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Monday, April 24, 2006
One More Good Sleep Until A Scalpel Invades My Back
One more good sleep and one more nervous sleep, where I get up early to get some food into me before 6am on Wednesday, because after that, no food for me. Anyway, I expected to spend my last few days of generalized pain cleaning & doing laundry. What have I done? I’ve watched the NHL playoffs, run some last minute (car required) errands, and yes, NurseAnn, looked up microdiscetomies online to see what other people’s experiences have been. I haven’t found any great detailed responses regarding what to expect right after surgery - most people just write before they have the surgery, or after if it’s unsuccessful. Sometimes, there’s someone who will say their surgery was successful, but they won’t give any details. I want to know exactly how people felt after the surgery, on their way home, when they got home. I want to know how long it took for them to feel fairly normal. I want to know what kind of pain they had, what meds worked for it, how long it lasted, etc. I can’t find any of that. Sheesh, couldn’t some writer have had surgery for a herniated disc and felt moved to write about it an interesting way? You know, because I’m going to have to write the story and it’s not going to be nearly as interesting as if a writer wrote it. See, a real writer would never write, “as if a writer wrote it”, because that’s just tongue twisty and flows very poorly.
You know, I think that other people who have minor surgeries don’t talk so much about it. I admit it, I’m a big wuss. But, since this has kept me from having a life (going to my nephews’ baseball & volleyball games, although seriously, $5 a game is awfully expensive for a high school volleyball game that lasts 45 minutes, going to the movies, going out much at all (bladder problems will do that to ya), etc.), it’s kind of important to me. Heh, I used double parentheses. Uggg-LY. Plus, the added weight (I’d say I’ve gained about 30lbs from lack of, well, moving) and having nothing to wear kinda sucks too. I do have one pair of really comfy fat pants though. I love Old Navy and their cheap clothes. I love being in my 40’s and no longer having to care what the other kids are wearing. If it’s comfortable, reasonably priced, and I like it...I’ll buy it. I no longer need my Guess? jeans from the 80’s. Wait, I lied, I like name-brand tennis shoes. If I had unlimited cash, I’d have hundreds of pairs. Okay, maybe not hundreds. Maybe one hundred though. Have you seen how many different colors there are of Converse high-tops? Yum!
I should stop babbling and go do laundry. I’ll probably write one more nervous entry before I go under the knife. Then, I’ll probably see you sometime on Thursday afternoon. I may be wasted. Lucky you.
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Listen… I had a hysterectomy with a spinal block, and I had to have a catheter because I was numb from the waist down, and I had an 8” long incision in my abdomen, and I was out grocery shopping 48 hours later. You should remember—you were there holding me up I as leaned on the Starbucks counter, heh. 72 hours later I was having lunch with your parents. So, you’ll be FINE. Sheesh… you’d think getting out of doing housework for two+ months would have you bubbling over with joy and anticipation. Take a Xanax
Leigh-Ann on 04/24 at 10:05 PM -
Quit being a meanie or I won’t take you out for a smoothie tomorrow.
on 04/24 at 10:15 PM -
Hey, why don’t you get a hysterectomy while you are there, economy of scale and all that. Then you wouln’t have the periods from hell and would save on all that Tampax. I mean, as long as you are anesthetized anyway, what the hell.
Good luck tomorrow. I will find a French candle to light for your speedy recovery.
Love, Me
on 04/25 at 02:36 AM -
"I love being in my 40’s and no longer having to care what the other kids are wearing. “
I hear ya.
Nancy on 04/26 at 07:10 AM
