Surgery Day

Oct 21... the big day! I arrived at the hospital at 9 to check in for 11am surgery. I went to the preop area and wanted to turn around i was terrified. but i didn't. I got my own little area where i undressed and got into the famous gown (plus a lovely maternity pad they gave me to "hold between my legs" thank you period! and got the adorable socks. The room had a tv thank god and i watched king of the hill and rachel ray and my nerves were calm. I got my vitals checked and i was 165 over 95 because i was so nervous. Then i got the iv in the top of my right hand because the left vein sucked lol. After the hook up to the iv i had to pee 3 times it got annoying. Finally after being delayed about a hour because of the surgery before me they put on my paper shower cap thing and wheeled me in. It all felt fake. I saw my surgeon and his helper guy who is too cute getting ready. The or i was in had an underwater theme which i do love so that was even more calming. The or nurses were beyond sweet and trying to make me comfortable and taking my mind off things by saying "oh do you see the fish scene over there" i felt 5 again but it was truly nice at that point when i was having my arms strapped to the boards. I saw the surgeons helper eric come in and he said wazzzzzzzzzup! and everyone laughed then the anesthesiologist came in. He took his jacket off and threw it across the or.....very strange but whatever he kept me alive. He also asked what i'd like to hear on his ipod and i said anything....i couldn't think of any songs i was strapped down for gods sack just do it already. That was my last thought and im still confused about it because i dont remember him ever giving me sedation of breathing in that mask that they say to count backwards from 10....maybe i did and i dont remember. Anyway i woke up in the or freezing so they put heated blankets on me and i remember being soooo hungry, maybe cuz they were touching my stomach? i heard something about a catheter but still dont know if i had one. and when i reached down my pad was gone and i was bleeding all over the bed. i really didn't care though. I was wheeled to recovery and had to get a new iv put in my other hand because it got ripped out .i started to cry because i was scared and in pain. They gave me morphine and monitored me for about 3 hours and took blood and the woman maybe was new because she was awful and hurt me by stabbing me like 4 times. i cried again at some point and said i was in pain and the nurse said "well you did just have surgery". The whole time they kept my mom and all the other patients family out of recovery. Finally i was wheeled to my room where my mom and sister were waiting. For some reason i was super mean at that point and yelled i need to do something about the taste in my mouth. The male nurse brought me a tooth brush and tooth paste. That didnt do anything but he tried so my mom go me some sugar free candy and it was ok. Soon my love arrived (i was so proud of him he hates dr stuff) he stayed with me for a long time that night and even was gonna stay over but i told him to go sleep id be fine in my drugged state all night. Every three hours you better believe i was asking for more pain medicine. I also had the have my pee measured which was so gross because i left bloody murder every time thanks again period and it was so hard to push it out i though they broke it. That night i was allowed to sip apple and cranberry juice and boy did they taste good. I really didnt sleep much just dazing in and out, it was too noisy in the hall. Then at 3 in the morning i got a room mate....if the waking up every hour for vitals and every 6 hours for blood weren't enough now i was really awake all night. The vampire lady came again and poked me about 4 times and went just randomly in my arm. She left a huge hematoma. When morning came i got a new nurse and she came in said hi i have gastric bypass 4 years ago and lost 150lbs i was like way to be straight forward haha. She reviewed info with me and so did the surgeon and i was allowed to leave at noonish but first i got a lovely meal of jello broth and tea. I had like two sips of each. My love showed up shortly after and i was so happy he took off to help me, i thought my sister was coming. He is the best and so caring i really was so happy he came to take me home and he took off the next day too! So thats basically my surgery day story, if i forget anything i add later and sorry for the random thoughts typed...im not really a writer but ill try!