July 28, 2007--5 days post-op

Jul 28, 2007

Well, I'm back from Mexico and the experience of surgery with Dr. Alvarez was fantastic. He, as everyone says, is so caring and so is Susan, his liaison/facilitator/don't know what to call her.

Susan actually called me on Saturday before I left to make sure I was okay and to check whether I had any questions. (Wouldn't happen in the U.S!)

Although it wasn't required, I brought down some test results for him to see (panendoscopy, abdominal sonogram, and pulmonary function tests). He reviewed them with me, explained some things, and brought the PFT to the anesthesiologist.

After the surgery, I threw up for hours. Dr. A. kept coming back to check on me and kept changing and adding meds to try to help me--he said he even gave me something used with chemo patients and even that barely helped.

He even came back around 11:30-midnight to see how I was doing.

The next day I started worrying that this had been a big mistake having the surgery--what had I been thinking? My body always reacts badly to standard things--I must have made a huge mistake. But, thankfully, and thanks to OH, I remembered other people posting that they had similar feelings at first that passed, and sure enough, by the 2nd or 3rd day, that never came to mind again.

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