Surgery!! I am so nervous!!
I check into the hospital mid-morning. Labs drawn, vitals taken, and changed into a gown. They make you lay on an uncomfortable gurney and this is when the freak out really begins. It also doesn't help that you lay there for 2 hours. A nurse comes in and an IV is started. The Dr. comes in and makes sure that I haven't changed my mind. I am rolled into a holding area where the Anesthesiologist comes in and has you sign your consent. They give you some relaxing drugs and wheel you into the Operating Room. Lights out.
I wake up in post-op and this is when the real fun begins. Pain. Can't breathe. More pain. I end up being admitted to the hospital overnight for observation due to the fact that I stop breathing when I sleep. In the morning I meet with the Surgeon and am discharged that afternoon.
It takes about a week to feel normal and I am relieved that I feel somewhat normal. But I am not totally convinced my problems are solved.
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