Grrrrr...Jedi mind tricks aren't working anymore!

Hello all!
Its 6:10 am, I have been up since 3:30…it took me 2+ hours to fall asleep last night (at least from the last time I looked up at the clock. My sleep has gotten less and less with everyday my surgery gets closer (Jan. 7th). I'm not nervous…quite the opposite. I am looking forward to being pain & menstruating free!
But with the continuing increase is lack of sleep I have become extremely moody, snappy and at times just plain mean. I guess the stress (?) has finally caught up with me.
In addition to the lack of sleep symptoms . I have become a blubbering emotional mess. I feel this is the most frustrating as it is the complete opposite of my normal personality. It reminds me of postpartum depression symptoms in many ways…and I am still Pre-OP!!!! Things that aren't even sad make me start to bawl uncontrollably.
Sigh
Anyways, if anyone has some suggestions of things I could do to help me relax a bit more…it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you everyone,
DMM

It was suggested to me to use lavendar scents and relaxing music. I am the same way!! My surgery is Monday!!!! I've been EXTREMELY moody, I'm lacking sleep and I am stuck at work all day today with my thoughts (I'm alone in the office today). My abdomine is angry with me or something because the pain has been horrible all week (due to get my period on Monday) but the pain killers the doc gave me at my pre-op seem to be working somewhat.

I cry at commercials, tv shows (CSI and NCIS), I'm an emotional wreck and HOLY HECK are my dreams weird lately!

I've been baking and cleaning...trying to keep occupied doing something because if I'm not busy, the pain seeps in and I feel like utter and total "junk".

Good Luck Next Week!

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Originally Posted by NervousAsHeck My abdomine is angry with me or something because the pain has been horrible all week (due to get my period on Monday) but the pain killers the doc gave me at my pre-op seem to be working somewhat.

Mine has been angry at me since end of October when I found out it was finally going to happen! I dont blame it for giving one last fight! LOL

I agree with the music...it is a life saver! So keep listening and thank you for the support!


DMM

Hiya! My date is also Monday the 5th and I'm a total wreck.Nervous-YES! Going a little crazy too, trying to get things done and my anxiety is out of this world. I can't sleep because either my thoughts are racing or I'm dreaming stuff I don't want to dream. Good Luck on Monday, my thoughts and prayers will be with ya's. My dream last night was the following: I was on the gurney in the surgery room and my OB was talking to me, getting me ready and she told the nurses to put the dvd in and I asked her what DVD was that and she smiled real big and said the instructional video on how to do this thing and I woke up. Funny on one hand not so funy on the other! She'll get a kick out of it though. Wishing all a speedy recovery!!

WOWZER! Sounds like a dream I would have, but weirdly enough have not had ONE dream about the surgery yet....
Good luck on Monday!

I'll be here for support all day...lol At least logged in, I may be away for a little while doing some work here and there. Trying to get the office set up for the guys, so it's easier while I'm away.

Right now I am in the zone, maybe because I still have 2 weeks but last week I cried everytime anyone looked at me, but this week I am so calm.
I treated myself to an Ipod { my husband said I should just take a radio to the hospital, isn't he sweet ] and downloaded some of my favs. Wow, music has been so calming, plus lots and lots of prayer.
I hope this isn't just the last calm before the storm
I guess we all respond differently to stress, and I notice that none of my pants fit, oop, too much stress eating.
Cheers to all the Jan princesses and God speed your healing,
Kris

Hey gals: Here's a perspective from one of your sisters on the other side. The closer the day got, the more anxious you will become...no matter how happy you are (or not) to be having the surgery. This is absolutely normal and EVERYONE does it. The best advice I can give you is if you tell your Dr and he offers you a Valium...TAKE IT. I resisted and was finally given one at checkin (the dear nurse didn't give me choice, lol) and I wished I'd taken the Dr up on his offer the day before at pre-op meeting. I sailed into the o.r. anxiety free.

Well, CircQueen, my first suggestion would be to get a sense of humor, but your subject heading on this thread shows that you'd doing great in that area anyway.

Tootsie is right--the anxiety increases the closer you get. I was incredibly busy right before my surgery--grading final papers (I'm a college prof) and doing grades, doing Christmas shopping, having Christmas, etc. I had thought that having all this big stuff to do would help me from thinking too much about the surgery. WRONG!!! All it did was distract me from the work I was trying to do and made me more anxious about the surgery because I didn't have time to clean my house first. Plus, I had a sinus infection I was trying to get cleared up. I was in a generally heightened emotional state. About 6 pm the night before the surgery, I suddenly shut down. I sat on the couch, trembling, completely oblivious to everything going on around me. I didn't have any valium and didn't even think of saying anything to my doctor. The morning of the surgery, I think I was so relieved that I had made it to that day that I finally felt calm. I was joking around with the OR nurses, drooling over the hot anesthesiologist, and wondering if my daughter would remember to clean the bathroom before I got home (she didn't).

Basically, although we all cope with the anxiety in our own ways, we all have the anxiety, and it gets worse the closer we get to the surgery. That's when I found myself really starting to spend time on hystersisters. I found it so comforting to know that the other women facing surgery were feeling just like I was.

THANKS EVERYONE!
LOL I do have to say I left one part out of my venting..."We" (not me so much) at work decided that this would be a great breaking point for me to switch departments! So as much as im thankful for the distraction of being super swamped busy at work, I have noticed today (she is not here today) that it has been a huge straw on the proverbial camels back.
With all or your responses, good vibes and a calm Friday at work...this weekend just might not be miserable!!!

THX!!
DMM