I Survived!

Well, I got through my surgeries and have been home since 4pm this afternoon. While I think I let them release me a few hours too soon (more on that later), I'm doing very well now and am as comfortable as can be expected. Overall, it doesn't hurt nearly as bad as I expected it to, especially the tonsils. I was expecting it to feel like my last bout of tonsillitis - like there were knives sticking into the sides of my throat. But really it's just like a standard sore throat. Not even the "scratchy" kind!

My tummy is very sore, too, but that's more bearable than the pain I had been in leading up to this. I apparently had extensive adhesions, which I rather expected from the types of pain I was having in addition to the uterine pain. The surgeon said she found no "active" endometriosis, though, so that's good. Hopefully now I will have a lot of relief.

I do feel like they pushed me out of the hospital a little too soon, though. I had been on just liquid Percocet, but the pain got a little worse, and I was offered and accepted dilaudid at 10am, in between my Percocet doses. It allowed me to rest and feel a bit better, and they told me I could go home. At 3pm, I left the hospital. But I was in quite a lot of pain in my belly. The hour ride home was not pleasant, either. Then when I made it home, I had a terrible time with gas pains. If I had just stayed for three more hours at the hospital, I think I would have been better off. I could have gotten through this at the hospital, with the extra help of the nurses, and would have been more comfortable. Can't change it now, though!

Well, with the Percocet, I am rather drowsy, and I hope this makes some sense. I will try to add some more later.