Thread: Falling apart

  Quote: Originally Posted by gbell11978 My gosh thank you for the kind thoughts. Your words were very meaningful! If have till next fri.. On the home stretch to surgery date. Did you have it done by laparascopy? That is what im having done and they want to send me home the same day. Any thoughts on that? Seems a little soon to me. And a bit scary. Happy thanksgiving. Gail in san diego Most stay one to two days, on average. Some do...

  Quote: Originally Posted by lattenut I was relieved to see this topic. As of yesterday, I am scheduled for a daVinci hysterectomy on Jan 8. And while I am certainly relieved to be 8 weeks away from an end to the pain and heavy bleeding that I have endured for years, I am still worried and anxious. It's been a long road, several doctors, etc. I am confident that this doctor listens and answers my questions. He spent a lot of...

I actually found that talking to people about it helped me get through the whole process. My DH knows a whole lot more about woman things now then he ever did before, but he was so willing to listen and talk to me about it. He asked questions and I tried to tell him everything. I had a wonderful supports system, many had gone before me in this journey. I hope your find the support you need hear, don't feel like you can't ask...

My gosh thank you for the kind thoughts. Your words were very meaningful! If have till next fri.. On the home stretch to surgery date. Did you have it done by laparascopy? That is what im having done and they want to send me home the same day. Any thoughts on that? Seems a little soon to me. And a bit scary. Happy thanksgiving. Gail in san diego

I am new to the board today and I hope your proceedure went well . I had mine 2 weeks ago today. Its is scary and the pain may be bad today and maybe tomorrow but take your pain meds and youll get thru. I am still in a bit of pain especially when i wake up cause im trying to sleep on my side. my name is Terry and my email addy is <<oops, your email address removed for your safety>> Good Luck honey..you WILL be okay!!

It is normal to feel anxiety before surgery, the nurse will give you something to relax. Try not to worry too much. I had the adbonimal procedure, so not sure how long of stay with the daVinci procedure. My stay at the hospital was two days, the nurses were great, if you feel you should stay longer, express that need to your doctor maybe he or she will be able to assist you. On the day after my procedure, I was up and walking around after...

gbell, I am also having a laparoscopic hyst.--a daVinci procedue. I was told that I would be in the hospital no longer than 23 hours! That almost scares me more than the idea of the surgery.

Wow...kinda crazy we posted such similar posts almost simultaneously! Hate for you what you're feeling! Take comfort in that you are not alone!! I guess we're normal Sending comforting thoughts your way, too.

~SL~ Wow can I empathize, I had a friend call me up 2 days after my cancer dx to tell me how many surgeries she had and out of all of them the hyster was the worse, I almost hung up on her! So yeah people don't get it. Anyway, if you need to hide under the covers for a bit go do it. Sometimes that is what it takes. Also talk to your Dr. maybe they can give you some xanax or something for the anxiety. I know that's about the only...

I'm sorry....long distance hugs!!