Elective surgery

So after having 3 kids and carrying them really high and straight out
from my body- I swear those babies were parallel to the ground in
utero- I had a messed up abdomen. Lots of stretch marks and loose
skin. What I didn't know was that I also had 2 pretty severe hernias.
One was an umbilical hernia, which is where the bellybutton protruded
through the muscle wall. The other was a Ventral hernia, where the
muscles seperate during pregnancy to allow room for the baby. For
most, these muscles come back together. Mine didn't and I had about a
3 inch vertical seperation of the ab muscles from my belly button area
all the way up to just below the sternum.
So originally I went to the plastic surgeon to see if I could just get
the extra skin removed. I'm in pretty good shape and it just wasn't
fair that I looked 3 months pregnant when the rest of me was thin.
That's when I was told I had these hernias that needed to be fixed.
The doctor told me the bulge I had was actually my organs- stomach and
intestines- falling through the gap between my ab muscles! After
examining me he told me if anyone ever needed a tummy tuck, it was me.
Insurance even covered the hernia repair, mesh, pain pump and
overnight stay in the hospital.
So after months of consideration, I decided to do it. I didn't take
this decision lightly. I considered all the risks and benefits and
prayed for direction. I'm usually scared of anything to do with my
body, like major surgery! But I felt a peace about it and realized it
was necessary.
So 3 days ago, I went into surgery. I was scared of the general
anesthesia part. Going to sleep was fine, but when I woke up it was
awful. The sugery took about 2 and a half hours. When I started coming
to, I saw it was about 4:15 and I didn't get out of that fog til about
7pm. It was really bad. Groggy, nausea and disoriented.
They let me go home the next morning. That was Thursday. That day was
bad and I realized by Friday morning it was all the pain meds that
were keeping me in a nauseous fog. I got to take the pain pump out,
which was delivering continuous narcotics. And got off the Darvocet.
So much better. More later...
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