Everyone on here has been so helpful - and I know that some of the most informative posts have been ones where a member posts his or her surgical experiences as they are happening. (You get so much more information that way rather than an abbreviated overview!) So I figured, now that my time has come, I'd return the favor for someone else wondering about what to expect.
Anyway, my surgery is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 20. I'm to have the open excision with marsupialization procedure. I'm scared to death. I can't even go into hospitals without getting dizzy, so I have no idea how I'm going to get through tomorrow. My mom's afraid that I'll go into shock if I don't get some sedation or anesthesia RIGHT away! I keep on having these visions that the anesthesia wears off and I wake up in the middle of the surgery - talk about terrifying. I haven't been sleeping well, and I'm so nervous and tense that a muscle in my left eye has been twitching crazily for the past week. It's pretty annoying.
My surgery's not until 3 p.m., so they said there's a good chance I'll have to stay there overnight. As much as that would freak me out as well, part of me thinks it may be a good thing, to at least know I'm getting good professional care in the first 12-18 hours of my recovery. My husband said he'll be there for me every step of the way, but I don't want to be more of a burden than I have to be.
Tonight will be the worst of it, when I'll be rushing around trying to make sure that everything's set. I have no idea what to wear to the hospital. Or how I'm going to position myself in the drive home from the hospital. Or how I'm going to deal with the pain. I know hundreds and hundreds have gone before me in this...but I'm SUCH a wimp!
Anyway, that's all for now. If you're a praying person, I'd appreciate any extra thoughts you could send my way! I'll post again after the PC is OUT of my rear! [(o)]
Anyway, my surgery is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 20. I'm to have the open excision with marsupialization procedure. I'm scared to death. I can't even go into hospitals without getting dizzy, so I have no idea how I'm going to get through tomorrow. My mom's afraid that I'll go into shock if I don't get some sedation or anesthesia RIGHT away! I keep on having these visions that the anesthesia wears off and I wake up in the middle of the surgery - talk about terrifying. I haven't been sleeping well, and I'm so nervous and tense that a muscle in my left eye has been twitching crazily for the past week. It's pretty annoying.
My surgery's not until 3 p.m., so they said there's a good chance I'll have to stay there overnight. As much as that would freak me out as well, part of me thinks it may be a good thing, to at least know I'm getting good professional care in the first 12-18 hours of my recovery. My husband said he'll be there for me every step of the way, but I don't want to be more of a burden than I have to be.
Tonight will be the worst of it, when I'll be rushing around trying to make sure that everything's set. I have no idea what to wear to the hospital. Or how I'm going to position myself in the drive home from the hospital. Or how I'm going to deal with the pain. I know hundreds and hundreds have gone before me in this...but I'm SUCH a wimp!
Anyway, that's all for now. If you're a praying person, I'd appreciate any extra thoughts you could send my way! I'll post again after the PC is OUT of my rear! [(o)]