Pre-Surgery Appointment
Apr 25, 2008 01:41AM
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I went on my pre-surgery appointment today. Took me 4 hours! I waited 1 hour to see the doctor. Then went accross the street to the hospital where I waited for blood tests and x-rays. The doctor discussed everything about the surgery:
I will have an open vertical incision. I thought that they would use my c-section scar because that is what they first said, but turns out it's a better idea for them to do the vertical one. The c-section cut might be too small and they don't want to risk a hernia if they detach my muscle from the pubic bone.
I will be staying about 2 nights in the hospital. At the time of surgery I will stay asleep as they take my complex cyst to pathology to be examined. If it comes back malignant, I decided to have them close me up and wait until the final results come back a few days later to decide whether or not a hysterectomy is better. But they will probably remove one of my ovaries and fallopian tube anyway during this surgery.
I told the doctor that if they did for any reason have to remove both my ovaries that I would like to keep my uterus. The purpose of keeping it is because I had already told my best friend (she can't have any more babies) that I would be a surrogate mother for her if she ever wanted me to. And so if I can't have any more of my own biological children, then I would still love to be able to have one for her.
I also explained to the doctor that I'm recovering from a cold and she told me that it's fine as long as I keep getting better. I feel a little better, except that both my husband and my son are still sick and I fear that I will get really sick again. I still have five days to go and there's plenty of time to get sick again.
Anyway, I'm also supposed to buy a laxative one day before the surgery to cleanse out my insides.
I hope that after this surgery I get my period back (haven't had one in three years). Then soon after I have to have my gallstones taken out.
The doctor told me that I'm the youngest patient they've had in a long time. Oh, gosh...everyone tells me I'm too young to have all these problems...I hope it doesn't get worse from here. I'm really nervous about the surgery.
I will have an open vertical incision. I thought that they would use my c-section scar because that is what they first said, but turns out it's a better idea for them to do the vertical one. The c-section cut might be too small and they don't want to risk a hernia if they detach my muscle from the pubic bone.
I will be staying about 2 nights in the hospital. At the time of surgery I will stay asleep as they take my complex cyst to pathology to be examined. If it comes back malignant, I decided to have them close me up and wait until the final results come back a few days later to decide whether or not a hysterectomy is better. But they will probably remove one of my ovaries and fallopian tube anyway during this surgery.
I told the doctor that if they did for any reason have to remove both my ovaries that I would like to keep my uterus. The purpose of keeping it is because I had already told my best friend (she can't have any more babies) that I would be a surrogate mother for her if she ever wanted me to. And so if I can't have any more of my own biological children, then I would still love to be able to have one for her.
I also explained to the doctor that I'm recovering from a cold and she told me that it's fine as long as I keep getting better. I feel a little better, except that both my husband and my son are still sick and I fear that I will get really sick again. I still have five days to go and there's plenty of time to get sick again.
Anyway, I'm also supposed to buy a laxative one day before the surgery to cleanse out my insides.
I hope that after this surgery I get my period back (haven't had one in three years). Then soon after I have to have my gallstones taken out.
The doctor told me that I'm the youngest patient they've had in a long time. Oh, gosh...everyone tells me I'm too young to have all these problems...I hope it doesn't get worse from here. I'm really nervous about the surgery.