My surgery was rescheduled after I complained to my doctor that I couldn't deal with the pain for another whole week. She moved it to Thursday, July 3rd. It was a good experience all around. My pre-op nurse was a former GC student and friend, Laurel. I was much more nervous than I had anticipated and having a familiar face put me at ease. The doctor, OR nurse, and anesthesiologist all had GC connections and talking about those connection is the last thing I remember before waking up in recovery. When I woke up I was crying...don't know why...and the nurses were giving me some good care and trying to calm me down. I think the tears were a mixture of the fear I had bottled up before surgery, the pain I had been feeling, and relief that it was all over. I went home a couple hours after surgery and spent most of the weekend on the couch at my mom's house. Here are a couple photos of my wounds...
One of my incisions is where they went in via my belly button.
These are the two incision on my right side where they actually went in to remove the gall bladder.
I have one other incision that is about 5 inches above my belly button. This is actually the incision that has been causing me the most discomfort during my recovery. I think that may be due to the fact that there i s more muscle present in that area of my abdomen. maybe? I'm guessing on that! :)
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One of my incisions is where they went in via my belly button.
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Crying is common - I remember crying after waking up from oral surgery. I think it's the drugs that they give you to sleep.
Dawn
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