Preparations
My laparascopy is today. So, what am I doing blogging? Trying to keep my mind off the pain. Yes, pain. Not anxiety of surgery, the pain I am in from the surgery prep. Sunday I spent cleaning and doing all those chores that I knew would need done over the next week but I knew DH wouldn't do. I got everything ready for my mom to watch the kids today. I got meals planned so people could eat this week since DH doesn't do much cooking. I tried to remind myself that life will go on and my household will still function even if I don't get out of bed for a few days. I had lunch yesterday and then nothing but clear liquids after that. I thought I would be half dead by the evening because I never do well when I don't get a chance to eat something regularly. The massive amounts of jello, chicken broth, ginger ale, and Italian ice kept me going strong.
I was at the park yesterday with my kids and other moms. One of the moms knew I was having the surgery. She had it done about 3 weeks ago, for the second time. Another friend of mine heard us talking about it. That woman has had it done 3-4 times. They told me all about their experiences. Usually I prefer to not be so educated about stuff like this because then I go into it picturing what they are going to do and just dreading it, instead of just going along for the ride and not over thinking it. However, I came away from talking to those ladies yesterday feeling way more at ease about everything.
My surgery was scheduled for 8:30, which meant I was supposed to be at the hospital around 6:30, so we were planning on leaving home around 5. I got a call yesterday that I don't have to be there until 9:30. The good part was that I didn't need to get up so early this morning. The bad news is that it is longer that I have to wait and go without drinking or eating anything.
Then it was bowel prep time. I figured that part was going to be the worst thing ever. There was a time a few minutes before I was going to do it that I was trying to think of a way out of it. I mean, I could just tell my doctor that I did it but not actually do it..? And now I will type the words I never thought I would ever type. Giving yourself an enema is really not that bad. After that was done and over with I settled in to watch some tv with DH. At bedtime I had to insert this pill vaginally that was supposed to soften my cervix to make it easier for them to stick things up there today. (Yay!) It is an off label use of the medication and I thought it was really funny that one of the warnings on the label said to make sure you take the medication with food or milk. DH said we had bananas... I went to bed and went to sleep. All was well.
I woke up at 2:30 to pee. I had some cramps, I am guessing because my cervix has been hard at work softening. I was able to go back to sleep but I didn't sleep very well because I just kept dreaming about the cramping and burning in my body. I woke up at 5:30 and spent the next hour in rather horrible pain. I couldn't get comfortable. My belly was all crampy, but not like waves of cramps, more like a constant pain of a cramp. It felt kind of like a gas cramp where you know that any second you are going to break wind and the pain will go away, only I didn't have any gas and there was no wind breaking and no going away of the pain. I tried to do some breathing exercises just to get my mind off the pain. I couldn't think about breathing though because my mind kept going back to the pain. In any other situation I would have popped a Tylenol or something and pretty soon it would be almost gone. But, I am not allowed to do that on the day of a surgery. So I endured. Eventually I settled on singing some of my favorite songs in my head. Sounds lame? Not at all when it was keeping me nearly completely distracted from my cervix. My alarm went off at 6:30 and I still hadn't gone back to sleep.
I'm feeling slightly better now that I am moving a little... that is if sitting on the couch to blog counts as moving. I still have to get dressed, walk the dog, and get a few things ready for the kids and my mom today. Then we will be out of here around 8. Good luck to me!
I was at the park yesterday with my kids and other moms. One of the moms knew I was having the surgery. She had it done about 3 weeks ago, for the second time. Another friend of mine heard us talking about it. That woman has had it done 3-4 times. They told me all about their experiences. Usually I prefer to not be so educated about stuff like this because then I go into it picturing what they are going to do and just dreading it, instead of just going along for the ride and not over thinking it. However, I came away from talking to those ladies yesterday feeling way more at ease about everything.
My surgery was scheduled for 8:30, which meant I was supposed to be at the hospital around 6:30, so we were planning on leaving home around 5. I got a call yesterday that I don't have to be there until 9:30. The good part was that I didn't need to get up so early this morning. The bad news is that it is longer that I have to wait and go without drinking or eating anything.
Then it was bowel prep time. I figured that part was going to be the worst thing ever. There was a time a few minutes before I was going to do it that I was trying to think of a way out of it. I mean, I could just tell my doctor that I did it but not actually do it..? And now I will type the words I never thought I would ever type. Giving yourself an enema is really not that bad. After that was done and over with I settled in to watch some tv with DH. At bedtime I had to insert this pill vaginally that was supposed to soften my cervix to make it easier for them to stick things up there today. (Yay!) It is an off label use of the medication and I thought it was really funny that one of the warnings on the label said to make sure you take the medication with food or milk. DH said we had bananas... I went to bed and went to sleep. All was well.
I woke up at 2:30 to pee. I had some cramps, I am guessing because my cervix has been hard at work softening. I was able to go back to sleep but I didn't sleep very well because I just kept dreaming about the cramping and burning in my body. I woke up at 5:30 and spent the next hour in rather horrible pain. I couldn't get comfortable. My belly was all crampy, but not like waves of cramps, more like a constant pain of a cramp. It felt kind of like a gas cramp where you know that any second you are going to break wind and the pain will go away, only I didn't have any gas and there was no wind breaking and no going away of the pain. I tried to do some breathing exercises just to get my mind off the pain. I couldn't think about breathing though because my mind kept going back to the pain. In any other situation I would have popped a Tylenol or something and pretty soon it would be almost gone. But, I am not allowed to do that on the day of a surgery. So I endured. Eventually I settled on singing some of my favorite songs in my head. Sounds lame? Not at all when it was keeping me nearly completely distracted from my cervix. My alarm went off at 6:30 and I still hadn't gone back to sleep.
I'm feeling slightly better now that I am moving a little... that is if sitting on the couch to blog counts as moving. I still have to get dressed, walk the dog, and get a few things ready for the kids and my mom today. Then we will be out of here around 8. Good luck to me!
Labels: endometriosis, enema, laparoscopy
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