surgery and recovery

surgery
surgery went smoothly.  i arrived at the clinic a few minutes late around 7:20am.  shortly after checking in (they give you buzzers like at restaurants to let you know when your table is ready) i received a call from the reproductive center wondering if i was running late.  they hadn't received the information that i had checked in.  i was immediately taken back, asked to go to the bathroom, changed into the hospital garb and laid down.  sean came back then per my request and they preceded to get me ready for the IV.  apparently i was to have been at the clinic at 7AM but i was instructed 7:15am.  either way i ended up having local anesthesia administered to my hand for them to put the IV in! for the first time i met the doctor who would be removing my eggs and later placing the fertilized ovum into the female's uterus on the other side.  i had spoken with the doctor a few days prior to discuss the medication she had prescribed me to help with the bloating.  she was very nice and brought her assistant who would be watching the surgery.

i remember being wheeled into the OR and having 'Bob' the anesthesiologist put drug into my IV.  after waking up i was given water and crackers.  this time through took far less time.

recovery
the day of surgery, friday, and saturday were spent sleeping.  95% of the time i was too drowzy or nauseated to move.  i took both the nausea pills and pain pills in an attempt to stage off the negative side effects but finally realized it was actually the pills that were making me feel worse.  sunday i quit all medication besides the bloating medication.  i was able, for the first time, to leave my apartment and grab a small lunch with sean at our favorite breakfast place, the mirth.

today i made my way to the bank to deposit my check and downtown to grab a quick lunch.  by the time i made it home i was in pain and laid down.  unable to sleep i spent most of the afternoon working on the logistics of moving. 

i believe by mid-week i'll be back to normal activities but i don't want to rush anything.  i'm happy that with this cycle i am able to rest.  no school or work to force me out of bed! 

this is definitely my last time.  my body hates this.