Saturday, December 11, 2010

I Woke Up!

Obviously, or you wouldn't be reading this!

A big warm fuzzy hug to all of my Twitter girls who checked in on me throughout the day yesterday! That was so heartwarming - thank you all!

The hysteroscopy is done and dusted. The pre-op nurse thought I was so very funny because of the expression on my face when she went to insert the IV. I didn't see any humor there.

I admit, I don't cope well with the pre-op experience. I have some pretty deep seated fears of the anesthesia. I am terrified of not being in control of my body, and equally concerned about the possibility of not waking up (though that, at least, would be painless). So there I am struggling just to stay in the chair, and not pull out the IV and break for the door, and I have to be interviewed by every freaking member of the surgical team in turn without breaking into tears (because they really don't like that). It was exhausting.

I remember laying down on the table and getting hooked up to the monitors, then my RE poking his head in and asking me to confirm my identity. Then nothing until I woke up in recovery freezing cold and shaking and with a damn painful need to pee. Turns out I can't perform on a bedpan... it's a toilet or nothing for this girl. I was in a fair bit of pain in recovery, so they gave me a perc.ocet with my ginger ale and I haven't had any pain since. I did not puke this time! Small victories.

I slept on and off for the rest of the day. Every time I tried to sit up for more than a few minutes, or eat something, I got nauseated.  Professor very kindly went out in search of cookies during the evening, when that was the only thought my stomach didn't rebel at. I eventually managed some chicken noodle soup and crackers with my ginger ale, and this morning I felt back to normal. Yay!

I got to take home three large, glossy photos of my polyp. It turned out to be just one, but it was long and twisty. The RE said it was a little bit bigger than expected (though still very small) and he had to use a different tool than usual to remove it, but he was happy with the end result. I did get a really flattering and surprisingly comfortable pair of soft, stretchy boy shorts to wear home. When did hospital undies get so fashion conscious?

Questions I asked before they put me out, that I do remember the answers to:

How long should I expect to bleed? 
Light spotting for 2-14 days, everyone is different.

When can we have sex?
No penetration till after the post-op appointment on January 6.

When can we cycle again? 
As expected, this depends on when I get my next period. And what I didn't realize, is that when you go under general anesthesia, your cycle can reset itself. There's no way of knowing where you are in your cycle when you wake up. So this is a wait-&-see situation.

Does the cervical manipulation involved increase the likelihood that I could need a rescue cerclage in a subsequent pregnancy?
 My RE doesn't think so.

6 comments:

  1. So glad your ok and it's all over with. I would be scared pre surgery as well. It sounds like you did an awesome job. Your so brave. Glad your feeling better.

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  2. I'm glad it's all over and polyp is history. It sounds like everything went really well, but I know what you mean about bed pans - women are not designed to pee uphill! Good luck with the wait, I hope it's not too long xx

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  3. What great news...sounds like your hubby took good care of you! Glad you are feeling bettter.

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  4. Yay for having this behind you (and of course for waking up too)!! I really hope that getting this polyp outta there and starting out with a shiny uterus is the key.

    I certainly never had any luck with fashionable hospital underwear. Or any hospital clothes for that matter. Nice to hear they're on the up and up.

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  5. Glad to hear all went well, pre-op fears aside. The cycle reset bit is interesting, I didn't know that. Let's hope it is reset to proper working order!

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  6. Sounds like you did an amazing job. I'm so happy it went well. Surprising about the hospital undies, not to mention the cycle restarting itself. Hope you don't have to wait to long.

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