Post Myo Report - Kind of Long

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Hello Ladies!

Well it's been almost a week since my myo & it was the best decision

I ever made!!!

I remember waking up in the recovery room after my surgery &

immediately feeling relief even in my groggy state. I first asked

what time it was as I wanted to see how long the surgery took. I went

in at about 10:30 am - they probably started at 10:45 am after I went

under & the doctor scrubbed up & the time was 1:15 pm when I got my

answer in the recovery room so I figured the surgery was about 1 1/2

hours - just like my doctor said it would be.

I was thrilled it was all over & my doctor was truly amazing -

bedside manner means as much as skill in my book. He held my hand the

whole time I was being put under & we were just chatting. He told me

in the recovery room he took out 9 fibroids - the ultrasound showed

about 3 large ones & we knew there were smaller ones as well but I

wasn't expecting 9. I've lost 10 lbs in a week - yeah! He has pics

for me that he'll e-mail me - I definitely want to see what I was

carrying around inside me the whole time!!!

I got home on Friday afternoon & the care I received in the hospital

was amazing!!! Nurses are definitley underappreciated by anyone who

hasn't had the experience of being in the hospital.

I had the push-button morphine which was great - the catheter came

out the next morning & then the gas pains set in. That was the worst

pain of the whole experience! I had pain up my right side that was

concentrated in my shoulder area - it was strange but the pain

management lady said it was normal. That day I was up walking every

hour to get everything flowing - that was the best advice I used from

this group - get up & walking asap so the gas will pass.

Thankfully, that night I " fluffed " as one of the nurses called it & I

could start eating solid food - I was starving as I hadn't eaten

anything since Sunday at 5 & it was Wednesday night! I had a bowel

movement on Thursday morning - wow did that feel great & was home by

Friday at 1pm.

I'm now on the road to recovery & am already bored but I know to take

it easy. A couple questions for the group:

1. Did any of you go for short walks in the first couple weeks? I'm

finding my uterus very tight - my boyfriend & Mom say it's the

healing process & I find that if I don't get up & walk around it gets

tighter - some feedback would be helpful

2. I know we're not supposed to drive for tht first 2 weeks but does

that include being a passenger as well??

That's it for now & thanks again to this wonderful group!!!

To Lai: I'm so glad that your myo went so well & your recovery has

been great - don't you agree that the anticipation was the worst part

of the whole thing???

I will keep everyone up to speed on my recovery & for anyone that has

a myo coming up, please feel free to e-mail off-line with any

questions about the specifics!!! cherinvan19@...

Have a great rest of the weekend!!

Cheryl in Vancouver