Warning TMI, lol~!

Knowing that no one wants to know but yet everyone is curious or affraid to ask & that Angie is always willing to discuss the taboo subjects for the benefit of others.

Last Thurs I prepared for bladder (SPARC) sling surgery yet another surgery in the last nine months, following my hysterectomy in November, which I know for a fact I overdid it after that surgery (should not have hauled those snow tires so soon after), & then a Bloomsday crash on top of that, I had a 1-2 degree prolapsed bladder which might be normal after 40+ but being just barely over 30 was pretty shocking to hear the diagnosis, all these surgeries I anticipated facing when I was older & not quite as active. But given that I have now coached TBall & Soccer I didn't forsee slowing down any time soon, so I went to the doc said I'm pretty sure I have a prolapsed bladder, yep you do, but he said he thought I should wait about 10 more years for the surgery, I was like are you kidding me no way, I don't think I can go around peein my pants for 10 more years, so I referred myself on, the next doc confirmed what I already knew but this time he recommended surgery, stating it was one of the top 3 surgeries that they do & that I would be back in the game in no time.

I was glad for the day to finally arrive, but a bit anxious, didn't sleep much Thurs night, had a feeling I would lose alot of blood during surgery, that sure makes for some anxiety LOL! Arrived in Wenatchee at 7:30 am on Fri morn for surgery, & everything was running on time, I worried mostly about my kids as I handed over my Will & Hlth Care Directive, you know even small surgeries go badely, I joked w/ the anestiologist when he confirmed my name, DOB & what I was having surgery for & then I asked if he could slip in a tummy tuck on the docs orders also, I apologized to the nurses for having to try twice for my IV, really wasn't my fault but I try to be a good patient, they pushed me down the hall to surgery & we got in got it done & got out just like I said I would do, as the sleep left my body w/ an oxygen mask on I heard them telling me confirming what I already knew that I did lose alot of blood & that my anticipated recovery time might be over night instead of 1.5 hours, but when they were finally able to get some blood out of my arm to test they found that my levels were good! After 2.5 hours in recovery I was sooooooooo ready to be out of there. We thought about staying the night in Wenatchee, but I wanted to see my kids, we were all pretty tearful the night before anticipating Mommy leaving so I was willing to make the drive & then I would get to sleep in my own bed that night!

We got to my Parents house at about 2:30 kissed & hugged everyone & layed down to take a nap I was pretty tired, woke up at about 4, all my Mom's Brothers & Sisters were there for my Grandads Birthday, I just sat in a chair whilst everyone visited & prepared for a big fam dinner, in my Fam everything revolves around food, this time as usual all homemade Fried Chicken, Ham, Cobblers, Homemade Ice Cream, Salads, I ate like I hadn't eaten before which actually turned out to be a good thing because it recharged my body! We dined & dashed, I was ready to be home & in my bed.

Now I'm just hanging out taking it easy, movies, books, word find puzzles, FBing.....

My kids are doing well entertaining themselves, Hunter is a Big Help & so is Hayden, Hunter learned to change water yesterday, I'm thinking it's about time for him to learn to mow also, OK maybe not yet!

So my Discharge Instructions say (which I have read too many times to count thinkn they might change): You can return to limited physical activity one to two weeks after surgery. Limited activity would include any activities that you would do in a normal day. (NORMAL they obviously don't know my normal would include heavy bags of lawn clippings, jumping the fences I hate using the gates takes too long). Limited heavy physical activity, exercise for 3-4 weeks. The tissues in your abdomen take 6 weeks to heal up and any heavy lifting prior to that can lead to damage to the surgery area, as well as the development of hernias. LOL Are you freaking kidding me I think I will just chill for the next 8 weeks, I think I'm running out of lives & surgeries to be screwing this up, Thanks Doc, I learned my lesson, gonna listen this time!

Yesterday we Celebrated Hailea's 11th Birthday, hard to believe she is that old already, I sat in my lawn chair in the shade & listened to everyone swim & have fun, it was a good time had by all.

Today the kids & I are just hanging out, they are watching Shark Week their favorite thing, the timing on that couldn't have been better, Thank You Discovery Channel!

Love To All Happy Monday~!