Arrived at hospital for the 10.00am booking in. Don't know why but out of all the ops in the last couple of weeks I really didn't want to have this one at all.
After getting booked in Terri the RN nurse came to get me and seeing her smiling face makes it all better. Not only is she a friend shes a very sweet woman who has also been through a double mastectomy and chemo and so knows what its like, even though mine is nothing like hers I feel such a wimp compared.
After getting changed into the backless gown and wrapped in warm blankets and having an IV inserted and then all the magic is pumped through then, the surgeon came through and we had a joke, regarding a Armadillo digging up his lawn and how his dogs chased it. Makes it all so much easier when everyone is not serious and we can get through the day.
Then the anesthetist comes in and starts talking about while the op is on if I feel pain to put my hand up! This did start to freak me out but Terri assured me that I will defo be out of it and not to worry that he was only doing his job. Well he didn't make me feel too great....
I'm then lead into the theater and that was it as I woke up it seemed as if I'd only just gone down but in fact I was done and dusted. The pain from this in my shoulder/chest hurts more then it did having my boobs operated on and even now as I sit here with an icepack on it and had to take a Advil cause my head was banging and so was my chest.
I'm defo not looking forward to this whole chemo thing and just want to move on and book a holiday pack the animals up and go on a road trip and party....
I don't know when the chemo starts or how long it will take on the day some say an hour some say up to 7 hours...How can I sit there that long....
I have a picture but its not great as I'm covered in the yellow stuff. Im hoping my husband will spend the night taking it off lol
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