It is my first full day home after my surgery.
I am the now happy survivor of a robotic-assisted laparoscopic (minimally invasive) myomectomy (surgical fibroid removal). Not so happy yesterday....
Yesterday, Friday, I left home at 5am, arrived at Faulkner Hospital at 6am, and went under/into surgery around 7:30am.
I totally freaked out before going under, as anticipated. I cried. They brought in my husband, Richard, and Mom to calm me (which I was told I wouldn't have been able to do at Brigham & Women's), though I think it just made things worse because I wanted to make them proud. My doctor/surgeon calmed me more than anyone else. She was wonderful.
I woke up in recovery for the first time around 1:30pm. I slept on and off for another hour or so, and then was joined in recovery by Richard and Mom.
My surgery took an hour longer than expected because my fibroid was much larger than they thought - about the size of a grapefruit (last ultrasound suggested the size of a large apple or orange). An extra hour under general anesthesia = longer time getting back to normal afterwards. Ugh.
Richard and Mom waited patiently while I built up both enough 1) fluid in my body (was catheterized throughout surgery) and 2) control of my abdomen muscles to be able to pee on my own. Never thought it could be so hard to pee.
Home by 5pm. What a long day, and I was out for most of it! Much longer for my company, to whom I'm incredibly thankful for staying so close by.
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