Tag: Surgery

Everything in it’s place

After my initial complaints about the surgery Friday, things did get significantly better very quickly. As I posted Friday was terrible! By Sunday life was basically back to normal, Thankfully.

Since I have been consumed with a strange organizational need.

Monday morning I dropped the girls off for the start of an all day all week karate camp.  I did some errands, went home and had some lunch.  I do not know what inspired the next move but I decided to take the time to clean out our spare bedroom which probably like many others is the catch-all room for anything and everything that does not have a home. While I was working on that project the hallway closet which can never close due to things hanging out of it continued to catch my eye so I tore everything out of it to be re-folded, organized or tossed. I can not remember the last time this closet has touched, it was long overdue!

These projects lead into more of the same with the downstairs coat closet and then the hooks in the laundry room that were hung to keep the things that would be thrown all over the house a little neater. Bags, hats sweatshirt and jackets many that do not fit or are no longer loved packed up to be moved out of the house.

As I said, I have no idea what has inspired these much neglected project to take center stage. As I sit here at the hair salon I have others running through my mind, what could be next? Maybe the drawers in the china cabinet? Could it be time to tackle our own closet in the bedroom?  Oh the possibilities are endless, not exactly exciting but certainly endless!

 

Normal? maybe I am a wimp.

I am home and sitting for the most part comfortably.  I use the term loosely and for the first time today.  I consider myself to be pretty tough with a high pain threshold.  Child birth, a c-section, multiple surgical biopsies and the massive bilateral prophylactic mastectomy and DIEP flap all added to my ability to handle more than my fair share of pain.

Why do I list this?  Well everyone heading into today gave great feedback on the procedure.  I actually know many people who themselves have had it done and the universal feeling is a wonderful long-term result and most agree that there was minimal pain involved.  As I went into the surgical center today I went in very calm and felt confident about the next few days.  Then an interesting thing happened.  My doctor came in and talked about any pain over the next few days will be nothing more than that of “normal menstrual cramps”.  After the first breast revision surgery last summer, my surgeon at the time talked in a similar way about how pain-free things would be.  I remember the awful throbbing and sever pain.  After calling his office for stronger pain meds I remember him saying that yes it had been a big surgery.

When my doc today sounded the same, I decided to be a bit more proactive and asked if I would be sent home with any pain meds.  She seemed totally taken back and informed me that she did not even have her script pad.  I quickly looked at my husband who went to the internet on his phone to find a phone number to the drug store for something to be called in.  I told her that I would rather have something and not need it than have to hunt her down over the weekend.

This brings us to the point…THANK GOD I DID!  At the hospital they talked about the fact that I have a retroverted uterus and the extremely thick lining which to me was like whatever…what it meant was the most intense cramps I have ever had!  After some Tylenol with codeine and perception Motrin I have finally reached a point of calm.  All I have to say to the doctor is normal cramps my ass and thank-you for bowing to my request for meds!

Surgery, creepers and tiny squares

The day before surgery and I did what I expect most people do, I spent the day playing minecraft.  We did have some productive moments, the kids had karate, I secured a sponsor for Madi’s soccer team and dropped the paperwork at the township building.  Fed the children and did some before surgery cleaning.

CreeperThe girls have figured out how to link all of the handhelds via wi-fi on minecraft.  The game is very silly but I have to admit it is addictive.  When I was a kid the family would have sat and played a board game.  Today the three of us sat together laughing and running around in the world of little squares.  It was fun!

I have to be at the surgery center by 8 am tomorrow.  I am glad it is early but not too early.  In a few hours it will all be over and I can hopefully move into a phase of my life where I am not scheduling the next procedure.  Over the next few weeks I instead will be focused on the planning of our first little girls sleep over.  It is Megan’s big wish for her birthday this year.  I have agreed but it will be very small, 2 of her closest friends.  I think small and controlled is best for the first. Once we get through this annoyance tomorrow we can focus on what is really important….giggling little girls! 🙂