Photo 365 #126

December 11, 2014December 10, 20147 Comments

I’ve been digging through my archives. Today I’m having surgery, and ever since Cricket was born, I think of this picture when I have surgery:

fingerprints

I don’t do needles, you see. And the nurse I had when Cricket was born was less than gentle with the IV needle. This is Seymour’s hand five minutes after the nurse got done inserting the IV line in my left hand. That imprint there? That’s my right hand.

Seymour: When did you suddenly get strength in your hand?!

Me: About the time they stuck a needle in my other one!

I was telling the lab nurses this story last week at my pre-op appointment because I had to distract myself somehow. They were all very nice nurses, but it took three of them to find my veins and get the necessary blood samples, and now I have two lovely bruises on my forearms.

But now I’m going to go. I’ve got things to dream, see, so I’ll see you back here sometime over the weekend. Have a great Thursday!

Best Monday ever

January 28, 201428 Comments

Two of my favorite comforts after surgery.

So about my surgery…

I had every girl’s favorite doctor appointment at the end of October. I’ve been having a lot of on-again-off-again cramping since Cricket was born, and Thumper’s arrival only made it worse. Intimacy has been difficult, to say the least. When I went to the doctor, they did an ultrasound and found that I had a cyst on my right ovary. My doctor wanted to keep an eye on it, so I scheduled a follow-up appointment in early December. That ultrasound showed no cysts. Yay!

But then a couple days after Christmas, I started cramping again, and it was worse than ever. I was dizzy from the pain, and sweaty and queasy to boot. I tried walking, I tried lying still, but nothing eased the pain. The only reason I got any sleep that night was because I took some Tylenol PM. I cramped all through the night and most of the next day, then I was sore for two days afterward. It was miserable.

I managed to get an appointment with my doctor the Monday after Christmas…

Newsy news

January 19, 2014January 27, 201432 Comments

So…

First thing tomorrow morning, I’ll be in surgery. It was supposed to have happened earlier this month, but my insurance company screwed things up and I was forced to reschedule. I don’t know how well I’ll be feeling the next day or two, so I may not post for a while. Hopefully I’ll be back to normal in a day or two (laparascopic surgery is supposed to have a shorter recovery period; I sure hope so).

In the meantime, it’s been a busy weekend. We had an open house today and had five groups of people stop in to check out our house. Two of them were very interested, so hopefully that will translate into an offer. We really need to get our house sold.

Here’s hoping everyone has a great week! 🙂