Excited, Scared and Nervous...

My surgery date is April 26. I'm on count down and I'm excited, nervous and scared all in one...

I am 12 days post-op and I can truly say I was never nervous. I have never had surgery before so I didn't really know what to expect, I had in my mind that they would knock me out so fast that it would all be a blurr and it was!! The nurse in the pre-op said she would give me something to relax me as soon as the pregnancy test came back!! I didn't really know that they had given me that, I am a single mother of a 15 year old daughter and my mother nearly had a heart attack when she said that. She was like wouldn't that be something !!! As soon as she gave me that in my IV I was good to go, I remember the OR but just barely and I was out until I woke up in recovery. I was up and walking that night, they took out the catheter but kept pushing the pain meds and meds for nausea until about noon the next day, then i went to liquid. The recovery has been a little harder then I expected and I still have pain in the left side but it gets better every day!! I am sure your surgery will be text book, and I will pray for a short recovery!! best of Luck to you, I hope my story helped and didn't make you more nervous !! ~Jennifer

I never experienced that aspect of surjury. I felt confidant with my surgeon. He checked me out inside and out beforehand and knowing how through he is, calmed all my fears. I didnt know anything after they started my IV. I have no memory of ever leaving the surgical prep area, I went to sleep there and I woke up there. I remember the anestheologist telling me he had my ****tail ready and was admistering it, I told him to make it a double and the next thing I knew I was waking up in recovery. It was not a bad experience at all. best of luck, you will be in my prayers! Sandy

Good luck on your surgery, and a speedy recovery. Don't be nervous. I am a couple weeks out and don't regret mine a bit.

I was scared to death.... In fact I almost cancelled my surgery(which is Monday).... Finally I just prayed that God would give me peace about the out come of the surgery before I left the hospital for pre-op if I was to continue on. He did that and O' so much more. I know that evrything will be alright with you but it is your decision and my advice would be to pray and stay true to yourself. If you want details about my struggle with nerves and being scared you can read the last couple of paragraphes of my profile and it could help. I'll be praying for you. Torre