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! :-)
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
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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