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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(This was supposed to be the pre-op with my gynecologist/surgeon where she discusses my upcoming myomectomy surgery and answers any of my remaining questions, and then I sign the consent forms. As you know, though, I already signed them early because the surgery coordinator knew she’d be out on vacation today.) So today’s appointment was [...]
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I had the bright idea of trying to tighten my lower abdominal muscles before the surgery. Just because I know I have this big fibroid doesn’t give me the excuse to relax my lower abdominal muscles and let it all hang out, right? So today I was working on pulling those lower abs in. Make [...]
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The surgery coordinator asked me regarding my upcoming abdominal myomectomy, “What side is your fibroid on? The reason I need to know is that if your fibroid is attached to your ovary, we need you to consent to have the ovary on that side removed.” Oh trust me, it’s not attached. In fact, sometimes it [...]
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When I told my mom about my fibroid on Friday, she replied in surprise, “YOU (as in a non-medical professional) can feel it?” Apparently she has a number of fibroids, but they are too small for her to identify. (She also said her sister had a hysterectomy because of fibroids. This was the first time [...]
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The gynecologist’s recommended treatment was not too surprising: No more diagnostic imaging (ah well) Abdominal myomectomy surgery and then see what we find in there Because I presented right from the start with a large fibroid, and we don’t have past records to monitor how fast it grew (because I am a bad patient who [...]
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