Well girls~
I made it through my trip to the castle! I'm amazed at how much better I feel after the surgery than I did before!
I'm also really glad that I decided to have the surgery when I did. The doctor came in after the surgery and said that she was amazed by what she found (she later told me that in layman's terms it was pretty gross).
Apparently the endo that had re-grown in the last 6 months since my last lap (which was supposedly a total abdominal resection and removal of endo, too bad they can't always get it all out) had decided to attack my bowels, completely encase both my ovaries leaving minimal blood flow to the ovaries themselves, and make a nice little home for myself inside my uterus *stupid adeno.*
Anyway, I was so glad to know that I had made the right decision to to the TAH/BSO. I knew that it was the right thing to do, but now I have real proof that I was right.
Now that I've babbled for a while about the surgery, I'll tell about after my surgery:
The day of the surgery they took the catheter out about 6 hours post-op. Unfortunately my bladder didn't want to wake up that quickly and I ended up with approx 820 CC's of fluid in my sleeping bladder. They re-cathed me and that was not a treat, it's bad enough having a full bladder, but then having someone poke and prod at it, well you all know how fun it isn't. The catheter came out the next day, and thank goodness my bladder woke up... so did my intestines. My poor mother.. she really is a saint. Not only has she changed my diapers when I was a baby, but then putting up with the toxic fumes that escaped my body... UGH!
Now I'm home at my parent's house, wishing I could be in my own bed, maybe tomorrow they'll let me head home, it's hard being single and living alone except for an 80lb dog. Unfortunately the dog can't let herself in and out, but she's been super gentle cause she knows I'm not feeling well. Now if I just weren't so tired, but I am going to take advantage of the next few weeks off and just rest and take care of myself.
Thank you all for listening to me go on and on about my story, if you have made it this far, I commend you. Thanks for all the support from my Hyster Sisters! Here's to a brighter day for all of us!