OMGoodness life's been crazy! Between my surgery and both of my sisters and their families getting ready to move to different states I've been soaking up family time every chance I get so blogging totally slipped my mind for awhile. Oops!
About my surgery--The experience
I went in at 5:30am on March 19th for my exploratory laparoscopy. I think scariest part was getting the IV. I HATE needles and it stung so bad but other than that the whole pre-op was great. They came to get me at 7:30am and of course because I'm a huge baby I cried and then laughed at myself while crying...for crying. Hubby was super great at keeping me calm and my nerves under control. On the way back to the operating room they gave me something through my IV to "relax me". (Or make me a total out of my mind dumbass) I remember getting to the room, saying that it looked weird in there, asking what all those people were doing there and then they put the gas on and I was OUT. When I woke up in recovery I remember asking what time it was and then asking where my husband was probably 100 times. Then my Dr came to talk to me and explain what all they found but I'll go into detail on that in a minute. I felt like I was going to pee on myself so my nurse helped me to the bathroom where I peed the tiniest bit but felt so much better. Once that was done they moved me from a bed to a chair where Hubby and my Moma got to come with me. They helped me get dressed and my Dr came to check on me again, said I was doing great, and let me go home. I relaxed and slept on and off the rest of the day. The I was sore but only had pain when I tried to sit up or down. The gas was the worst part. I don't think I've ever burped and farted more in my life then I did the week after the surgery. Had a checkup 2 weeks post-op where we decided if I'm not pregnant within 4 months I'll go back in and decide if we want to pursue any new options at that time. My stitches fell out 2 days later and now 2 months later my scaring is very minimal.
The surgery in depth-Turns out my hoohah WAS broken!
The doctor made 3 small incisions, one inside my bellybutton and two on my lower abdomen at the pubic hair line. (What else do you call that area?) I'm not sure when but at some point during the surgery they shot dye through my cervix and into fallopian tubes to check for blockages and there were none. They filled my abdomen with gas to lift the abdominal wall away from my organs. When they got inside looking around there was a LOT of scar tissue. My right ovary was completely covered which means no egg could get out. My left tube was coated with scar tissue (ST) and attached to my abdominal wall. The left ovary had been pulled out of place by the ST and was snuggled up behind and underneath my uterus. They removed all of the ST and put everything back in its right place and sewed me up. My stomach muscles were sore for about a week. For about 2 weeks after that when I sat down or stood up I felt a slight pull in my bellybutton but just had to use my arms more, nothing major.
I'm so glad I finally got the nerve to go to the doctor and figure all this out. For so long I was to scared to make that first appointment because I didn't want to hear someone tell me there was a problem. It's still scary and I'm still nervous and I know I'm not out of the woods yet but I'm so proud of myself for taking the first step to getting on the right track to become a mother. For anyone who is afraid to make the first call, do it. The peace of mind that knowing your actually doing something about it is amazing. No I'm not pregnant yet. Yes there could still be other things wrong. But having a plan and doctor as awesome as the one I have makes it all just a little bit easier.
I'm in the middle of cycle 2 post-op. Maybe this is the one, maybe not, but I know in my soul that one day I will be a wonderful mother to an even more wonderful child....and I will appreciate it all so much more because of my journey to get there.
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