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I'm falling back asleep, but I wanted to get in a quick update. I'm home from the hospital around 2:15. The surgery went well. From what Steven saw (there are pictures and if I can get, oh, will I post 'em.), my plica was rolled up over my kneecap. Steven described it what happens when you try to roll out too sticky pie dough and it ends up all over your rolling pin. I guess there was a lot to remove and reshape. Steven told me that it looked like two different knees.
I'm going back to sleep now. Anyone who wants our address or anything can get in touch with Steven on AIM : Stubnachen or Yahoo!: steven_shuman. Or leave a comment and I'll get it to you guys.
Thanks for all the prayers and stuff. Xoxoxo
I'm going back to sleep now. Anyone who wants our address or anything can get in touch with Steven on AIM : Stubnachen or Yahoo!: steven_shuman. Or leave a comment and I'll get it to you guys.
Thanks for all the prayers and stuff. Xoxoxo
Surgery Stuff
Apr. 14th, 2005 02:49 amT-minus 5 days and change until the surgery date. I'm not sure if I posted the date, but if not, I am having surgery on Tuesday, April 19th., at high noon. I will be leaving my apartment around 10:45 that morning, so there should be a bit of time for to catch me online between 9 and 10:45, if anyone's interested. I don't expect that I will be online much at all Tuesday or really Wednesday. I'm highly considering having the computer off, rather than trying to keep up an away message.
I've got the now-titled Definitive Post Op Call List all typed up, but not printed out. If anyone wants to be added, let me know (by Sunday or so) and I will add on before I print a final copy. Steven will probably be doing most of the calling, but there's a possibility it may be my mum, as well. So, if it really sounds like me on the phone, it'll be my mum. Same voice and all...
( And on to the rambling... )
I've got the now-titled Definitive Post Op Call List all typed up, but not printed out. If anyone wants to be added, let me know (by Sunday or so) and I will add on before I print a final copy. Steven will probably be doing most of the calling, but there's a possibility it may be my mum, as well. So, if it really sounds like me on the phone, it'll be my mum. Same voice and all...
( And on to the rambling... )
I just got back from my pre-op and I feel a hundred million times better than I did after the last pre-op. I lucked out and talked to an amazing anaethesiologist-- Dr. Harris. He was fantastic about working with my phobia. I swear to god, if we have kids and he's still there, I want him as my anaethesiologist for my c-section. He was amazing.
I am not going to have an IV while awake. He is going to do a mask induction, which is essentially being gassed. After I'm out, they'll put a local anaesthetic on my arm and started the IV. They'll put painkillers, antibiotics, and possibly an antiemetic in before fulling bringing me out. They'll also remove the IV line as soon as I am out of the anaesthesia, but before I am totally congniscent. Basically, I'll never have to see my IV.
I can keep my underpants on. I can have Steven with me as soon as I wake up. I can have my glasses as soon as I wake up. I am feeling way less trepidation than I was last time. I almost feel good about this, in fact. I'm still a little nervous, as I would be about any major procedure, but I am less nervous about being put under.
I am not going to have an IV while awake. He is going to do a mask induction, which is essentially being gassed. After I'm out, they'll put a local anaesthetic on my arm and started the IV. They'll put painkillers, antibiotics, and possibly an antiemetic in before fulling bringing me out. They'll also remove the IV line as soon as I am out of the anaesthesia, but before I am totally congniscent. Basically, I'll never have to see my IV.
I can keep my underpants on. I can have Steven with me as soon as I wake up. I can have my glasses as soon as I wake up. I am feeling way less trepidation than I was last time. I almost feel good about this, in fact. I'm still a little nervous, as I would be about any major procedure, but I am less nervous about being put under.
Surgery, Round 2
Mar. 8th, 2005 01:04 amI will not be having surgery tomorrow. I decided, after all the misgivings I was having, coupled with the bad meeting with the anaethesiologist, I would reschedule. I do not want to go into surgery if I do not trust the people. I trust my doctor, but I did not trust the anaethesiologist. Most everyone I talked to urged me not to go ahead unless I was comfortable placing myself in their care. Not to mention, I also found out that our complex will be having a scheduled blackout right after I have surgery. That meant I couldn't have tea, hot soup, cold water, or a cold soda. I would be stumbling around in the dark, as our apartment is not very sunny. If it is at all cloudy, I will be lighting candles. That's how little daylight we get in here.
That week-end is also in the middle of school, which meant that someone (either my mom or Steven) would have to take time off to care for me. If Steven doesn't work, he does not make money. Steven's birthday is also on Saturday. He has told me a million times it didn't bother him, but it was an issue for me.
I will now be having surgery April 19th. at 11am. It will be during April vacation, so no one will need to take time off to care for me. I will be the only surgery in the OR that day, at all, so there will be no chance of latex contamination, as there would be if I was the last surgery of the day. I will not be stuck not eating for almost 20 hours. There's no chance of my surgery getting bumped back or postponed, since no one else will be operated on that day. I will have time to shake my nasty cold. Most importantly, I will have a different anaethesiologist. I also feel much better about this date. I do not have the bad feelings I had ever since I found out about the last date.
The list is still up, so if you want to be added, let me know.
Oh, and does anyone have Elvis's Burning Love? I have it stuck in my head so badly.
That week-end is also in the middle of school, which meant that someone (either my mom or Steven) would have to take time off to care for me. If Steven doesn't work, he does not make money. Steven's birthday is also on Saturday. He has told me a million times it didn't bother him, but it was an issue for me.
I will now be having surgery April 19th. at 11am. It will be during April vacation, so no one will need to take time off to care for me. I will be the only surgery in the OR that day, at all, so there will be no chance of latex contamination, as there would be if I was the last surgery of the day. I will not be stuck not eating for almost 20 hours. There's no chance of my surgery getting bumped back or postponed, since no one else will be operated on that day. I will have time to shake my nasty cold. Most importantly, I will have a different anaethesiologist. I also feel much better about this date. I do not have the bad feelings I had ever since I found out about the last date.
The list is still up, so if you want to be added, let me know.
Oh, and does anyone have Elvis's Burning Love? I have it stuck in my head so badly.
That really should say "What Should Samantha Do?". I'm having a bit of a conundrum. Anyone who's talked to me recently knows that I have been having a lot of generally bad feelings about my upcoming surgery. Nothing specific, just a general "this is not a good idea right now" feeling. I had hoped that meeting with the anaethesiologist would allay a lot of these fears.
( Not in my universe, it doesn't. )
If you don't mind, can you guys take my poll? It's open to anyone, I just want to know what you all would do in my situation.
[Poll #448681][Poll #448681]
( Not in my universe, it doesn't. )
If you don't mind, can you guys take my poll? It's open to anyone, I just want to know what you all would do in my situation.
[Poll #448681][Poll #448681]
I will be having surgery for my knee Tuesday, March 8th. at 3:20 in the afternoon. I am currently putting together a to call list for Steven, since I will most likely not be up to calling or posting for a day or two.
If you would like to be added to my list, please comment with a name and contact number or, if you don't want that all over the internet, email me your name and contact number, and I'll add you in.
If there are no complications, god willing, I should be out of surgery by 4:20 and out of recovery by 6pm. I would expect calls to be starting around 6:30 to 6:45.
And if anyone wants to say prayers for me, I will be very grateful. As the surgery gets closer, I am getting more and more nervous.
If you would like to be added to my list, please comment with a name and contact number or, if you don't want that all over the internet, email me your name and contact number, and I'll add you in.
If there are no complications, god willing, I should be out of surgery by 4:20 and out of recovery by 6pm. I would expect calls to be starting around 6:30 to 6:45.
And if anyone wants to say prayers for me, I will be very grateful. As the surgery gets closer, I am getting more and more nervous.
