Post-Surgery

So I had surgery on Monday!  I am feeling great compared to what I thought I would feel.  I actually have not had tons of pain, and I normally feel nauseous with pain meds but there has been none.

So on to the surgery story...

I got picked up on Monday morning by one of my lovely friends.  She drove me to the hospital and it took forever to find the office we were suppose to be in.  Once we find it and get checked in I only had to wait about 3 mins before they came to get me to do all the pre-op work.  I was feeling nervous, but my nurse was super comforting and made me feel fine.  After the IV and getting into my sexy hospital gown the nurses let my friend come back to sit with me.  I was glad that I could just sit and joke with someone before hand.  Once all the doctor and surgery team had stopped by to see me they were ready to take me back.

I was just chatting with the anesthesiologist and the next thing I knew I was waking up in the recovery room. I could not feel my arm since they had given me a nerve block.  So for the next 12 hrs at least it felt like I did not have an arm on that side.  The good thing that happened is I found out that the injury in my shoulder was not a full tendon tear, but a bone spur that had been making small cuts into my tendon.  This means a much faster and less painful recovery time.  Back to the story:  My friend came back and sat with me till the nurses were willing to release me...which was not till I went to the bathroom...the nurses felt like they had to talk to me as a little kid and would not say do you need to go to the bathroom, but do you need to go pee pee or go tee tee.  I just stared at them like are you crazy?  Once I finally did the great task I was driven home by my friend.

I was feeling awesome and was ready to get back to ruling the world that day(thanks to nerve blocks).  So I was not willing to rest at all.  But I had friends all taking shifts to help take care of me and encourage me to rest.  When I woke up on Tuesday morning I realized that world domination was going to have to wait.  I was not in pain, but just super sore.  So now I am just resting most of the day.

Even today I went for a short walk that normally would not take me long, and it took forever!  Once I got back to my house I was ready for another nap.  So for the next few weeks I am going to just take it very slow, and  rest as much as possible.

I am just glad that I should be back to my fun loving self sooner then was expected.  Thanks for keeping up with me!  I would love to hear updates from you and your families!

Let the Countdown Begin

So the countdown to surgery has already been going for the past few days.  For those that may not be up to date and thinking SURGERY?!?! I have a torn tendon in my shoulder so they are going to have to fix it so it will heal.  If you want more details about what happened look at my blog  post "That must have hurt" and the whole story is there.

So this week I have been trying to get everything ready.  I have my whole house clean(which if you know me, that is saying something)!  I have a basket made up that has everything that I might need during the recovery time, like band-aids, non-stick pads, headbands, gum, you get the idea.

I have also practiced trying to do things with one arm.  This has been an adventure!  I tried for 1 hr to try to figure out how to pull my hair up in a ponytail with one hand and a normal ponytail holder...lets just say nothing has been figured out on that one.  I have also practiced different positions to lay in at night to try to keep that arm still, and I think I have made some good discoveries.

So now it is just the waiting game for Monday.  One thing that I need to stop doing is watching people have this surgery done on YouTube.  I think that I have watched it enough that I could successfully do this surgery on someone else.  It also just make me a bit nauseous seeing the skin being tugged and pulled like they do.  I have never been squeamish watching surgeries or gross procedures online, but this one is getting me.

I am just waiting to see what it is going to be like after surgery.  I have had many people say they are going to be there to help, and meals are in the process of being planned.  I just don't want people to get tired with helping since this is going a very long process of healing.  I just hate feeling like I have to be dependent on others, and that I know they have better things to be doing then taking care of me.

Ok well I am going to go.  I will leave you with some pictures of friends and me hanging out.  Thank you for reading and keeping up with my crazy life.

We thought we looked like Skittles with all our colors

Making improvement on the Oklahoma and Texas Relationship(yes she is from Texas)