Endo: Post-Surgery

So almost two weeks ago, I had surgery number 3 to try to help with my Endometriosis.  See previous post about my awesome disease here.  I went in at 6:30 and pretty quickly was taken back to be set up for surgery.  I very quickly informed my nurse that I don't do well with needles so they took really really good care of me when putting in my IV (IV's SUCK but they are not as bad if the nurse uses Lidocain).  Saw my awesome doctor and was wheeled back. 
Do you know how intimidating it is to be awake when you are rolled into the OR?  Take it from me....it's real intimidating.  It's freezing.  There are lights everywhere.  There are medical things that I don't even know how to begin to describe.  They gave me the good stuff to make me pass out right after I saw my other awesome doctor who was doing my surgery.  Yep, two surgeons.  Special girl right here.  I honestly don't know how long my surgery lasted.  My ovary was not stuck to anything after all but they don't know why it didn't move in the test.  They tried to get off as much of my Endo adhesions as they could.  Apparently, my token ovary had so much adhesions on it that it looked like it was sprinkled all over with pepper.  Obviously, they couldn't remove all of that.  I think I ended up spending a while in recovery (it tends to take me a little bit to wake up from drugs).  I do remember that the people to my right were crazy loud and that the old lady to my left kept ignoring the nurses by moving or standing up.  

I spent a lot of the first week just sleeping.  Joe would give me a granola bar and then my big girl drugs.  I stopped taking the big girl drugs on Friday.  At that point, I had so much of it in my system that I was not feeling very good with them.  I kind of felt like a crackhead and that is not a good feeling.  I didn't get my appetite back until probably 2 days ago (so over a week and a half after my surgery).

An awesome part of this?  My amazing mother in law was up here to take care of everyone and everything that first week of surgery and then my mama came in for the second week.  Mama might have gotten the brunt of things because week 2 I was awake and bored and cranky.  Mary just got me while I was sleeping or on meds.  Another shallow benefit of this?  I have dropped like 8 pounds.  I guess when you don't really eat much for a week, that's what will happen.  I fully expect that I will probably gain that weight back......dang cupcakes and oreos!

My stomach looks awesome (I really hope that you can hear the extreme sarcasm).  I have scars/incisions above my hipbones.  I giant 4 inch scar going across my pelvis.  I have a incision in my belly button and 4 round incision spots around my belly button where they had to lift my abdominal wall with this last surgery.  I guess I earned those stripes!
 

Why in the world am I posting this now?  Today, I had my post-op appointment.  My doctor reviewed my surgery and talked about the hormone treatment that I was about to start.  In all honesty, I am more worried about this part than I was for the surgery.  I knew what to expect with the surgery but I don't with this. 

What in the world am I talking about?  Lupron Depo.  It is an injection that sends my body into a temporary chemically induced menopause.  I am doing a one month injection right now to see how my body handles it and everything goes well then I will take a 3 month dosage injection.  I did a bad thing and googled Lupron which immediately caused me to FREAK out.  Don't do it.  

 
So if you are around me in the next month (or possibly 6 months), be completely prepared for me to possibly experience hot flashes and crazy mood swings.  True story.  I probably need to obtain one of those personal fans that hangs around your neck and can spray water....like you see at Six Flags or Disney World.