December 2, 2019
Just arrived at Wentworth Douglass Hospital! I will be having my ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed. Surgery starts at 9:30am. Laparoscopic and should be a quick recovery compared to my other surgeries.
Wish me luck!
And as always I will keep you updated 😊
KPOW
I cant believe that worked out..
December 4, 2019
So I look back and I am totally shocked that I actually had surgery yesterday. So many things came at us… we all got stomach bugs over the weekend and I actually had to bring Andi to the ER Saturday night because I was concerned she was dehydrated. I still felt off on Sunday but the hospital said they would still operate as long as I didn’t have a fever. The huge snow storm that decided to come the night before AND don’t forget my 8 month prego surgeon that could’ve gone into labor at any moment AND had to drive from Massachusetts that day in the snow!
The stars aligned though and it all worked out!! A HUGE thank you to my wonderful parents who made it possible. Dad, thanks for driving Mom and I to the hospital in the snow & Kathy and Larry for watching the kids!! You 4 are my GLUE and have made all these operations possible! Oh and Jamie too hehe 🙂 Your my SUPER glue!! 😍 …oh wow that was corny hahah!!
So recovery… I had a hard time waking up AGAIN and they had to give me extra meds! Yikes!! As I was waking up the nurse asked how my pain was and I immediately noticed it really hurt when I took a deep breath in. My heart rate and blood pressure were also low. They gave me meds to make me comfortable and made sure my vitals were stable before leaving! We left around 1pm and the car ride home went well. Mom asked if I was hungry as we were passing Panera bread and I was like ummmm…YES! Turned that car right around to grab an asiago bagel (YUM!!😋). Surprisingly I wasn’t tired when we got home so Mom and I watched a hallmark Christmas movie on the couch. This one actress was god awful and her fake cry was just so ridiculous! It made us laugh so hard… but it also hurt my stomach to laugh so I was like half laughing lol! Too funny! …so my stomach obviously hurt but what hurt more was my rib/lung area. It felt like bubbly gas pains. My right shoulder and neck also hurt pretty bad! So I did a little research and I guess all of this is very normal. Prior to laparoscopic surgery they fill your abdomen with carbon dioxide which can irritate your diaphragm and effect those areas. It all makes sense now! I literally slept like an hour last night and was WIDE awake! The only thing I can think of is maybe they gave me a steroid in the hospital? Weird! I also couldn’t go from a lying to sitting position so when I was due for meds I had to wake Jamie up to help me (Thanks dear!!)
Today went well! I stopped the Oxy and just took Advil and Tylenol. So my stomach was definitely more tender then yesterday and I am a little slow getting around the house but doing OK! The gas pains are still there but subsiding. My stomach is HUGE today and I look 6 months pregnant haha!! I need to get this air OUT!! I am praying for some burps and toots hehe 🙂
Alright KPOW is going to try and get some rest!
Thank you family and friends for all the get well messages and love/support!!!
Recovery
January 8th, 2019
I never updated you guys on my oophorectomy recovery! Boy was it ROUGH. Surgery was on a Monday and by Wednesday I was in a decent amount of gas pain and super bloated. My cousin Alicia was super sweet and suggested taking gasx and even picked some up for me that night. She also dropped off Milk of mag to get things moving. I ended up taking the gasx and milk of mag that night and HOLY CRAP! (no pun intended)! 😂 😂 I literally gave birth to a gas baby. It was super painful BUT after a few days I felt SO much better and was pretty much back to normal. Its tough to remember I still have restrictions and shouldn’t lift more then 10 pounds. Especially because I feel absolutely fine! (But by next week I’ll have no restrictions which will be awesome)! I miss picking up my kiddos!!
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