I had my pre-op appointment today. In some ways, it helped to talk about all of the specifics with my gyn, and in other ways, it scared me absolutely shitless.
We talked about how I'll get a pain med pump the day of surgery, to mainline demerol to my little heart's content (v. v. good), and about how I'll need to kepp a catheter for 2-3 days because Ill have so many internal stitches I won't be allowed to move at all. (v. v. scary.)
Since my cervix is being removed, I keep worrying about having internal stiches in my holy-of-holies and about the horrid-sounding prospect of my gyn packing me full of cotton to staunch the bleeding.
On the plus side, she's letting me leave my clit hood ring in, as long as I put an acrylic ring in it rather than metal. And my tongue barbell has to be out, but I'm betting it won't close up before I'm un-stoned enough to put the barbell back in -- I've had the barbell out for a week before and it didn't close.
I also got my gyn to recommend some supplements to help with the hot flashes -- I spent most of the day burning up and dripping with sweat, so anything to help there would be welcome.
The neatest thing my gyn did was tell me she wanted me to bring a CD of music that was meaningful with me the day I have surgery -- she's going to play it in the OR. And I'm supposed to come up with someplace in my imagination that makes me feel safe and strong, because before they give me the anesthesia, she's going to tell me to go to that place and imagine that I'm going to be there while she's doing my surgery.
I thought that was really cool. I'm working on my mix CD right now.
We talked about how I'll get a pain med pump the day of surgery, to mainline demerol to my little heart's content (v. v. good), and about how I'll need to kepp a catheter for 2-3 days because Ill have so many internal stitches I won't be allowed to move at all. (v. v. scary.)
Since my cervix is being removed, I keep worrying about having internal stiches in my holy-of-holies and about the horrid-sounding prospect of my gyn packing me full of cotton to staunch the bleeding.
On the plus side, she's letting me leave my clit hood ring in, as long as I put an acrylic ring in it rather than metal. And my tongue barbell has to be out, but I'm betting it won't close up before I'm un-stoned enough to put the barbell back in -- I've had the barbell out for a week before and it didn't close.
I also got my gyn to recommend some supplements to help with the hot flashes -- I spent most of the day burning up and dripping with sweat, so anything to help there would be welcome.
The neatest thing my gyn did was tell me she wanted me to bring a CD of music that was meaningful with me the day I have surgery -- she's going to play it in the OR. And I'm supposed to come up with someplace in my imagination that makes me feel safe and strong, because before they give me the anesthesia, she's going to tell me to go to that place and imagine that I'm going to be there while she's doing my surgery.
I thought that was really cool. I'm working on my mix CD right now.
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made me a little dizzy reading about it, so i can imagine it wasn't pleasant hearing details from the gyn.
but, sounds like she's pretty darn a-ok! good doc it seems, caring.
best wishes on the surgery and healing. hope demerol does for you what it did for me the first time -i don't remember the first three days of using it.... and i was only on the pill form, not i.v.
good thoughts!