Maybe it had something to do with the doctor, or the fact my friend Debbie (who is an awesome nurse) was going to be there watching. To me that was rather comforting.
I do like Doctor Flynn. He is funny, personable, and deals with me straight forward, no holds barred. He is the only doctor I have ever hug whenever I see him. (To be honest I hug Kevin too, Dr. Flynn's PA-C.) Oh yeah, Dr. Flynn has the cutest two year old, and he is so wrapped.
July 13th was the date for my abdominal surgery, the day they took the "alien baby" out. But I had an adventure the day before that.
July 12th I went in for an endo something or other. It is were they knock your happy ass out and put a camera down your throat to look at your small intestines. Well, the doctor doing that decided to use the longer scope and got further into the small intestines, and guess what he found? Yep, you guessed, another tumor. Ain't I the little tumor factory?
Dr. Lee (yes his name is Lee, no relation) tattooed the spot where the tumor was, and even took pictures, there below. Hey, my intestines had a tattoo, how weird is that?
So on the 13th Dr. Flynn got to take out part of my intestine too. I was sliced open from stomach to the pelvic bone, one long vertical cut and my insides were messed with. Then I was stapled up.
One thing I will tell you right now, it hurts like a bitch to stand up and try to walk right after surgery, and it is impossible to walk when you have an epidural in your lower back. You have no control over your legs. (In my case this time it only affected the right leg).
My son was there when they helped me get out of bed and move over to the chair, he said I had anime eye because of the pain. He had no idea a humans eyes could get that big. But I made it and sat up for something like 7 hours. Started walking too. They were amazed at me once the epidural was taken out and I had feeling in the leg again. I don't see why, I mean come on how can I walk if the muscles in the leg can't work because I can't feel them, and how incredible is it that when I can feel my leg I can walk. Only common sense. But then again, who knows.
My son actually made me realize something when I made the comment I wish my abdominal muscles would stop aching. Duh, that is my core, and you get lots of strength from your core, mine has to heal again, and it will be a while before it feels normal. DUH!!
One more surgery to go. Remove the mass from in between the pectoral muscle and under the right clavicle (collar bone). Only one more......
OK, this is gone from being semi well written to just rambling, so below there are pictures, if you have a weak tummy, don't look.
My insides ----------->
That yellow stuff is fat I think. :D
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| More of my insides |
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| This is Fred the Alien Baby they cut out and part of the small intestine |
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| This is Debbie, my friend and awesome nurse |
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| This is the tumor with the small instestin cut open, the white round thing is the tumor that was in the intestine |
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| Close up of the tumor in the small intestine |
