One less.......

Ovary. I am down an ovary, my problematic left one. Can't say I'm sad, or upset. It didn't do me much good anyways. Lefty only caused me lots of pain and produced a lot of cysts. So, Good Riddance.

My surgery was much more complicated than anticipated. It started at noon. When I regained consciousness and opened my eyes, the clock said 8:00 pm. EIGHT HOURS?????? The surgery was actually just over 6 hours long, but by the time I came back to reality it was 8:00 and i was already back in my room. Besides the ovary, they removed endo from all over, including some bowel and also my rectum. I believe both areas also had some repair work done since they were both damaged from the endo. My surgery was on Monday and I stayed at the hospital until Thursday afternoon. I can only say that most of the stay was not very pleasant. The hospital staff, nurses, etc. were great and the facilities were wonderful, but I felt like [insert expletive]! Even my amazing window view did not make up for how I felt. I was on the 7th floor and had a wonderful view of Lake Michigan and the city skyline, it was incredible. My doctor even took a picture of the view with his cell phone during one of his visits, which I thought was really funny.

After I was released from the hospital, I stayed at my parents in their guest room. Their guest room is right across the hall from the bathroom, and they live in a ranch. I knew going up and down stairs at our new house would be hard for a few days so that's why I stayed there. I finally came home yesterday. I am feeling a lot better, but still feel a bit fuzzy, and still very, very sore.

I am really hoping that this surgery will be successful and will help my endo for a long, long time, even for good. I am still amazed that we have this world renown surgeon right here in my city who does this type of surgery....I feel very thankful. Now I just want life to get back to normal. I have a 2nd job interview later this week. I was supposed to have it today, but they were very coopertive and understanding about my surgery so they pushed it back until Thursday, another huge answer to prayer.

I am also feeling all sorts of love and affection for my dear DH. He is such a trooper. The doctor had to ask his permission to remove my ovary, and I know that it was not easy for him to say yes. He is so sweet, he wrote me emails during my surgery of everything going through his head, which I ended up reading about a day or two later. I also had my first hyperventilation experience the day after surgery because of some intense pain I was having and the poor guy was so helpless but was trying so hard to help me and couldn't. I love that man. And ya, the hyperventilating was one of the scariest things that happened to me while in the hospital. I'm just glad it's over and I am home!