Amy's Journal

Yay hurray - have thought for months about writing my post surgery post from home, and here it is - I can’t find a big enough emoji smile face or a big enough heart emoji to say thank you to all of you caring and sharing and also, Richard, the humor leading up to this. Adam, you’ve blessed all of us with this site and we will be forever grateful. You’ve become a household name and our grandkids think you are a relative :) so here are some post surgery thoughts: I think some oblivion before surgery is a blessing - I packed a suitcase for the hospital with far more than I’d ever need. Note to self - I didn’t need three sets of new pjs, 2 bathrobes,  5 days or underwear, shampoos, lotions, the coloring book, etc. I packed like I was going to a hotel haha. In reality I wore the hospital gown that was open in the back, had no modesty, and could have cared less what I looked like. Never washed hair till got home and that first home shower yesterday felt amazing!! I had no idea that every organ and system is affected by OHR so was a bit caught off guard by temporarily having diabetes, hypertension, fluid retention, fast pulse, needing oxygen, etc. all of which I don’t normally have. I also discovered I have hospital anxiety and even though I tried to stay polite, I questioned everyone and everything, became hyper instead of tired and spoke incessantly - I was told I had quite the sense of humor, so happy to be entertaining I guess  haha. Pain wise that was a surprise too - my pain never went over a 6 so I only had strong pain medication the first day after surgery along with a muscle relaxant. I’ve only had Tylenol for pain as needed since then. So crazy with lots of bruises and small incisions for the tubes, IVs, etc and surgical scar that a person can feel this good. Being discharged was a bit unnerving thinking we wouldn’t have hundreds of beeping monitors and no one testing my blood. 100 times day and night - but how great to be home! And to think all those issues resolved in 3 days - amazing!1 I was so curious before surgery to know what to expect, I hope relating my experience  may help someone. I wouldn’t want to go through this again but I choose life and so excited to see what life will be with a healthy heart ❤️ 

Just got to hospital - I had been told yesterday I was on schedule for 1 pm but now they are telling me I’m first in line up - yikes!! Keeping focused on my faith and our living loving God. Isaiah 41:10 and giving prayers of thanks for all of you ❤️ this initiation into the recovery club is not fun !!

Morning- has anyone heard from Mindi? I haven’t seen any posts from her since her surgery and don’t know how to search for her profile? Is there a way to search for someone by name? I have followed a few people but that seems to only generate an email to me when that persons starts a brand new post.

Morning - I work full time remotely as an Admin mostly using a desktop computer. Can anyone share with me thoughts on how long it will be after surgery before I can use a laptop or sit and use a desktop? I’m their only office person and they are a bit panicked. Thanks!