Caring for My Chaos

I know I have been quiet, but this surgery has kicked my butt. The doctor lied. He's a liar. He lies about things. Before the surgery, he came in to talk to me and told me, "Oh, you will have little to no pain, and I expect you to be back to normal in a day or two." Liar. The first night was the worst. I had contraction like pains from the dilation and the D&C I'm guessing. They gave me a percocet in the hospital and on the way home Hunny had to stop to buy me ibuprofen because the percocet wasn't helping. The second day wasn't too bad. I had some pain, but nothing like the night before. But, I kept getting wore out. The third day, I felt great when I got up. But, I was stupid and decided to go with my normal schedule of laundry and groceries. Halfway through the grocery store, my energy went bye bye. I made it home and had to take a 2 hour nap after taking one of the big pain pills. Yesterday, I was alright, but for some reason had a lot of pain on my l...

Here I am in all my hospital gown glory. My darling daughter put this wonderful pic on Instagram of me yesterday. Doodle ended up being my driver because Izzie and Hunny both ended up having to work. Hunny made it to the hospital before I got out of surgery though because the dr was running about an hour behind. They did not find anything when they looked with the camera and did the D&C and ablation without incident. I had no problems with the anesthesia. I don't remember falling asleep at all. The anesthesiologist told me he was going to mix me up a cocktail and I remember the nurse putting it in my IV and the next thing I knew I was waking up to a different nurse in a different room. And it was about an hour and a half later! I had some pretty good pain last night. They gave me a percocet before I left the hospital but Hunny had to get me ibuprofen before we got home. They did send me home with Loratabs. I have only had to take one at bedtime last night. Nothing yet to...

Today was my pre-op appointments for my endometrial ablation. Now, I have never gone through this procedure before. When I had my tubes tied after I had Bubby, it was while I was in the hospital after I had him. There was no pre-op or anything like that. I signed a paper weeks before saying I knew what I was doing and consented and that was that. This is all new territory for me. So, I had to go meet with my doctor first. The nurse took my weight and blood pressure first. (Lost 10 pounds! Yay! Stress does have some good side effects!) Then he walked me through the procedure. The procedure is a little more involved than I thought. I thought it was just the ablation. But, first, they dilate the cervix and look inside with a camera to make sure that they didn't miss anything on the ultrasound that they did a few weeks ago. When they are sure that they didn't, then they do a D&C. This is where they scrape the endometrial lining to thin it out. Then they do the ablation with ...

I had my ultrasound today, which went well. They found nothing but nabothian cysts on my cervix, which come to find out, is normal. Those go away on their own. So, now they are going to schedule me for the endometrial ablation. For those of you who didn't read the first post, I suffer from increasingly horrible periods. I went to the doctor 2 weeks ago because the pain from the last one had left me in tears. They have been getting worse every month over the past year. Which, he said in about a quarter of women after the age of 35, this happens. It's usually because of a hormone shift. So, he went through what will happen when I come in for the ablation. I get put to sleep, (Yay!), then they will dilate my cervix and do a D&C. He did say that some insurance companies make them do a biopsy at the same time to make sure there isn't any cancer, so they may do that too. Then they will use a little instrument called a NovaSure to, in a sense, cauterize my uterus. This w...

I wanted to share with you about what I am facing health wise right now. I have found that what I am dealing with actually happens to a lot of women, especially as they enter their 40's and are past their having babies times. I had a doctor's appointment this week with a gynecologist. I haven't been to one since Bubby was a baby so about 10 years. I get my regular paps with my general doctor. When I had gone in in December for my check up, I was telling my dr about how bad my periods have gotten. I had my tubes tied when Bubby was born and they had been heavier since then, but for about the last year, they have been getting absolutely horrible and with tremendous pain. This past month was the worst it's ever been. The day I started, the pain overtook me and I ended up in bed, crying. Pamprin and ibuprofen didn't even touch it. And when you are going through about 6-7 overnight pads a day, I think there's something wrong. Well, the gynecologist told me that...

  Please welcome Kelly Everson who has written the following post for us titled "Is There A Link Between Menopause and Urinary Incontinence?" She is an author and a contributor at Consumer Health Digest and has been kind enough to guest blog here on my humble little blog! Thank you Kelly!   Is there a link between menopause and urinary incontinence? Menopause brings about many physical changes in the body. The hormonal changes affect most of the functions and processes of body systems in one way or another. At this stage of life, all women notice at least a few changes. While many have no major problems or discomforts, some experience moderate to severe symptoms that can interfere with their daily activities. One such symptom is urinary incontinence. How menopause affects the body? At the onset of menopause, the body is beginning the process that ends the fertile stage of life. The ovaries stop production of estrogen and fat cells take up the task, but in ...