SURGERY IS DONE AND I AM HOME

Feb 12, 2016

I HAD MY SURGERY 2/8/2016 and got home last night 2/11/2016. I am so so so happy to be home. I was so nice to sleep for more than 30 minutes at a time with hearing "time to take your vitals or something" even if its something that they have to do. 

I had to wait a week cause my WBC was 20k and still dont know why it was so high. So I had a follow up Blood work (cbc) and it was 3k and the Dr Vig (the surgeon) and my hemotologist were both ok with me having the surgery. 

I didnt have the hiatal hernia repair but to my surgeons shock and everyone else's he had to perform an umbilical hernia repair. I am one of those friends who when they have a cold everyone in your circle of friends knows it. Yeah!! so I was pretty rough in the recovery. I really didnt mean to be. Imagine a contraction hitting with no warning. The nurse explained to me my muscles didnt like being sewn together and made to work together after all this time of not working together. the spasms do stop though. 

I lost my core strength.OMG just a cut of the knife and all that work and its GONE. I know i gotta work to get it back but its crazy how you have it then you dont. 

Thank you percocet for an awesome night sleep. i slept for 3 hours straight. I love how this medicine makes me think 50 minutes into taking it "I can walk down to the stop sign." then 3  hours into it im thinking "OMG i have another hour before I can take another pill. I got this!"

If i can give a word of advice to anyone about to go in soon who may be reading. Drink sip sip sip so you can get off the saline drip faster. you will gain weight on it even if it is water weight. " Dont try to be superwoman/man. Let family/friends help AND SAY THANK YOU. 

Good luck in your journey. Time for a percocet. weeeee

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