I just arrived home from my meeting with the gyn-onc, Dr. Paley. I was encouraged by our conversation, and I'm not dreading the surgery nearly as much as I was before.
Updates:
- The surgery will be at 11:45am, meaning an 8:45am admit time, which is a huge improvement over the 5:45am admit time I was initially given!
- Recovery shouldn't be nearly as bad as I was anticipating. I will still be able to do walking (for both practical and exercise reasons), and I can lift up to 10 pounds with each arm, and I can push a stroller as long as it's the jogger that rolls so easily.
- Within two weeks I will be thinking "Why have any restrictions at all?" which is great news. (The answer to that question is "so I don't pull out some stitches, get a hernia, and require an operation to fix it!)
- As long as I'm able to eat and drink normally, I will be released from the hospital on Saturday afternoon.
Speaking of eating and drinking...I'm going to have some unintentional weight loss because of all of this! Starting on WEDNESDAY evening, I will be on a clear-liquids diet in preparation for the surgery. If you see me on Thursday and I'm a bit, umm, grouchy, then you'll know why! I will be starving on such a diet, but it is what it is. (Speaking of diets, the scale gave me a new low number this morning - hurrah!)
I think my parents might take Tessa for a long weekend trip in their motorhome, and I think that she and they will LOVE it, and I will rest, guilt-free, at home during that time.
Between now and surgery I need to get another chest x-ray, do more blood work, and get an EKG...more appointments (sigh). But I can do this, and I'm not as nervous about it as I was just a few hours ago.
Kristina
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Kristina,
Back from vacation and checking in to see how you are faring. I'm glad to hear that you are finding more peace about surgery. This is the hyster right? I pray that you have an uneventful and speedy recovery. Weeks 3 & 4 are hard, b/c you start feeling better and you forget you are suppose to becareful. I was constantly getting reprimended by DH/MIL for picking up DNephew. ;-)
I'm really glad to hear you getting such good news. You are have come a long, long way. I admire your courage and good attitude through this ordeal.
I will be praying hard on the 31st.
HUGS
Rhonda (twinangel-now Lucky Ladybug™)
Oh wonderful! I am pleased your talk went well and you are feeling more optimistic. This is another big hurdle you will quickly be putting behind you! I will send all kinds of loving, brave and healthy vibes all week, Friday and over the weekend. I keep you close at heart, my dear friend. Yippie on the additional weight loss...not exactly the "no pain, no gain" one has in mind when they set out to loose a few pounds! hee, hee.
Love,
Corina
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