Mirena Update (& others)

Nov 23, 2009

As mentioned in a previous post I had my Mirena put in last Friday. That was a pretty rough day but I had some of those stick on heat pads and did that during the day at work and by Saturday  (1 day later) I was totally fine except for some mild cramping. As of Sunday, I was totally fine; no cramping no more bleeding from the punctures, etc. I do have a little bit of cramping today but that's because I'm due to start my monthly cycle soon (mid week). Overall, I think I am really going to love this thing once my body gets used to it and the spotting period is over. I haven't really had that yet but I hear it's standard. So 2 thumbs up so far. 

I got a call from the hospital where I am having my surgery today to get some pre-admission stuff done. They kept asking me if I was bringing all my files with me and I said no they were supposed to have been sent over 2 weeks ago. My surgeon just changed hospital affiliations and so now my surgery has moved to another hospital and apparently they don't have any of my stuff yet. I hope that doesn't cause a problem when I go in Tuesday. We'll see and keep our fingers crossed.

As the date draws near I am nervous but excited too. I guess this is probably normal. I keep having nightmares so I must be more freaked that I originally thought. All well, I've been on the table before so I can do it again, right? I saw the post yesterday on the main board about someone basically planning a revision if her current WLS didn't pan out and I agree with the others.....why would you want to go through this all again? Geez. I am and loathe the idea of it and am mad at myself for not making the 1st one work better but I need to be totally honest with myself and in doing so I know I need the malabsorbsion component. So that's what I'm doing and hopefully I don't have any issues and don't need surgery ever again! HA! Wish me luck!

Toodles! 
Mandy

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