My surgery was yesterday morning @ 7:30 am (EST). I went to the "castle" at 6:15am (EST). I was given something to relax me. Then was quickly taking in to operation holding room. Hooked up to TWO IVs one in each arm. They said they do that for the DaVinci operations, due to having to change sided.
The last think I remember was they pushed me into the OR and I was put on the OR table and given something the something by the anesthesiologist. She said, you'll be out with 15 secs. (And I was). The next thing remember them waking me in to my recovery and taking me to my room.
I had told my GYN and the anesthesiologist that my worse fear is the pain from the gas. Just having undergone a surgery in June for another surgery. She said she'd be extra sure that excess gas gets taken out of me.
When I woke up in recovery, I was amazing that I didn't have any chest/shoulder pain gas. I was thrilled. When they took me to my room. My nurse was there setting me up. I still had the "cath" in at that time. Instead of pain pump they gave me pain meds IV. I was fine at that point. I the nurse about having the cath removed. She said, "Oh no you have to have it until the you are about to leave tomorrow morning. I told her that my GYN said she never leaves the "cath" in for that long and I had to pee so bad, and it was just the "cath" making me feel the urge to pee. She said go ahead you have the "cath" in. I said you don't understand, I feel like I have to PEE badly, but I can't due to the irritation from the "cath". She still insisted it was just the "cath" making me feel that way. I asked her to call my GYN to see if they can remove it.
About an hour later, she came in and took it out. I told her I was ready to get up and go into the bathroom and pee. She said, "Whatever, you won't be able to pee yet". So I went to the bathroom and peed. She was astonished. She mentioned that the doctor would consider releasing me since I had gone to the bathroom. I was thrilled. My GYN came in around 5p.m. and asked if I was up to going home if I felt I could rest better there. I said, "YES".
Apparently, my room was one in Labor and Delivery. How ironic, huh? (I told my doctor that's just cruel) LOL. She also did the TVT surgery (Urethra Sling) She said my uterus looked ok except she found a few more fibroid on the outside of my uterus, in addition to those we knew I had inside the lining.
My GYN said "ok, I go ahead and discharge you, but remember, just because the incision look good and small doesn't mean I have not just had a major operation and go home and straight to bed."
I wasn't able to sleep while in my room at the castle and it was 11:00 pm (EST) before I was able to get to sleep. I woke up with a lot of pain about 1 hour ago and just took some pain meds. I am hoping to be able to get back to sleep, but my insides feel like they have glass in my pelvic area. Very sore and painful.
Anyway, I was just checking in. Will write more of about my progress as the days go by. So glad to have this over and behind me.
I hope everyone else has a speedy recovery. Sending healing prayers to those post-surgery!
Surgery Yesterday - Was able to go home the same day.
