06:12 yawn got a few hours sleep
feeling a bit nervous now , but much loved ..... teary eyed at all the wonderful loving encouraging supportive messages from friends.... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
heard last night that grandson has suspicious looking red spots .....arghhhhh... measles ?? hope he is ok
Taxi arrives soon ...
TTFN
hasta la vista everyone xxx
Monday, 20 January 2014
Sunday, 19 January 2014
Hospital called .....
Hospital called ...
Operation set for tomorrow , 07:45 am ( 06:45 U.K. time )I've got to be there by 7am which is a bit like catching an early flight.
My cabin luggage bag is packed .
Feels just like preparing to go away on holiday , only with a slightly different destination.
Bus or taxi ?
If there's a direct bus ( there are some that stop outside the front door ) it will be the bus, otherwise taxi. It's not far, half an hour or so on foot, but the last bit is all up hill.
Thank you ALL for all good vibes and for holding me in the LOVE SPACE
TTFN
Lots of
Love
M xxx
Monday, 13 January 2014
Just wave , don't follow !
This E- mail from my sister this morning made me laugh out loud :
I have just realised that you will be going in for your opp on dad's names-day. Is that a coincidence or was it planned that way? He will probably be watching over you.
If you see him whilst under anaesthetic, just wave from a distance, don't follow him.
Precious.I love it !
Up since 7 am today
Morning all.. a bright and sunny morning it is too. Bright, cold and sunny , rooftops covered in a thin layer of snow.
I've been up since 7 a.m . MOST unusual for me . It is my wont to surface around noon.
Email from sister number 3 had me laughing out loud ....
I've been up since 7 a.m . MOST unusual for me . It is my wont to surface around noon.
Email from sister number 3 had me laughing out loud ....
I have just realised that you will be going in for your opp on dad's names-day. Is that a coincidence or was it planned that way? He will probably be watching over you.
If you see him whilst under anaesthetic, just wave from a distance, don't follow him.
PRECIOUS .. I love it . hehehe
Peeing during the night is still problematic ; painful urges and then just a few drops. Much ado about very little. Much better during the day. I do wan to get this sorted. Doctors tell me that things should improve once the fibroids are gone. They are taking up quite a bit of space and squashing things up in there - 11 cm is the size of a grapefruit .
Finished the course of antibiotics ( Selexid 200g , two a day for 10 days )
All for now ... toodle pip :-)
Friday, 10 January 2014
All morning at the hospital
Set the alarm for 6 am in order to get ready and be at the hospital for required pre operation tests . Actually woke up at 5:30 . Nerves.
Arrived just after 8 and followed instructions that took me along corridors to a lift marked A and after that to registration on 2nd floor . Queue ticket , waiting room , then registration . After that down more corridors to lift B to the 3rd floor waiting room.
Waiting ...watching ...observing .... anxious
Checked my questions
Listened to recorded music on I phone
watched patients being called by doctors and nurses and disappear into consultation rooms
Nurse Jennifer calls me and asks me how I am feeling
A little anxious , I reply
Nurse Jennifer is lovely. She listens patiently to me and is reassuring
We go through the questionnaire that I've handed in - a double check of previous illnesses, medicines, allergies , food preferences , etc etc
Turns out her father is from Canada and her son is called Elliot
Jennifer is a real person .
I like that .... I am more than just a number and statistic
The EKG nurse yesterday was different; matter of fact , by the book , a robot .
Jennifer draws some blood and remarks 'good veins '
Yes, I know . One has to be good at something lol
After that , it's the waiting room again
I am a little bit more relaxed now and start to listen to music on my Iphone and check emails - YAY :. they have Wi Fi !!
An hour or so goes by .
Gynaecology doc , who might also be the surgeon performing my surgery is next .
I get out my list of questions and she answers them.
After that she examines me , pokes around in side and out and remarks that 'everything looks fine ' which is good to hear , but then , why am I here ? LOL
Back to the waiting room
More waiting
Finally it's my turn with the anaesthetist
Ebba is also nice and explains the procedure.
Something to calm me down before the operation , then anaesthetic in the back .
Epidural ?
No , its called .........
Oh .... does it hurt ? Will I be awake ( horrors )
No , she assures me she's been doing this for 20 years . Everything will be fine. I will be asleep. They do the back thing before putting me under. I don't remember why . There comes a point where one simply has to trust them and trust that they know what they are doing.
I ask Ebba , who is not Swedish , where she comes from .
Guess , she says
Egypt , I tell her.
That's right , she says , most surprised ..how did you know ?
You remind me of my dentist who is also from Egypt - I tell Ebba her name . Turns out that she knows of my dentist because her husband in a dentist and they know each other.
Small world .
Lovely to meet another healer medicine person who is not a robot .
I like Ebba .
Fast forward to today .. phone call from Ebba .
She has been thinking about our conversation and thinks it would be better for me , all things considered , that I do have an epidural after all. The tube can stay in for a couple of days after the op facilitating pain relief . Sounds good to me .
Arrived just after 8 and followed instructions that took me along corridors to a lift marked A and after that to registration on 2nd floor . Queue ticket , waiting room , then registration . After that down more corridors to lift B to the 3rd floor waiting room.
Waiting ...watching ...observing .... anxious
Checked my questions
Listened to recorded music on I phone
watched patients being called by doctors and nurses and disappear into consultation rooms
Nurse Jennifer calls me and asks me how I am feeling
A little anxious , I reply
Nurse Jennifer is lovely. She listens patiently to me and is reassuring
We go through the questionnaire that I've handed in - a double check of previous illnesses, medicines, allergies , food preferences , etc etc
Turns out her father is from Canada and her son is called Elliot
Jennifer is a real person .
I like that .... I am more than just a number and statistic
The EKG nurse yesterday was different; matter of fact , by the book , a robot .
Jennifer draws some blood and remarks 'good veins '
Yes, I know . One has to be good at something lol
After that , it's the waiting room again
I am a little bit more relaxed now and start to listen to music on my Iphone and check emails - YAY :. they have Wi Fi !!
An hour or so goes by .
Gynaecology doc , who might also be the surgeon performing my surgery is next .
I get out my list of questions and she answers them.
After that she examines me , pokes around in side and out and remarks that 'everything looks fine ' which is good to hear , but then , why am I here ? LOL
Back to the waiting room
More waiting
Finally it's my turn with the anaesthetist
Ebba is also nice and explains the procedure.
Something to calm me down before the operation , then anaesthetic in the back .
Epidural ?
No , its called .........
Oh .... does it hurt ? Will I be awake ( horrors )
No , she assures me she's been doing this for 20 years . Everything will be fine. I will be asleep. They do the back thing before putting me under. I don't remember why . There comes a point where one simply has to trust them and trust that they know what they are doing.
I ask Ebba , who is not Swedish , where she comes from .
Guess , she says
Egypt , I tell her.
That's right , she says , most surprised ..how did you know ?
You remind me of my dentist who is also from Egypt - I tell Ebba her name . Turns out that she knows of my dentist because her husband in a dentist and they know each other.
Small world .
Lovely to meet another healer medicine person who is not a robot .
I like Ebba .
Fast forward to today .. phone call from Ebba .
She has been thinking about our conversation and thinks it would be better for me , all things considered , that I do have an epidural after all. The tube can stay in for a couple of days after the op facilitating pain relief . Sounds good to me .
Thursday, 9 January 2014
To womb it might concern
Today I was at the hospital all morning preparing for my operation which is now just 11 days away.
On Monday , 20th January 2014 a skilled surgeon will make a bikini line incision , rummage around in the gizzards and remove my uterus, ovaries and cervix , i.e, a hysterectomy and my new fibroid free life of radiant health and vitality will begin. That is the plan.
I've fought uterine fibroids for 13 years . Heavy bleeding and iron deficiency weren't motivation enough but were fixed and sorted. It was the peeing problems that really pissed me off and shoved me towards considering surgery. So, after prolonged suffering with urinary and bladder problems , and urinary tract infections , enough's enough . Decision made. " the whole lot needs to be whipped out "
To be continued .........
On Monday , 20th January 2014 a skilled surgeon will make a bikini line incision , rummage around in the gizzards and remove my uterus, ovaries and cervix , i.e, a hysterectomy and my new fibroid free life of radiant health and vitality will begin. That is the plan.
I've fought uterine fibroids for 13 years . Heavy bleeding and iron deficiency weren't motivation enough but were fixed and sorted. It was the peeing problems that really pissed me off and shoved me towards considering surgery. So, after prolonged suffering with urinary and bladder problems , and urinary tract infections , enough's enough . Decision made. " the whole lot needs to be whipped out "
To be continued .........
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