Category: BlahBlahBabble

Mike here. Surgery is over, and all went well. She’s still in recovery, haven’t seen her yet. Thanks for the well-wishes so far.

Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow, at 1pm. The fibroids are not visible on the ultrasound now, and the ovarian cyst is gone. However, I have a very thick and enlarged uterus, and still have very bad bleeding. My body has no iron reserves at all. The bleeding has to be stopped. Due to the very enlarged uterus, I can not have the ablation, there is a size limit for the uterus. The last option is a hysterectomy.

I won’t lie. I am really not thrilled. I know it is the right thing to do though.

I will most likely be here through Sunday or Monday, depending on how it all goes. I will ask Mike to post an update for me.

I had an appointment still with the cardiologist yesterday, originally for surgery clearance. I did not want the Lupron without her approval. I asked Mike to drive me there because I had been getting pretty dizzy. Good thing I did that, because I basically fainted right after I got in the car.

The rest of the day went downhill from there.

We decided that the take iron and the Lupron option was not going to work. It would take at least 2 weeks to start to recover my iron stores. Obviously, I could not stay so weak that long, I would have been at risk for shock and other issues. Plus the Lupron can cause blood pressure problems. My original OB not only disagreed when we called him, he was quite rude about it.

So my doctor called on a different OB and got me in to see him right away.

That doctor saw me and immediately admitted me to the hospital for a blood trsnsfusion. We will be doing surgery on Friday most likely; the ultrasound results from late last night will tell us more. The transfusion helped a LOT and I feel much better today compared to yesterday!

Nasty, nasty headache this afternoon. Probably in part due to fasting until almost 1pm because I had a doctor’s appointment this morning (pre-op clearance with the cardiologist) and I instinctively knew she would want bloodwork drawn so I didn’t eat. Smart move, saved me a follow-up trip over there for the lab work, but now my head is painful.

Ok, ok, focus on the positive…

So instead of thinking about my headache, here is a cool link with a neat post – 3 Ways to Feel Gratitude. Positive power!

It was decided again last night, when a New Kids On the Block song came on the 80s Sirius radio station, that the problem with today’s music is the lack of keyboards and not enough “wooooooowooooo” types of emphasis in songs. Know what I mean?

Keyboards ROCK. Don’t you think so?