Surgery yesterday - Start Chemo Mondy
Well, Ive ticked off another part of the list of things needing to be done. Yay!
I have been getting monitored for surgery to be sheudualed for egg harvest and preserving a part of one ovary. It all went down finally yesterday!
As it was a one shot nartural harvest I knew the chances of catching the one egg for this cycle were slim so it was no surprise to wake up after surgery to be told it has released already and they didnt get it. What was a surprise was how much this surgery hurt! We had been rushed through this part of the process and been told that recovery would be 2-3 days. Before going in the surgeon told me it would infact be more like a week! I start chemo on Monday as in 2 days from now and sad that I will feel so sore as well as nervous.
I needed a drain put in for half a day and have 3 holes lapriscopic holes in me plus the drain hole. I wore in some trackpants knowing that they would be going in through my stomach but what I didnt realise was these holes would be all at different levels meaning my trackpants hurt like hell cos I couldnt pull them up high enough or low enough to avoid all the stitches. I was so lucky to have a nice nurse and she went and got me some scrubs to wear home! Talk about Harry High Pants but so so releaved to have them. Even wearing them today as they are better than my regular clothes. :)
I am missing out on a friends wedding recpetion tonight which sucks but I can barely move and really need to rest up as much as possible so I hopefully feel a bit better for the start of this chemo thing.
I did think I would be back at work Wed but now with this stomach I am not so sure.
Oh! And I bought a wig! I have a suspicion it is a bit big but will see how it goes. Only planing on wearing it for work. Have bought some cool beanie type things on ebay. $4 each with free postage. They are like a tube of streatchie material that can be worn about 5 different ways. I just bought one to begin with and now have ordered 5 more in different colours! Might have to see if any of my friend know how to sew so I can have some in more fun patterns/colours :)
Have atttached pics just incase any crafty people want to make one for themselves - they are super cool!