We are having surgery tomorrow, Thursday the 16th. We are having Septoplasty and Rhinoplasty surgery for health reasons so that we can hopefully breathe through our nose! For various reasons, I realize now that this has been a problem all my life, except I didn’t really become aware of it until the last year or so. We have a big problem in being disconnected from the body and just unaware about a lot of things with it. It’s only in the last few years we’ve been working on becoming more aware of it. Anyway, in the last few months we’ve really been conscious of our breathing difficulties through the nose and have really wanted to fix it.
About a week and a half ago, I saw my PCP Dr. and talked to her about all my symptoms and did my best to advocate for a referral as I was pretty certain I needed surgery to fix my problem. So I received a referral and I was given an appt. for Monday of this week. I went to see the ENT Dr. on Monday and he did a relatively quick exam with his special equipment (not painful at all) and it was very evident to him what my problem was and that I needed surgery. So they said, well, can you come in this Thursday for the surgery. I said, um, “Yes…” all the while trying to process the whole idea of surgery so soon and sudden. Anyway, so it is happening and it actually is the best time for it to be happening right now… insurance wise as well as schedule wise for the rest of this month.
I didn’t know until this morning what time the surgery was going to be and if it was 100% certain that I would be having the surgery. So when I went in for my pre-op appt., everything was set for me to go in tomorrow morning.
My best friend is driving me to and from the day surgery place. I’ll be returning to my mother’s house for the first 24 hours. She is going to be with me until my mother returns from her afternoon dr.’s appt. I’m not sure if I’ll be staying at my mother’s house beyond Friday. We really want to be able to go home and recover there, but it is hard to know for sure how I’ll be feeling and any dr. recommendations and stuff. It’s supposed to be a relatively quick recovery time (for the worst part of it) at least. So I should be doing fairly okay within a week (or so I hope so anyway). I know there is more recovery time, but the worst of it should be over with by then.
So anyway, chances are we won’t be around online or writing in our journal for a little while. I really have no idea how things are going to transpire these next few days to a week.
Until later,
Julie/s
thinking of you and wishing you a fast recovery so you can get back to your place as soon as possible.
peace and blessings
keepers
I understand. :*(
Keepers and Katie-
Thanks for your well wishes and understanding.
We think we survived the surgery and recovery fairly well. My mother actually prepared my soup and brought food to me and stuff for the most part. I’m/we’re completely not used to being “waited on” and certainly not from the mother! So she was nice really… but we still just like being in our own home though and not constantly around the mother b/c kids and others inside need to have safety time to be outfront when they need to or want to.
Julie/s