Home Again

The surgery was a success, although it was about 2 hours longer than the surgeon expected it to be. He started with the right ovary which was fine and easy to disconnect. Then the left one--here's the problem. It was practically covered with scar tissue from surgery 4 years ago. But being the good surgeon he is, Dr. Bonebrake is his name, he persevered and cut me loose. He could have decided to do an incision instead but I'm sure glad he didn't. Anyway, what was to be a 2-4 hour surgery became a 6 hour surgery. I would like to apologize to any women who also had scheduled surgery with Dr. Bonebrake that day. They had a long wait. I'm glad I was first on his list!

I was treated quite well by the hospital staff. Everyone was so nice. Any time I used the call button someone was right there. I have bruises where blood was taken or iv's inserted. My body swelled a lot! My left hand was so swollen that no creases could be seen and I couldn't touch my thumb and fingers together. The right hand didn't get quite that bad. They are both pretty much back to normal now. I haven't gotten my appetite back which is probably a good thing. Everything tastes different right now. I thought I would come out of the hospital weighing at least 10 pounds less but because of the bloating and water retention weighed 10 more that when I went in. What a bummer!

Thank goodness for pain pills. I was trying to be 'strong' yesterday and didn't take any all day even though I was hurting at different times. Today I am taking them every 4 hours--forget about being 'strong' and handling pain.

I go back for my post op check up on Thursday. Hopefully by then I will be feeling pretty well. I counted band aids today and have 6 and there are a couple of puncture wounds with steri strips only. At least there are no staples to remove this time!

Well, I think it's time to go back to the recliner.