Hi All -
Well I survived. I ended up staying the night in the hospital which was unplanned, but my surgery was pushed from 12:45pm to 5pm because the Dr had an emergency so by the time I got out of surgery it was 7pm and they wanted to keep me. I'm in pain, but it's not horrible. My neck is sore and my throat is very sore when swallowing, it's the muscles more than a sore throat from the tube, I think. I'm on vicodin (pill form, for whatever reason they didn't want to give me liquid). Let me tell you, crushed vicodin is absolutely disgusting. Like GAG ME WITH A SPOON disgusting. Tried some last night in cranberry juice...yuck. Tried this morning in applesauce, double yuck. Mom had to rub my back to distract me from throwing up. Well, then mom bought Haagen Daaz chocolate ice cream and crushed the pills into 1/2 scoop of that. It worked! And was the first bit of ice cream I've had....YUM!
I was up 3 pounds this afternoon which is likely from the two bags of saline they sent through my body. Surgery was at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center. It's a gorgeous old hospital here in the city. I ended up in a private corner room with a wall of windows overlooking the water and the 59th street bridge. Lovely way to hang out in a hospital.
Surgery went smoothly. Everyone from the guys that wheeled me around to my nurses to the aides were absolutely incredible. My doctor was just great. They took the right side of my thyroid out. Didn't see anything unusual with the lymph nodes so that's the first hurdle passed. What it means is if by chance I do have cancer it hasn't spread anywhere. I'll find out Wed what the results of the pathology tests are.
I'm completely exhausted from being woken up throughout the night, so hoping to get a nice night of sleep tonight.
Thank you all for your kind words of support. It's amazing to have you ladies on my side!
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Hey Lady ! So glad to hear that your home and recovering and most importantly that everything went great with the surgery. Take the time and allow yourself to be pampered by mom- that's the best kind there is !!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like it might have gone a little better than imagined given the luxious hotel suite for the night (ha), seriously, glad you are home and that everything seems to be A OK. Take it easy.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you are feeling strong, sounds like you have had good results so far. Good idea with the ice cream with pills, sounds like the way to go to me!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm so glad you're up enough to post - I was thinking about you. Double glad that you sailed through it okay.. and yeah.. I double that sentiment.. great idea about the ice-cream with pills.
ReplyDeleteLook after yourself.. (or get others to do it!!!) :)
(( Hugs ))
I'm so glad to hear that everything went well. Relax and enjoy having your mom to take care of you. There's nothing better than that!
ReplyDeleteWow! So glad that everything went well and that you had a great hospital staff and a great view from your room! Those 3 lbs will be off in no time...just water I'm sure!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear all went well. It's so great to have someone like your mum to look after you...that is what I missed coming out of hospital...
ReplyDeleteWell I hope the results are good and you can get your rest and heal nicely!
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be doing so well with out mindset! I know this must be a really scary time and it is hard to wait to out what is what! Dont even worry about those 3 pounds, it is totally the saline. You will start peeing like a horse in no time and the water weight will be gone.
ReplyDeleteGlad it went good...hope you are back to feeling normal soon!
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