1-Week Post-Hysterectomy/1-Month 3 Days Post Double Mastectomy…

Good Evening…

So, here we are.  Its been quite the journey so far.  How are things???  Well…I have to actually admit that the more things become in the rear-view-mirror…the better things seem to be for me.  Does that make sense?  At the moment I am super sore.  Why…4 outer incisions from the laparoscopic hysterectomy…and one “a bit-larger” inside one.  I suppose the part (about the surgery and post-surgery) I neglected to ask about and/or really do a lot of research on (despite my amazing OB/GYN…THE Dr. Shelton) telling me….—–(drum roll)—–….was the CO2 (gas) that they would be injecting into my abdominal cavity…in order to perform the surgery.  ONE WORD…….  WOW!!!  In a manner of speaking (in hind site…) there is one thing for air to be trapped inside of the body…and yet another…when it is trapped on the outside.  Another one word…OUCH!

So…backing up about things…as it has been a bit since I have been a little more detailed, if you will, I think, aye?  Healing from the double mastectomy is coming along.  About tissue expanders…think about what they were/are named.  They don’t feel amazing.  I mean, they aren’t the worst things in the world…but, certainly aren’t comfortable.  —If I may…I would like to interject perhaps one of the biggest epiphanies of this process to this point.—- I literally thought that coming out of a double mastectomy…when they took off the bandages…I would be like a board…a man…a guy…anything but a woman.  BUT for the (not-so-comfortable) tissue expanders….I may have been just those things.  As such…I almost welcome them.—  If any of you aren’t aware (I certainly wasn’t)…tissue expanders are also a work-in-progress.  I have been scheduled every week to go in and get injections.  Today, for example…I received another 50 cc’s of saline in each side.  Does it hurt???  HMMMMM????  Well…I wouldn’t call it getting your nails or hair done…but, it isn’t terrible…it is more tomorrow morning I will be belly-aching.  More on this… And, I hope for anyone out there trying to get answers…this is helpful!

About my hysterectomy…and more about the trapped CO2.  IT IS NOT SO FUN.  I mean…it is tolerable…but, I am going to be honest…IT IS/HAS BEEN some of the WORST pain I have endured so far!!!  I will say…part of me is that I have to research everything (hence…my trying to help others with what to expect)…AND, I did NOT do a great job with this part…but it was HORRIBLE!.  Beware!  Don’t take it lightly this while “blow-up-your-abdominal-cavity” part.  It just feels like there is tons of air/gas trapped outside of your organs on the inside and it can’t get out and it is trying to and it hurts.  The End.

Before this gets too long…I suppose I should get some rest…and I hope this has been helpful.  More so…and where this all started… #BREASTCANCERAWARENESS.

We were on a roll with how many ladies had gone to get mammograms…let’s keep it going!!!

#BeatTheOpponent (Whatever it is for you!!!…You got this!!!)

XOXO,