Who Is This Person?

This will be my last (and only?) post surgery update or whateveryawannacallit.

Those who know me know that I was a miserable old bizatch before my surgery. I was having daily pain, which was making me stabby and mean and ugly and depressed and all kinds of other not-myelfish. I had read from other women with my condition (Adenomyosis) that many of my associated symptoms beyond the pain may go away with the surgery … and ya know what? They were right!!

I realized in about the fourth week after surgery, when people were asking me how I felt and such, that I had been primarly focusing on how I felt as it related to my surgery and recovery. I had not yet even thought about how I felt NOW compared to how I felt BEFORE.

Holy difference.

I have not had One. Single. Cramp. Not one. Or any other kind of abdominal pain like I was having on a daily basis. Also (TMI ALERT), all of the GI issues I was having (diarrhea, constipation, pain, rectal spasms, bladder spasms)? All that stuff? Gone. Like Clementine. Lost and gone forever.

I started back to work this week and was really dreading it because I was enjoying just chilling at home with the kids. (All those times I said I could “never be a stay at home mom, I’d be too bored” – total lie). But I have actually enjoyed being back at work. I’ve been tired, which was to be expected. But the veil of depression and horribleness that comes with chronic and daily pain has been lifted and I really began to realize that I am feeling like a whole new person.

So. A message to any women out there who happen to have Adenomyosis: HAVE THE SURGERY!!! You will be so happy you did. I can’t even explain the difference it has made for me. Honestly, having them take out my uterus was the best thing to happen to me in a while.

Also, if you are a health geek and nurse wannabe like me … make sure you get a copy of your operative report to read through. It is educational and very entertaining. For example, I discovered that I also had two fibroids and a cervical polyp. Good to know now that it is all outta me. Also I got to read phrases like: “… the uterus and cervicx was then delivered through the vagina without complication.” Apparently I gave birth to my own uterus and cervix. I read this as well, “… the contents of the abdominal cavity were pushed aside with the sponge …”

That is just classic, classic stuff.

Okay … enough of this. Bottom line: I’m basically recovered from surgery and feel better than ever. Yay me. Look out world!!