Day 7 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: The sharp pains in my abdomen are much stronger and really bothering me today! But I don’t want resort to Vicodin so I’m trying to stick it out with my 600 mg doses of ibuprofen. I’m also not hungry – I’m eating solely to be [...]
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Day 6 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: Took two walks today, for a grand total of 11 laps through my apartment building’s hallways (double of yesterday’s walks!) in just over 40 minutes. At the end of the night, the pain was really bothering me, though. Plus today I’ve been having a hard [...]
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Day 5 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: Woke up feeling pretty good this morning, pain-wise. The best I’d been yet. Maybe the ridiculous amount of sleep I had in the prior 36 hours did some good. But… I was so nauseated and slightly dizzy, and had a headache too. Were these side [...]
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Day 4 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: Woke up early and hungry because I only had yogurt and banana for dinner last night. But the reason I actually got out of bed was to eat some food so that I could take another dose of ibuprofen. I was extra sore and sleepy [...]
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Blog posts covering the day of surgery up through Day 3 post-op still to come…
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Well, today’s the big day. In just a few hours, I’ll be on the table for abdominal myomectomy surgery. While I’m really not thrilled about: having a big cut in my up-until-now surgery-free, nature-given body (I don’t even have my ears pierced!) possible scarring and internal adhesions from having my uterus messed with being exposed [...]
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I hate dealing with health insurance!!! Today, I called my health insurance provider to verify one last time that tomorrow’s surgery would be fully covered: Facility: Yep, they verified the hospital is in-network. Surgeon: Yep, they verified she’s in-network. I asked if pre-auth for my procedure had been issued yet, and she said there was [...]
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It’s a mystery to me. Do I wear my hearing aids into the operating room? My surgeon said it wouldn’t have any impact on her work, as I will be draped from my waist to the top of my head for the abdominal myomectomy. She said I should ask during my hospital pre-op, but she [...]
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The instruction booklet I received at my hospital pre-op (pre-admission) appointment: Pre-surgery appointment: At your appointment, you will be evaluated by a pre-surgery nurse and asked to fill out an anesthesia assessment form. You also will have any necessary laboratory and/or diagnostic tests. What to bring: 1. Orders from your doctor 2. EKG, lab or [...]
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My parents arrived last night for a ~2-week visit. It originally was going to be a 5-day visit, but they moved their arrival date up once this whole myomectomy surgery plan materialized. It’s very nice of them to help me out during my initial post-op days, but I’ve been doubting whether telling my over-anxious mom [...]
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