I met with the specialist today to discuss and schedule my surgery. I will be operated on on May 21 (next Thursday). This surgery is far more invasive than I thought. I will be in the Hospital for 5 days. They will actually have to sever the nerves running to my bladder. I will have to have a cathader in for two weeks. I will then have to use a tube to release my bladder until my nerves grow back in 6 weeks. I spoke with my ahole boss Bryce today who's response when I told him my Dr. wanted me out for the full six weeks was "I guess you'll have to check with Personnel". Apparently the days of "don't worry, we will handle everything" are gone. Please keep my in your prayers where my work is concerned and of course with the surgery. I can't drive for 3 weeks following the surgery. It is a pretty major thing. He is leaving in my ovaries. He said that the type of cancer I have does not spread to the ovaries. I would have no greater risk of ovarian cancer than anyone else. He said that way I would not need hormone therapy and I would be able to continue to breast feed my baby. Wow, I wish this were all a dream. I am so grateful however that I am able to do something to save my life, that I actually do have a choice. I am so greatful God gave me that choice and this beautiful miracle baby.
Love you!
Laurie
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Wow Wee! I had no idea! I guess that's what makes it "radical". I'm not sure but do are normal hysterectomy's that invasive and hard to recover from? That sounds like a huge pain in the butt! Thanks for keeping up up to date!
Weeeeee! Sure love you. I hope things go better with HR than expected. I'll be praying for you! I know your little kiddies are going to miss their mom for 5 days. I know it doesn't sound like this, but it really can be a nice little getaway. You've gotta just take care of you! That whole "tube" idea is making me horrified for you! I love you all my sisters...
Hodge
Wow, I typed that up as I was waiting for Saige to brush her teeth so I could fix her hair before school, so I was in quite a hurry. I sure misspelled a lot and threw in a few extra words. hopefully you all are able to interpret!
And, yeah that tube sounds rough! I'm so sorry it's such a pain Wee.
I was checking your spelling and sentence structure Mindy... Very poor... not good at all! lol
Holly,
Do are you think that's very nice to make fun of me Riz?
Don't be so touchy! :-P
Hopefully I will hear from HR today. They are right in the middle of open enrollment and I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't. I will keep trying to reach them. Keep me in your prayers. I sure didn't need this extra stress of worrying about my job. The surgery is far more invasive than a regular hysterectomy. they also remove the upper third of your vaginal wall just below the cervix. I asked him about sex, he said that he hasn't had any patients that experienced any trouble with it. So not only can I not pee, I will be completely hollow hollow hollow inside. They also remove a ton of surrounding tissue on either side of the uterus. That tissue includes ligaments and lymphnodes. Wow it truly is radical. I am very worried about it. Please keep me in your prayers and in the temples. I love you all.
Laurie
So sorry Wee Wee, this sounds SO overwhelming! I sure do love you and will pray with all my heart for you and your little ones! Love you girls
I just explained to Sarah that we call Laurie "Wee Wee" to which she laughed and said "Do you know what Wee Wee is?" I thought it was cute and had to share.
What a cutie. My girls have not discovered that yet. Ixnay on the eeway.jk. I went to work today. Luckily I did not see Bryce. Chase was sweet so was Scott. I think everything will end up being ok. I may end up having to go back to work 3 weeks after the surgery. I guess I am lucky to have a job. I sure wish they were more flexible. I may end up having to have people donate sick time to me. I guess we will see. Victoria had her 2 week apt. today. She is almost back to her birth weight of 7lbs 7 oz. She is 7lbs. 6 oz., so very tiny. I sure do love this little one.
Oh my goodness Wee she is tiny! How fun :) I am sure sick today :( It is such a bummer Donna is not going to be coming down! We are going to have to visit SLC soon so everyone can see the babies while they are still semi small LOL Love you girls!
She is so tiny, and so very sweet. I was baby cracking this morning. She was snuggling up against me with both little arms and hands out streached as if she was giving me her biggest little hug. It was so sweet. I am sorry Donna won't be able to come down. I hope everything is ok. I won't feel to bad if you guys come to Utah. I would love to meet little Aaron. He is so very cute. I wish I was better about posting pictures. I just don't know how to download them. We really haven't taken a bunch with all of the stress and all. I will try and do better.
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