Five days is all it's taken for me to feel normal again. Unbelieveable. Can't believe they can cut me, take out a 4cm fibroid and I'm pretty ok 5 days later. Thanks be to God... or the powers of the universe!
Thursday, the day before surgery was probably the hardest. "De-toxing" - those laxatives were NOT fun. Nor was not really being able to eat solids. I was hungry by 9:30am!
Friday went ok. The hospital was... hospitable. I only got really nervous as they were prepping me and I tried to throw up, at which time they said 'glad we did the bowel prep'. Ewww. I don't remember anything after that; they apparently gave me some 'calming' medicine.
I remember Friday being all about mor.phine and sleep... one hour at a time because they kept waking me to take my vitals.
Mor.phine was still my friend on Saturday, until they replaced it with its cousin per.co.cet. Turning over was hard, and I considered it a great feat when I went to pee for the first time, and I took a walk down the hall.
I went home Sun afternoon and haven't really needed much pain meds, luckily & gratefully. I've taken per.co.cet before going to bed to make sure I get a restful sleep but I haven't even needed much ad.vil during the day. Yay!
Thanks for all your support, thoughts, prayers and checking in on me!
Here's to positive feelings, a journey forward on this road to recovery!
ps - I also pooped today for the first time, which I'm happy about because it's supposedly a big deal :)
2 years ago
Great news that you are home and recovering! Hope it's a big step forward babywise : )
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are back home and in the recovery mode ! Yippee on the pooping ; )
ReplyDeleteWow, that sounds like a lot to go through for 4cm. But I hope it's very worth it for you. And glad to hear you and your bowels are feeling better. :)
ReplyDeleteWoman, you are a champion! So happy you faired well and are home and feeling normal. And, hooray for pooping!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are recovering well!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're feeling a little better. Hope you continue to have an easy recovery! Take care!
ReplyDeleteGlad you're doing so well.... :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear that it went well and that your recovery is not treating you too badly xxx
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're doing good! It's definitely amazing that people can feel back to normal less then a week later! A great thing though!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the poop! It's so good when things go better than we expected!
ReplyDeleteSo glad this is behind you now and that is went well! May it just be one of many lovely things going your way. Sending you a hug!
ReplyDeleteLily - The Infertile Mind
I'm so glad you're okay ! It's great that it's done. High five !
ReplyDeleteHope you're still doing well in your recovery....thinking of you & continuing to send prayers:)
ReplyDeleteHi there! I am also recovering from fibroid surgery- mine was on 8/5. Also about 4cm. (Thank goodness! At one point, it was 7!) And, like you, I was NOT a huge fan of the bowel prep. Ick ick ick.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're feeling well and Yay! for a poop. ;)
Happy ICLW!
Just wanted to pop in and say hope you are doing well and Happy ICLW
ReplyDeleteHi there! Just stopping over for the first time from ICLW. Hope you continue to improve from the surgery! I read over your story and it looks like it's not been an easy journey, but I wanted to wish you the best of luck going forward!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that the surgery went well and that you're already on the road to recovery!!
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Praise for a successfull surgery.
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