it is a mistake! It said we were illegally parked in a red zone. What?! There was no red on the curb and we we were in a parking lot that people park in all the time! The only sign was that you can't park in that lot at night from 10pm to 6am....we parked during the day from 9:30 am to 3pm. We chatted with some locals and a couple of lifeguards and they said the cops do that sometimes, even though it's perfectly legal to park there, and to take lots of pictures to fight it...which we had already done...but we took a few more for good measure. I could sure do without adding a ticket to fight to my to-do list!
As we drove away, our car started making a "bong bong bong" sound and a light came on that said the rear doors were open, even though they were closed tight. We opened and closed them....bong bong bong. Tried it again...bong bong bong. It eventually stopped....for a while. That would have been annoying to hear every couple of minutes on our hour drive home! The next day, it did it every time I stepped on the brakes. Luckily, hubby figured it out and fixed it. Whew!
Then...the check engine light came on in our Toyota. Hubby hooked up the computer and everything was fine. He did a little research and found that the Matrix tends to glitch sometimes and that resetting it should work. He reset it, the light went off and it's still running great. It needs a smog test to renew the registration. It failed!....because the check engine light had come on recently...not that anything is wrong...but the light HAD been on. EVERYTHING else PASSED! They told me at the shop that there are other readers/sensors that will have to clear and that it would be done by driving it 50-100 miles. So, I went driving today...over 100 miles (a nice trip to the beach). Afterwards, I stopped at the shop, they hooked it up before doing another test, and three sensors are still not clear. Grrrr! I have surgery tomorrow and I really wanted to get this done! Darn car! And, I have to mention that I think it's pretty ironic that I have to drive the car hundreds of miles to clear a sensor for something that was never wrong to get it to pass a smog test. Doesn't that go against the whole smog thing?! I mean...that's gallons of gas being used and emissions going into the air just to pass a test to keep the air clean. Duh!
Ok...enough whining!
My drive to the beach to put miles on my car (so weird!) was also an attempt to relax, breathe deeply, and let this and other stuff go so I can go into surgery tomorrow unstressed (well...as much as I possibly can). The ocean looked especially pretty today. the water was clear and the blue, turquoise, and dark blue colors seemed extra brilliant. I even saw sprays of water and mist being blow up from the surface by whales. It was pretty exciting! They were a bit far off shore but I saw the spray many times and I think I even saw one pop up and splash down. Wow! That was pretty cool! The temp was wonderful too...74 and mostly sunny. Ahhhh! It would have been nice to have stayed down there and just ditched the smog test AND the surgery! Hee hee
I'm sure I'll still be working on this whole relaxing and trying not to stress thing for the rest of today, tonight, and all the way to the hospital in the morning. It's an outpatient surgery and not supposed to be a big deal but I always get nervous. The whole anesthesia thing is what gets me the most. I shudder with how creepy/scary it is! I can't wait for this time tomorrow. I hope I'll be feeling good...or, at least, not too bad! And, soon, instead of whine, I'll have some wine to celebrate! ...Ahhh...the thought of a warm summer evening at our favorite local winery, a delicious bottle of wine, some live blues music....that sounds realllly great right now!
Prayers and positive thoughts would be greatly appreciated for tomorrow morning. Thanks! :-) I'll post an update as soon as I'm feeling up to it...hopefully, tomorrow!
Tomorrow is my dreaded surgery that I blogged about months ago. I know, it's minor, but it's nerve wracking nonetheless. I can't wait til it's over, everything is ok from the tests, and I'm back to normal. And...that everything else gets better than this past week.
We went to the beach on Saturday to escape the heat and came back to our car to find a ticket on our windshield. What?! Whatever could that be for?! We were parked completely legal and our registration is current. Maybe they put it on the wrong car. No such luck! It had our license plate number on it. But, it is a mistake! It said we were illegally parked in a red zone. What?! There was no red on the curb and we we were in a parking lot that people park in all the time! The only sign was that you can't park in that lot at night from 10pm to 6am....we parked during the day from 9:30 am to 3pm. We chatted with some locals and a couple of lifeguards and they said the cops do that sometimes, even though it's perfectly legal to park there, and to take lots of pictures to fight it...which we had already done...but we took a few more for good measure. I could sure do without adding a ticket to fight to my to-do list!
As we drove away, our car started making a "bong bong bong" sound and a light came on that said the rear doors were open, even though they were closed tight. We opened and closed them....bong bong bong. Tried it again...bong bong bong. It eventually stopped....for a while. That would have been annoying to hear every couple of minutes on our hour drive home! The next day, it did it every time I stepped on the brakes. Luckily, hubby figured it out and fixed it. Whew!
Then...the check engine light came on in our Toyota. Hubby hooked up the computer and everything was fine. He did a little research and found that the Matrix tends to glitch sometimes and that resetting it should work. He reset it, the light went off and it's still running great. It needs a smog test to renew the registration. It failed!....because the check engine light had come on recently...not that anything is wrong...but the light HAD been on. EVERYTHING else PASSED! They told me at the shop that there are other readers/sensors that will have to clear and that it would be done by driving it 50-100 miles. So, I went driving today...over 100 miles (a nice trip to the beach). Afterwards, I stopped at the shop, they hooked it up before doing another test, and three sensors are still not clear. Grrrr! I have surgery tomorrow and I really wanted to get this done! Darn car! And, I have to mention that I think it's pretty ironic that I have to drive the car hundreds of miles to clear a sensor for something that was never wrong to get it to pass a smog test. Doesn't that go against the whole smog thing?! I mean...that's gallons of gas being used and emissions going into the air just to pass a test to keep the air clean. Duh!
Ok...enough whining!
My drive to the beach to put miles on my car (so weird!) was also an attempt to relax, breathe deeply, and let this and other stuff go so I can go into surgery tomorrow unstressed (well...as much as I possibly can). The ocean looked especially pretty today. the water was clear and the blue, turquoise, and dark blue colors seemed extra brilliant. I even saw sprays of water and mist being blow up from the surface by whales. It was pretty exciting! They were a bit far off shore but I saw the spray many times and I think I even saw one pop up and splash down. Wow! That was pretty cool! The temp was wonderful too...74 and mostly sunny. Ahhhh! It would have been nice to have stayed down there and just ditched the smog test AND the surgery! Hee hee
I'm sure I'll still be working on this whole relaxing and trying not to stress thing for the rest of today, tonight, and all the way to the hospital in the morning. It's an outpatient surgery and not supposed to be a big deal but I always get nervous. The whole anesthesia thing is what gets me the most. I shudder with how creepy/scary it is! I can't wait for this time tomorrow. I hope I'll be feeling good...or, at least, not too bad! And, soon, instead of whine, I'll have some wine to celebrate! ...Ahhh...the thought of a warm summer evening at our favorite local winery, a delicious bottle of wine, some live blues music....that sounds realllly great right now!
Prayers and positive thoughts would be greatly appreciated for tomorrow morning. Thanks! :-) I'll post an update as soon as I'm feeling up to it...hopefully, tomorrow!
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