Thanks again everyone.
Back home and doing fine.
I know the fibroids growing back is a risk. My heart goes out to anyone who has had to be this sore from an operatibn and take off so much time off work only to have the hateful things grow back. I'm praying it doesn't happen to me.
Karla - what part of the country are you in? My endocrinologist,
<< Dr Name snipped, per site guidelines>> Site Guidelines near San Jose, has been very helpful. She might be able to give you a 2nd opinion about HRT options.
I had the drain tubes pulled out yesterday. Gross!
Got to see the results of the tummy tuck. I'm not sure it was worth the money but I can't exactly take it back now. It doesn't look bad... just not that different from before. A bit flatter I guess if you look from the side and I am now minus that extra roll I used to have around the middle. If I could go back in time. I would probably not bother though. On the other hand I have no idea how it would have looked without the tuck. SO maybe it was a good thing to do.
I'm about 20 pounds lighter than before my operation. ( This is not from the tummy tuck. Fat from the tummy tuck does not weigh much.) It is mostly from the fibroid removal. I was carrying a heavy "bag of oranges". (These are now on photographic display at Stanford where my doctor teaches.) It's also due to the fact that for the first time since birth I have absolutely no appetite. Most food smells disgusting right now. All I want is water and orange juice.
Actually everything smells disgusting. My dogs smell much doggier than they did before. They used to sleep on our bed. Now, though I love them so much, I can't stand to have them in the bedroom. My boyfriend, who has been pretty patient and wonderful, can't kiss me if he's eaten anything with garlic. Actually if he's eaten anything. Poor fellow keeps having to go brush his teeth. It's kind of weird for me to be this sensitive to odors.
The walker turned out not to be necessary. I'm getting around really well without it. I can walk around and go up and down the stairs with no ill effects except general exhaustion.
I haven't used the hospital bed. It turns this rented hospital bed was much lumpier than I could have possibly imagined. I'm having both the bed and the walker returned today so we can make room in the living room for a Christmas tree.
Advise if you are renting a hospital bed... ask if the mattress is firm and not lumpy. That might have helped me.
I'm very sore but not more than I expected to be. I sleep, tossing and turning, from 8 PM to about 6 AM and then take a few long naps during the day.
I have no desire to ride the horse at the moment.
The house looks (and smells) dirty to me. People keep coming by with good wishes and I keep wanting to apologize for the general mess. I want to clean it but even the thought of this makes me tired. I'm thinking about hiring a cleaning service sometime before Christmas. (Argh, The price of renting the unused hospital bed would have covered this.... but hindsight is 20-20, no? )
Otherwise everthing is good.
I feel like I owe a debt someplace. I'm wondering when I recover if there is some volunteer group that goes around to the homes of other hyster sisters to run errands or something. I don't need anythng myself at the moment but I would imagine there are others out there who might and would love to help when I am more recovered. Is there such a thing?