It's over - or just beginning

Well, I've been home for two days now and one night. I had a few scary moments before surgery. One of the nurses was talking to me about what would be happening when I was under anesthesia and I felt myself start to panic. It manifested (as fear or anger does so often with me) in tears. He was very comforting, and I did feel better. But after that the anesthesiologist shot the first of the knock out drops in my IV, and the next thing I remember is waking up to see faces above me, one of them Kim telling me that she loved me and would be back the next day. Everyone else told me all was well, and I went back to sleep.

After that it was much like other hospital stays I've had, except this time I got to press the button for pain meds. I was pretty comfortable. They were able to do a laproscopic surgery, so now I have six small holes instead of one bit one. They told me that my torso was longer than normal and so my stomach wasn't quite where they thought it would be, so they took a little longer than normal to get through it all. But the total time was still in the range they gave me to expect, so it couldn't have been that far off. I came home on Thursday, finally. I had to pee first, so once I had done that, they were all set to ship me off home, and I have been sleeping a lot, and walking around some and eating yogurt. Today I finally had a BM, so I am not at all worried about the internal workings. Sorry if it's too much information, but it all is part of this process.

The nurses and techs at Virginia Mason were really great. There were a couple who kept asking me the same question I had just answered, but I think they were just working with a lot of people. I was glad I had told everyone how in past surgeries I had thrown up after waking up. They were ready with drugs every time I stood up. I didn't always need them, but knowing I cold have them made me bolder about walking around, since I was always nauseated when I stood. So, for all following this blog, I am well and on the way to being better.

Thanks for listening!

Tia