Ohhh man, where to even start with this post. Firstly, this may a tmi post for you as its talking about female reproductive organs. Dont worry, i wont judge if you stop reading now.
So lets go WAYYY back. I started my very first period the day my mom went in for her cancer surgery. I was scared and had NO clue what i was doing. From that point on, every period i had was wacked out. I remember my longest lasting period was 6 weeks longs. yes i just said WEEKS. worst. thing. ever. Anyways, as time went on, my cramps were getting worse and worse and they were getting heavier and heavier. I went to doctor after doctor. I was put on different kinds of birth control but always ended up going off of them because they caused so many other problems. I was always having to deal with it on any vacation, camping trip, I missed school often, was late for class all the time because i was dealing with such a mess.
Now lets fast forward here. Now i started beauty school. And around March, I developed stomach problems. I again went to doctor after doctor. They gave my some pills that never worked. And now by summer, It was getting fairly bad. I had to take a leave of absence from school cause i was missing so much of it. I lost 18 pounds in like a month and a half which for me made my happy, but it was simply because i couldnt really eat anything without it hurting my stomach and making it run right through me. Losing that much weight made me realize something was going on. Im known to not be able to lose weight very easy AT ALL and have always been chunky my whole life. As time went on, my cramps and pressure got stronger and stronger.They were making my nauseous, extra moody, and down right miserable. My last month in hair school, I was doing a clients hair and i had blacked out from the pain i was in. And that was after taking medicine. That's when i came to realize that this was not normal. I was taking ibuprofen and tylenol every two hours alternating. Even through the night. I was up every two hours taking more meds. and even then the pain was SO intense. Times where I about went to the hospital. Not a way to live. So last summer in June, i went to Madison Womens clinic and started ALLL these tests. My doctor said she thought it was endometriosis but no one can tell until you have a laparoscopy (surgery) I tried everything to avoid surgery. No prescription meds were helping my pain. We werent able to get pregnant. So this was my last option. I had done an ultra sound where they found a cyst in there. So if i wanted my cramps, pressure, miserableness to go away and for us to even have a chance to get pregnant, i had to go through this surgery. I was SO nervous for it. So here's how the surgery went down.
I went in on the day before my surgery. It was my pre op and they told me details and what id be going though. I had to get poked 3 times for blood. My luck. both arms are slightly bruised. As i was walking out of the office, this little girl kinda makes her way through my mom and husband and tells me "HI, your really pretty!" then walks off. haha tender mercy. Made me calm down a bit. When i got home, i was so nervous of what i was about to get myself into. So i had Caleb give me a blessing. And i tell you what, i calmed down just like that. It was amazing. God is real people. Lets start with the bowel prep. Talk about rear cannons. Tmi??
This was how i had our bathroom set up. I knew id be spending hours in there so i wanted to be somewhat occupied.
So i had to down 2 BOTTLES of Miralax and a couple doses of the Dulcolax over a period of 5 hours. I was drinking SO much it was insane. I was in the bathroom ALLLL day basically peeing out my butt. I was in there for about 8 hours straight plus got up in the night about 10 times to go again. I hadnt eaten since 10 that morning. And that was a piece of toast and an oatmeal packet. I was STARVING. I had one of the roughest night of my life. I thought i knew what hungry was like but i was so wrong. I had absolutely NOTHING in my stomach. I couldnt eat or drink anything. About 3 in the morning, i woke Caleb up in tears. I was absolutely miserable. My surgery was scheduled at 10:30 that morning. I told Caleb i couldnt do it that i couldnt last another 9 or so hours. Call me a baby but that was miserable. I layed awake a lot of the night, with a bucket by my bed and i running to the bathroom every like half our. I seriously prayed all night that i could get some sleep and that i could make it through this hard time. Finally about 4 a.m. ish, i fell asleep. I woke up at 8 :40 that morning. I realized i had survived the night and that i was going to be able to get through this. I kept repeating in my head that i can do hard things.
My mom came and picked me and Caleb up and we headed to the hospital. I surprsingly wasnt too nervous. I was mainly nervous for the IV and waking up nauseous. I HATE being nauseous. But, i had the most amazing nurse ever. She was SO sweet and kind and just made me calm. i changed into the super good looking hospital gown and cute socks. My nurse came in and gave me my IV. She did awesome. They started me on some anti nausea medicine through my IV, a pill, and a patch (that im still wearing). We had to wait for a little bit till the actual surgery. My nurse gave me some relaxant pill that made me so relaxed that i dont even remember anything. I dont remember getting put to sleep or anything. The next thing i do remember was waking up crying super hard. Anestesia is SO weird. I was just crying and couldnt stop. i had NO clue why either. I dont remember much. I wasnt nausous and didnt have much pain. But because im sensitive and concidered a light weight, i wasnt able to leave an hour or so after the surgery. I got there at 10:30 that morning and didnt leave till about 7 that night. Both Caleb and my mom had a hoot being in the room when i woke up. I dont blame them. I was apparently saying HILLARIOUS things. Some of the things they said i was saying/crying was:
My nose kept itching when i woke up. So i started crying because i thought my nose was swollen.
I kept telling Caleb that he was SOOOOO CUUUUTEEEEE. and that my mom was SOOOOOO beautiful.
I asked caleb if my eyelashes were straight from crying and he said yes. So i started crying yet again. The nurse came in and asked what was wrong and i told her my eyelashes went straight :( hahaha
I felt the back of my head and could feel that i had wicked bed head. I told them that pretty girls dont have bed head and started crying.
Caleb started stroking his hand through my hair and he asked if that felt good. and i apparently yelled, OHHHHHHHH YEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! THAT FEELS SOOOOOO GOOOODDDD. everyone in the hall heard me.
I was gettin mad that that cuff around my arm kept squeezing it SO tight. So i was supposedly yelling at it to stop squeezing my arm so tight.
And i had a moniter thing on my finger, and every time i took it off, the machine would start beeping. So i shouted, MYY BADD..
I told my mom i should write my nurse a letter since she was so kind.
Every time i cried i thought my body was falling apart and leaking.
My mom and Caleb just kept laughing at what i was saying. So every time they started laughing, i would cry and ask why they were laughing at me.
Those are just a few of the things i was saying. How embarrassing yet hillarious. I would have enjoyed watching myself. Finally that evening, i was able to get up and use the bathroom. I did leave a trail of blood and it was such a mess. There is no privacy at a hospital. haha my butt was hangin out and my mom was in there and i didnt even care. ha
So for the actual surgery, this is was they found. They made 3 incisions on my belly. They went in and drained 5 cysts. There was a little bit of endometriosis. They found a polyp on my cervix. My Fallopian tubes were completely blocked, so they blasted through those..also known as some huge fancy word, or also known as the dye test. That would explain why i havent been able to get pregnant. My eggs havent been able to travel through my uterus. They also did a D&C. So i am pretty stinkin sore.
My stomach feels large. It just got pumped up with gas and im super swollen. Pretty bruised today also. Theres an incision in my belly button, one to the left and one down low. Im still bleeding from my D&C. So its quite uncomfortable. Over all, things went good. Ever since the surgery, i havent been able to hear anything and they think that when they put the tube down my throat that it messed with my equilibrium and thats why im STILL so dizzy today. They are popping like crazy.
Me and Caleb stayed the night at my parents house just so my mom could be there to help Caleb out. We came home this morning. Im just resting and feeling loaded on pain meds. I do have some rib and shoulder pain from the gas they put in you. Im sure its just traveled up in there. Overall things went ok. As good as a surgery can get. Im hoping that this surgery helps with the pain ive been going through my stomach issues and that i can now hopefully get pregnant. Crossing my fingers and hoping for the best!!
