The time has come!

[Marilyn]

Don't know Dr. Hicks. Is he the son of the Dr. Hicks who was the cardiologist? If so, his father was a wonderful man.

I've actually had more than 4, that's just the number of major abdominals. Two were C-sections. I hate filling out one of those questionaires in the doctor's office. They always want to know about surgeries and the dates. I need to put the list in my Palm so it's handy and I don't have to wrack my brain each time.

I hope I've had my last. Get tired of general anesthesia. You lose the time your under. It's not like sleeping. It's like you blinked and a couple of hours passed. It's weird.

Oh, one thing Dr. Jaynes has always told me. After surgery they usually put you on a morphine pump for the first day. Use all the morphine the pump will let you have. A nurse got after me one time for using so much. The thing will only let you have a certain amount, but I think she got tired of reloading it. Dr. Jaynes came in to check on me and ask how my pain control was going, and I told him about the nurse. He said to ignore her, they don't need any martyrs in this hospital . I hit the button on that pump as many times as I wanted after that.

[Kimberley]

Well your doc sounds pretty good. I've heard (haven't confirmed) that with Dr. Hicks and c-sections, he only prescribes ibuprofen and tylenol for pain. UM, I don't think so. The morphine pump sounds MUCH better. I guess I need to call his nurse to verify this.

I had a doc in Wichita Falls and he was wonderful. Delivered both of my babies and he knew that I have a low tolerance to pain. With daughter, I had only dialated 1 1/2 cm. Got my epidural. Son, I was at a 4 and got it. God bless that man!!!

I've had surgery twice in my life so I know about losing time. It's a strange feeling...really.

Don't know who Hicks is related to. I've only seen him twice. He was referred to me by my cousin. Tall, handome cowboy looking guy.

Good luck with your surgery Kimberly...as everyone said, you will LOVE not having a period anymore. I had mine right before I turned 30. I had cancer of the cerevix that had begun to spread into the uterus & was given a week to prepare for surgery. I can never preach enough to my friends how important regular paps are. Although mine had moved past the 'pre' & into the 'actual' cancer, it was so early that the surgery alone got rid of it. I hate to think that had I waited for my pap that I may have had to have radiation or anything yucky like that.

I think the results vary from person to person, but I will share my outcome.

I did gain weight.....but that may also be the age thing, being in my 30's now. I always weighed about 125 & now its usually around 132-134. Oh well

Sex, not a problem. The 'O''s are the same as ever. It was scary to have sex the first few times, but all was o.k.

Recovery- mine was minimal. I was able to have the surgery vaginally, which has a lesser recovery time. I was out of the hospital in 3 days & back to work the next week. I wasn't supposed to work so soon, but I work for a family business & I literally sat on my butt. I was always given the option to leave if I wanted to, but you know how us women are!! Energy was definately lacking though & I would go home & be done for the night. Pizza anyone??

Ghost cramps - still have these once in a while. But they aren't so bad when you don't have the rest with it!!

I wish you the best. I'm confident that you will be pleased with the outcome. Feel free to ask any questions at all, I'm not at all shy & would be happy to share. I guess that's obvious by the length of my post! Sorry to blab so much

[khardy57]

Yes ma'am, that morphine pump is a wonderful invention!!! If I didn't hit the button my husband did. He said he didn't even want me to think about pain!

[Sherry Lynn]

Can we all just say a "Hallelujah" for Morphine......

How long will your mom be able to stay with you? I hope it's for a good while... otherwise we're going to have to call your MIL!

HUGS!

[Janet]

Kimberely, have you made your appointment for the last week of November? Don't be worried about it at all....life after hysterectomies are wonderful. No more of that evil little friend coming around every month. So much nicer!!!

[Kimberley]

I have to go to the hospital on November 22nd to preregister.

[Janet]

Well you know you'll be in our prayers. I was lucky that my son was home from school. It was during the summer time. Good thing I taught him how to do laundry and cook, because he was an excellent nurse for me. He would fold the clothes on the bed next to me and I could help. He was wonderful and I know he would do anything for me. I just let a lot of things go and he and his dad did things that HAD to be done. So I let him do most whatever he wanted to do to give him a break, but he didn't take advantage. He didn't want me wanting for nothing.