Surgery

Most of our life as of lately has been consumed by my health problems. Since we moved here I have had nothing but problems with my health, specifically female issues. I have had uncontrollable bleeding and lots of pain. After a 3 week period we decided along with my doctor to perform a hysterectomy. This takes us to last Thursday, September 8th. The procedure was performed laproscopically with the removal of the uterus through the vagina. Doing the hysterectomy this way, rather than the old way of doing a big lateral or horizontal incision across the entire stomach, helps recovery go faster and minimized hospital time and time down. They also removed my remaining ovary (my right ovary was removed in 2007). I will be on hormone replacement therapy for a long time. I wear a patch that provides me estrogen. Let's just say I am not sure it has kicked in yet because I sure have been crying a lot! I stayed one night in the hospital and then came home to rest. I am off work for 4 to 6 weeks to recover. We were blessed to have my mother and her husband come out to visit for a few days while I was in the hospital. Thank you to both of them for hanging out with us and helping with the kids.

So, I am currently drugged up and horizontal most of the time. I am required to walk 3 times daily for 15 minutes each time. We joke that Dusty "walks" me. Really he lets me hold on to him and hobble like a granny down the walking trail by our house and back. I am sure it is the highlight of his day! With the kids in school and Dusty not working we have the opportunity to hang out all day. Though I don't think I'm much fun passed out on the bed. But hey, maybe I am more fun to tease that way because I don't remember a dang thing afterward.

So, more to come. I just didn't want you to think we had fallen off the face of the earth.