Surgery update!

Ok, here is my surgery update. I had to be at the hosp at 7 AM. DH and I sat in the waiting room until they finally called me back to pre-op holding to get ready at like 7:45 AM. DH wasn’t allowed to come with me. The nurse in pre-op had me get undressed and change into a gown. And then crawl into bed. She hooked me up to all the monitors, started my IV and put those blow up things on my legs to prevent blood clots. After she had me all ready she called the waiting room and had them send DH back. Then the anesthesiologist came to talk to me and ask me a bunch of questions and explain what he would be doing. I asked him if I would have a tube down my throat and tape over my eyes….yes and yes. I always thought that was creepy. LOL! Then, my Dr. came to see me and ask me if I was ok or had any last minute questions. He talked to DH about what kind of pain control would be best after surgery….I think because the nurse had already given me some loopy meds in my IV. This is where things started getting fuzzy. Shortly after that, they wheeled me back to the OR. DH got to walk part of the way before they sent him back to the waiting room. In the OR, I remember them having me scoot off the bed and onto a narrow table/bed. And then I remember them talking to me about what was I going to dream about…..then I lifted up my hand that the IV was in and looked at it because it burned and the nurse that was rubbing my arm and looking comforting at me told the anesthesiologist that I must have felt that medicine…..and then I was GONE! I woke up in phase 1 recovery. As soon as I opened my eyes I saw my nurse and I am such a DORK! The first words out of my mouth were, “My noonie hurts.” LMAO!! She smiled and said, “I’ll get you some pain medicine sweetie.” Something went a little crazy at that point because I started hyperventilating or something. I got real dizzy and I remember the nurse calling the anesthesia Dr. STAT! And then she gave me a breathing treatment and the anesthesia Dr. came in with x-ray people and they took chest x-rays. He put some more “wake up” medicine in my IV and I started feeling A LOT better within about 10 minutes. I never heard anything else of the chest x-ray so I guess all was good there?? Shortly after all that they moved me to phase 2 recovery. That is where I FINALLY got to see DH again! They gave me graham crackers and juice and told me as soon as I ate those and peed that I could go home. That was at about noon. I ate the crackers, no problem. Drank about 3 glasses of juice, no problem. Couldn’t pee, couldn’t pee, couldn’t pee. Finally, at 2:30 pm I was starting to get really frustrated and upset so the nurse hung another IV bag and ran it wide open! Laid a catheter kit by me and said I had a ½ hour to pee or else…. I managed to pee at 3 pm on the dot! LOL!! I was in a lot of pain and very dizzy but I was VERY ready to come home and lay in my own chair with my own blankets and such.

DH said that after my surgery was over and I was in phase 1 recovery the Dr. sent for him to come to a conference room. That REALLY freaked him out because all the other Dr.’s were just coming and talking to the families in the waiting room. But I guess it was no biggie and he was just being more private because he didn’t have any bad news. He said that he was able to dilate my cervix to 16??? Which was GREAT! And no endometriosis. My tubes were clear. The only problem was….he had planned on doing ovarian drilling but when he got in there my ovaries were HUGE! So, he had to do a wedge resection instead. I haven’t been able to talk to him about what all that means. I am supposed to schedule an appt. to see him this week.

I am on Vicodin every 4 hours……I actually need it about every 3. The incisions hurt any time I try to sit down or stand up and my cervix and ovaries are pretty owie all the time. I don’t have ANY of that shoulder gas pain everyone talks about. And I spotted a little yesterday and NO bleeding today. Other than that….I am just sooooo sleepy. I’ve only been awake every 2-3 hours for about 30 min to 1 hr increments.

Sorry this got so long….I tried to be as detailed as possible because I know people who have procedures and surgeries and things coming up like to read other people’s experiences/stories so they have an idea of what to expect. ;) Thank you all for your thoughts and well wishes! I am hoping to go back to work Monday morning. I’ll update y’all when I have my follow up appt and find out when I get to TTC again!