Surgery 4 ✅
I'm one day post-op and resting quietly at my folks' house watching hummingbirds. (The kids are home with Dad and Dad's parents.) Pain level is very manageable thanks to Tylenol and Aleve and my mom who is on top of giving them to me. I have three small incisions in my abdomen (including one in my fake belly button created during breast reconstruction!) My best friends right now are a heating blanket and a warmie axolotl (thanks to my preschool). My abdomen is obviously sore as is my throat where they put the endotracheal tube. Again, manageable pain. 😊 The surgery pivoted from hysterectomy to oophorectomy (ovaries and fallopian tubes) due to a glitch in the oncology OB's office. The folks I talked to on the phone never actually got the message through that I had ultimately decided on hysterectomy and insurance was too slow to approve it the day before. While I initially panicked, my oncology OB reassured me that my gene mutation doesn't affect the uterus like I t...
