So the appointment went well if not as slow as ever. Got there right at 2:45pm scheduled time and left around 4:30pm. At least this time I had my Mom with me so the time went by more pleasantly since I had someone to talk to and keep me company. They drew blood and I…
Category: Sickness and Health Issues
Tuesday Blues
Today I have an appointment at 2:45pm with the hematologist. It’s a follow-up to my pre-op appointment to determine how he wants to proceed with getting my iron stores (ferritin level) back up to normal levels. It was originally going to be last week but my Mom had an appointment that day and I wasn’t…
Send Good Wishes Please
Love went to bed around 9:45pm tonight because he has to get up around 3am. His mom is having knee replacement tomorrow and they have to be at the hospital 5:30am. Love is his Mon’s ride. Since his dad’s heart surgery this summer he doesn’t drive anymore. She had one knee replaced a few years…
Here goes nothing
First time driving since surgery. Wish me luck! LOL 4:14pm Edit to add: I did it! Drove to the post office, shipped out my items, drove home, checked my mail and now I’m home. Hooray! 😀 Posted via email from memoryanddream’s posterous
3 Weeks Post Op
Ok, I’m probably the only one excited about this, but today, three weeks post hysterectomy, all of my incisions are now scab-free and looking awesome!! I just got out of the shower were the belly button incision (by far the ugliest and largest of the cuts) shed it’s scab! I have a {quasi-normal} belly button…
Day 18 Post Op – Healing Incisions!
Last night, part of the scab on my belly button incision came off! I didn’t pull at it or pick at it or anything. I just pulled my pj’s down to look at my wounds and the bottom part just came right off. I was like EEK! But it’s fine. Another part in the “inner”…
Saturday’s Outing Gone Wrong
So, yesterday (Saturday) we were Going To Go Out. Ok, not like anything fancy or interesting, but when you’re recovering from major organ-removing surgery, even small trips to the store are a Big Deal. Yesterday, (Day 17 post-op) I found a pair of denim capri pants that are normally too big and a little stretched…
Day 16 Post Op And Feeling Fine
I’m happy to say my two-week post hysterectomy day came and went and brought with it a nice relief from pain. My pain has changed from an all-encompassing deep ache to a more shallow general soreness. It’s much easier managed with ibuprofen and I went the entire day yesterday without a single painkiller. Just two…
I am ObamaCare
This is the ORIGIN of the “I am ObamaCare” picture. I’m the one who wrote it, photographed it and posted it on October 20, 2011. That’s me in the picture. This is my story. I never knew my simple “I am Obamacare” image would wind up all going viral on every corner of the web!…
New fuzzy throw
Here is a shot of the super fuzzy and ultra soft blue throw my sister brought over for me as a surprise gift when she visited me Monday. The color looks weird in the living room light but its really a nice blue. Also shown are the glitter pens and Godiva chocolate bars she got…
Post Op Days 12 and 13
I know. I need to come up with better titles for these things. Sadly, pretty much all of my life right now is centered around healing from my surgery. So there’s not much to talk about that isn’t healing posts. LOL Probably getting boring. Sorry about that. Yesterday (day 12) my sister came over and…
Post Hysterectomy Days 10 and 11
This weekend marked days 10 and 11 of my healing and recovery from my hysterectomy. Much remains the same. I’m still dealing with deep aches and pains around the incision sites (especially the one on the left which my doctor told me would be the one that hurt the most.) I’m begrudgingly still taking some…
Post-Hysterectomy Day 9
Had a hard time getting to sleep last night. Wound up being awake until like 2am. I haven’t been up past about midnight since this all started. I was so exhausted from the outing to the doctor yesterday and I didn’t take a nap when I got home or anything but for some reason, I…
1st Post Op Appointment
Met with my doctor today for my first post hysterectomy appointment. I last saw him a week ago when I he checked on me in the hospital and cleared me for discharge. Everything is going fine, he took a look at my belly and laughed at me for my linty incisions. I told him I…
A Week And A Day (Post Op Hysterectomy Day 8)
Today I go in at 1:45pm for my first post-op appointment with my doctor. I don’t know exactly what they do at the appointment to check on my progress (ultrasound? exam?) but it’s good to get some less medicated face-time with my doctor. LOL The last time I saw him was the morning I was…