As a hospital inpatient virgin, I was a bit flummoxed about what I needed to do before heading into hospital for an abdominal myomectomy. Work, life, what happens if things go wrong - so much to think about and such little time.
Home - well this was me setting up home entertainment (tv, dvd, hifi) in my room for those days post op when I'm not too mobile. Obviously this was a bit of a challenge and I've still not quite managed to get my Freeview to work but hey. Also, had to get in some frozen food and other bits so that I wouldn't starve whilst recupuratting.
Work, saying to my boss for the umpteenth time I'm having a major op and will be off for around a month or so. It sinked in on my last week when all my plans had a big gap in December. So then it turned into handover notes time and getting things into a nice state where I could hand them over to freelancers etc. It was funny talking to colleagues about heading into hospital - had comments such as " I'd trade places with you anytime to have a month off work - could do with that at the 'mo". Did point out that major surgery wasn't a walk in the park and a high level of pain and discomfort would also be part of the package so quite the picnic they'd assumed.
The main thing for me was worrying I guess - would I be ok? Would all the fibroids be removed? Would I still be able to have kids? Would I still be ok to be operated on as my period was due when I was being operated on? So many questions and my appt with the consultant happened 6 mths prior to my my op so there wasn't really anywhere to turn. I have to admit that I did a lot of online fact finding and people's blogs about their myomectomy experiences were a god send. Some stuff I had to take with a pinch of salt and one thing that stood out was the fact that everyone was different in terms of how they reacted to the op.
In the end to settle the what happens as I'll be on my period question was settled when I rang the ward where I'd be and spoke to the sister. She also helped reassure some of my general neurotic fears so that was good. And thank god I could take tranexamic acid tablets before my op (outside the nil by mouth time) so at least I'd be able to leave the house 2 days prior to my op. Without them another 2 days of my life would have been ruled out as my periods were just crazy.
The main thing for me was worrying I guess - would I be ok? Would all the fibroids be removed? Would I still be able to have kids? Would I still be ok to be operated on as my period was due when I was being operated on? So many questions and my appt with the consultant happened 6 mths prior to my my op so there wasn't really anywhere to turn. I have to admit that I did a lot of online fact finding and people's blogs about their myomectomy experiences were a god send. Some stuff I had to take with a pinch of salt and one thing that stood out was the fact that everyone was different in terms of how they reacted to the op.
In the end to settle the what happens as I'll be on my period question was settled when I rang the ward where I'd be and spoke to the sister. She also helped reassure some of my general neurotic fears so that was good. And thank god I could take tranexamic acid tablets before my op (outside the nil by mouth time) so at least I'd be able to leave the house 2 days prior to my op. Without them another 2 days of my life would have been ruled out as my periods were just crazy.
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Very nice stories. Keep 'em coming. I just subscribe.. so funny we had the same questions, the same scare thoughts, the same days of surgery(well you were one day after me).. the same age.. it is very reassuring to read your stories :)
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