Photo: Jo and her surgical team (nurse, surgeon and anesthesiologist)......pain management!
Hint: It's not necessary to "tough it out" if you have pain after surgery.
I've been working with different pain killers since yesterday when the Marcaine local analgesic stopped working (it was only supposed to continue for 2-3 days after surgery). I didn't want to take narcotic pain meds as they tend to scramble the mind and I love a clear, sharp mind.
Alas, the pain became too strong (and don't wait as long as I did) and so I'm taking a mix of Vicodin (hydrocodone and Tylenol) and ibuprofen. I'm aka Ms Fuzzy Head. This seems to be keeping the pain bearable. I read that this is not meant to be a very painful operation. Yikes! I don't look forward to having a painful one!
"Jo's Hospital Story" table of contents goes like this:
+The drive to the hospital
+Arriving at the hospital
+Preadmission "delight"
+Sentinel lymph node "fun"
+Pre-surgery conversations
+The operating room
+During the surgery(!)
+Recovery room tales :(
+Hospital room etiquette
+Nurse "culture"
+The final escape!
+Ron's take on all of this!
And I can guarantee that each chapter is a story in it's self! I would have never believed that all that happened could have really happened. It did get pretty weird at times. And some of it never should have occurred (play dramatic music).
I'm a slow typist but I'm fortunately married to a fast touch typist, so, I hopefully will write my book soon ;)
Photo docu-drama to follow. Yes - Ron took many pictures (my request) thru my stay!
Wishing everyone a beautiful, peaceful and healthy New Year.
(And Joby an excellent pathology report! Still waiting)
May we truly cherish ourselves and each other.
