Journey to recovery - The Follow-up Appointment

DAY 9
Date: 10th September 2013

1 week done. I can walk but like a turtle. I won't say snail coz snail is just tooooo slow.
Felt scared coz the follow-up appt is when doc normally remove stitches. When I woke up in the morning, I checked my dressing. Clean. :) Quite nervous about the dressing removal.

Overworked brain had these thoughts:
Will it hurt to remove the plaster?Will it be like brazilian wax to remove the plaster? How strong is the plaster sticking to my skin? Will the stitches removal be painful? Does my scar look ugly? Is the scar healing nicely? What if there is pus? Will the doc poke the scanning stick inside me? Will it be crazy painful when it gets into me? What's the finding of my tissues sent to lab? Will there be more injections given? Will I be ok to walkabout? Will the queue be long? I have not gone to the toilet...will the toilet there be clean and comfy to do my business?

See! Millions of thoughts. hahahaha 

Anyway, I was the 2nd patient to see the doc. Nurse took my weight...I lose 4kgs. Of coz I do not believe it. I have yet to verify at home coz the weighing machine is upstairs and I have not climbed the stairs. Not gonna rush it.

After an hour(or maybe 1.5hours) of waiting, I finally get to see Dr.Marsita Mansor. She first briefed on what was done during the surgery and what happened. One of my cyst broke during procedure. I was shocked when I heard it (need to remind myself..it is not a cancerous cell!Don't freak out!). Doc said, she cleaned it up. First round of flushing was bad but second round was good. All cleared. When she opened me up, she found more areas stuck to my pelvic...she released them as well. If I waited for surgery, it would have been worse. :(

I kept asking if my uterus will go back to being retroverted. She said we will know after labour. Normally it doesn't. Even if it does, it will only be slightly slanted not entirely retroverted. That's good news. I don't think I can go through another round of this.

As for my period, the injection she gave before I checked out of the hospital is mean to hold the eggs from being mature. No eggs released. Therefore, no period. This is to give my system some time to recover. Esp when I had endometriosis. The drug is meant to suspend my period between 3-6months. And no, she won't be giving me any more shots. However, IF my period happens to occur before 3months, I will have to inform her.

She also mentioned that once I get my period, Mr.Prince and I have to be on gear 5. Oh myyyy haha

My tissues are clean. Not cancerous. Not seen to be regenerating in any manner. Phew!
Here's comes the rod scanner. Super scared. Doc said "Of coz I have to scan you. You have been through surgery. Scanning is nothing." haha She scanned. Position is correct. No longer stuck to the back. All looks good. There are eggs but they are immature. Small. Ovaries are smaller compared to the time before surgery. Guess it takes time to go back to normal.

When done, she removed the dressing. Guess what? It is not even painful. hahaha Mr.Plaster was kind. Doc was gentle. :) She said my wound is recovering fine. "Your skin looks nice. It is good." To hear that from a doc, you can smile. :) Or maybe grin. I asked if there are any stitches to be removed. None. She did the cosmetic type. No stitches to be removed Yahooooo!!!! I'm saved!

Doc prescribed calcium supplement; Proscal. Now I take calcium and omega-3 daily. :)
On top of that, there is also honey and pomegranate juice. Olive oil? I can't swallow...so Mr.Prince Charming is getting me Extra Virgin Olive Oil in capsule form.

On top of that, doc also mentioned for me to eat healthily. When it comes to chicken, eat the organic ones. She recommended the ones from Az-Zain. Mr.Prince has been getting me those as well. I enjoy my fishes so mom loaded her freezer with fishes. :) Guess my Nando's visit will be super seldom after this. :p