Day 1: The Surgery

It's 10:07 am. In about twenty minutes we head to the surgery facility to check in, and then my surgery is at 12:15. I haven't eaten anything since midnight, which is the worse part for me because I love to eat, and I am very nervous! I'm glad my husband will be there to take care of me.

I spent the night trying to research what to expect as much as possible, which is typical for me as I like to try and figure out exactly how things are going to go in any situation. Of course, that's all a wash and I still have no idea how it's going to go :P.

So here is a before picture:




I'll be posting again when I get home, on this same page. Here we go!


4:47 pm

Just got back and settled into my throne. When I woke up from surgery, I believe it was about 2:30, because we left at 3:30. Here is what it felt like when I woke up:

1. Worst headache I have ever had in my life
2. Really blurry vision
3. Nausea, which they had given me a patch for, so then they put more meds in my IV, and when that didn't work....I got something else in a place I'd rather not give any details on. I didn't even know they did that.
4. Really dry mouth, scratchy throat
5. My nose felt like it was on fire, an unpleasant but bearable burning sensation

After all the Nausea meds, I felt much better. They also gave me some Vicodin, which helped the headache immensely. I got a little snack of saltines and Ginger ale, and I am continuing that part at home. Crackers are hard to eat when your mouth feels like a cotton ball. Any time I stand up my nose seems to bleed more. I have gone through about five gauze mustaches, as shown here (Not my best look, but hey, cut me some slack!):



This was the first one, right after I stood up from here it was bloody lol.

On the way home we stopped and got smoothies, but my stomach didn't seem to like that as much as I had hoped for. We made it home after about 45 minutes, and I worked my way upstairs. Poor Chris had to move basically everything I prepped downstairs up into our bedroom! The upstairs has an air conditioner, it's just too hot down there!

So now here I am, surrounded by all the things I will need for the day - Ice water, Vaseline (for my lips), a barf bag in case my stomach changes it's mind, tons of gauze, remotes, a trash can for icky gauze moustaches, a facial ice pack, saltines, and my dogs. I think I might try to sleep a little now as the Meds have made be a bit drowsy, I'll post again tomorrow to report on how things are going, or tonight if it makes sense to!

Dacey