10 biggest worries

THIS SO VERY COOL - I'm scheduled for the 29th and fixed one of my BIGGEST FEARS just this morning - I went from TAH/LSO to TAH/BSO (I have family hx of ovarian cancer and not worth the risk of leaving it behind to become a silient troublemaker....

10. Nurses poking me in the middle of the night
9. LOSSING my "Privacy"
8. Having to ask for help
7a. cathader until I learned they do that while I am asleep
7b. accidentally ripping out my IV
6. Overcoming the physical pain/discomfort so that I WILL GET UP & MOVE THAT GAS RIGHT OUT OF ME
5. Having to ask for help
4. Complications - not waking up
3. Accepting that to a certain degree I don't have control over some of this stuff
2. HRT therapy
1. Unforseen complication

and the one I wasn't going to list - but what the heck - coming home to Riley - my 85 lb dog who gets very happy and bouncy when he is reunited with loved ones (& he loves EVERYONE VERY much). We are back in training not to jump on the mommy

I can't wait to update this one!!!

colette

Now I've jumped over the fence here is what I would say about my list:

1. Am I really doing the right thing.
... Totally did the right thing. My doc was overjoyed to tell me my decision to have the surgery was the best because she found a nice patch of adeno in there and more fibroids.

2. What will it be like waking up in recovery room???
...I barely remember laying down on the op. table and the surgery seemed like it was all of 2 seconds then I was waking up in recovery and was entertained by a man who was swinging at the nurses as he came out of his anesthesia - hope I didn't do that!

3. The dreaded swelly belly... and for how long???
...Am a little poochy but not too bad and this is only day 3 so I have reasonable hopes of this being temporary.

4. Sex
...Don't know about that yet. Mostly worried about loss of libido buy doc said we could work on that when we get there.

5. Emotions
... So far so good. I got teary yesterday but it was happy tears of relief because I did it and the worrying is over.

6. Swelly belly
... See #3.

7. Sex
...See #4.

8. Emotions
...See #5.

9. Oh yeh, swelly belly
...Boy was I obsessed with swelly belly fear!

10. Will my sense of humour survive!
...Still laughing! Thank goodness.

(will my DH survive!) heh heh
...He survived beautifully, brought me beautiful red tulips and choc. pudding. I'm keeping him...

this is such a great idea! thanks to the sister who started it, and citron for moving it back to the top of the post! (glad you are doing well!)

1. that TAH will not help my problems and could make them worse

2. I will mess something up duriing recovery, and will have to go back in

3. gas, constipation, bowel pain

4. they will find cancer

5. they will have to take my ovaries

6. embarrased about dirty house

7. boredom and frustration during recovery

8. having a catheter

9. bowel prep

10. my elderly dog wont survive my absence

okay..writing all this down in one place makes it seem much more manageable. looking forward to coming back to this list and having it all wrong.

akita

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Originally posted by stumped 10. They take out ovaries and tubes by mistake. (can't put them back). 9. I die 8. They puncture something inside me. 7. I have Cancer 6. I never have an orgasm again. 5. I never feel sexy again 4. The pain meds make me vomit 3. Mean and unattentive nurses. 2. Gas when I have a room mate. 1. My DH can fend for himself and me...(he is disabled and I have been helping him for the last 2 years)

Just about 3 weeks post op. Let's see how it turned out.
10. Ovaries and tubes looked GREAT. And they left them in.
9. Obvious
8. They did wonderful.
7. Pathology reads-Moderate Dysplasia on Cervix-NO CANCER
6. Having them and feels just as wonderful
5. Libido is strong as ever
4. They made sure that mine had no codeine. I did fine.
3. Nurses were pretty nice and some just wonderful.
2. No room mate. But, the gas pains were horrendus. I never new it could be so hard to fart.
1. DH has been a dream.

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Originally posted by rwtmarch22 My surgery is on 3/22 so....this is what I'm constantly thinking the mostest about! 10. Am I gonna regret this? 9. Will I be able to NOT cry when I leave my husband on my way to the operating room? 8. Who's gonna take care of my 4 dogs. 7. Am I gonna be able to get my flat stomach back? 6. Libido 5. Will I gain weight? 4. Depression........ 3. Not worried about the house or visitors cause I havent told that many people. but, ..who's gonna let my dogs in and out in and out? 2. Will I age faster w/out ovaries? (I know u think I'm nuts, already) 1. Will I still be able to fit into my clothes I just bought? (one more.....will I miss my 5 day no-sex excuse?)

10. No way
9. No crying at all
8. dogs still doing fine w/full bellies and such
7. I don't have it exactly flat but, not as bad as I thought it would be.
6. Don't know that yet
5. We shall see
4. So far so good. I'm fighting it!
3. I let my dogs in & out...in & out.
2. Let's not think about this one.
1. We shall see.

(and the last one.........probably but, it will be nice to get this 6 week wait over)

1.Being out of work for so long (paying bills)
2.HRT
3.Bathroom issues (one bathroom upstairs, bedroom downstairs)
4.Pain
5.Complications
6.Sex in the future
7.Nasty scar
8.Weight gain
9.Embarassing myself
10.Having to have more done in the future
This was my original list before surgery. I wanted to update it after surgery.
1. Still worried about paying bills, but I've realized that since I'm not driving back and forth to work and I'm not paying to eat lunch everyday...we save money.
2. Taking Premarin for almost two weeks now. Haven't had any problems so far. An occasional hot flash, but that's it.
3. We brought home a bedpan from the hospital. I used it with a lounge chair that is in our room and my husband didn't have any problem taking it upstairs to the bathroom to empty it. The only time I would go upstairs for the first few days is for a BM. There's no way I would use a bedpan for that.
4. The pain wasn't as bad as I expected. I have actuallybeen able to handle it better than I thought.
5. Thanks to God, there were no complications this time.
Numbers 6-10, I really can't comment on right now. The healing isn't over yet.
But thanks for reading this.

10. stress doses of steriods due to my RA condition
9. tumor may be maglignant
8.complications during surgery
7.death
6. having tah instead of lavh
5.anathesia
4.staying long in hospital
3.having first bowel movement
2. catheder
1.trip home

10. felt very racy second day after surgery
9.thank God it was benign.
8.surgery went extremely well
7.I`m alive!!!!!
6. had lavh and feel great!!!
5.no problems at all with anathesia.
4.had surgery at 12o was home at 7:30 that evening!!!
3.no problems at all!!!
2. have no memory of one at all...
1. had to travel 70 miles wasn`t as bad as I thought it would be..

All in all my surgery went great and all my fears were just that fears... You know I once read something about a survey done on older people and what they would do different if they could...
One of the biggest things was that they would have worried less..