6/27/11 - Surgery Day!!!!

Jul 23, 2011

Well, today was my surgery day.  Obviously, I am writing this after the fact....waaaayyy after the fact.  It is really the end of July...lol.  I had to be at the hospital for 7:30am and surgery was scheduled for 9:30am, but I didn't get into surgery until around noon.  The waiting was driving me crazy and maybe almost, in a small way, gave me time to have second thoughts, but I just knew I was going to go through with it.  I got called back into a triage-like area and there my vitals were taken and my blood pressure was elevated.  I guess so because I was scared out of my mind, but I kept telling myself 'Let go and let God'.  And I did.  In triage I also had these compression stockings placed on my legs which I would discover later, I could NOT wait to get them off!  I also had to get a heparin shot in my stomach...felt like a bee sting.  It really hurt.  And then I was wheeled into a pre-op area where I had my IV put in, which I knew from my MRI would be quite a task.  First she tried in my left hand, then she went over to my right hand, and then she ended up going back over to my left hand.  It sucked, but oh well.  Dr. Murayama came to visit me here and asked me if I had any last-minute questions and I didn't.  He said 'See you in there!'.  Much of this day following the surgery is a bit of a haze.  I remember being taken into the OR, but I don't remember much about that until waking up in the recovery room where I believe I kept asking over and over again for more pain meds.  I kinda remember being in a lot of pain.  I kindof remember being taken into my room where my mom was waiting.  That was nice knowing that she was there waiting for me.  I was sooo glad to see her face.  I was in and out of it for the remainder of the day.  I remember my husband and the kids coming to see me and my husband's cousin who lives right in Philadelphia.  I was dying for a drink but knew that would not be until the next day only if I passed my leak test.  The only thing I have to say is thank God for pain meds!!  I'm sure they helped greatly when I had to get out of bed too.  It didn't feel too good to get up, but in another way, it did feel good to get out of bed.  My first time out of bed, I walked around the nurse's station and went back to bed.  The nurses were very, very pleased.  They said most people just walk to the door and turn around and go back to bed.  That made me feel good.  For once in my life, I didn't feel like the lazy fat chick.

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