Turning the corner

I had the best day so far today since coming home. What a great feeling...really!!! I thought to myself as I walked around my house, how good it felt to be walking around by myself and not having to hold onto someone for balance or anything else. My Mother-in-law was here today watching the kids, and it was so nice to hear her sweet voice while she was playing with them. I am still amazed at how tired I am though! I took a shower today and felt like a just got done with a major workout. Annoying, but you know what? My tummy is flatter than it has been in a long time... and I am DAMN happy about that! I knew that faulty bitch of a uterus in there was a piece if shit, but I didn't know just how much I would prefer it without the damn thing in there! :) I have also lost about 5 lbs this past week too. Extra bonus.

So believe it or not, the State Fair starts tomorrow! And everyone knows what that means. Summer is over. Damn. Where did it go?? I don't know if I am jumping the gun or not, but I am really hoping to go! It might be a bit soon...but if we go next week, it shouldn't be all that bad. I don't know what other states "State Fairs" are like, but I really don't want to miss this one. I think the kids would have a blast! Ok, I know the kids would have a blast. We will just take lots of breaks, that's all. They are not missing this one because of their mommy!!

Oh- just a funny thing I forgot to post last time. When I went in to get my staples out, the nurse kept asking about the kids. Did we have a boy, or a girl?? I said that we had 3 boys. Then when we left the appt., do you know what she said?? She said, "Congratulations!" Ummm, huh? What, congratulations on a hysterectomy?? Congratulations on delivering a "boggy"uterus?? Really?? Well, maybe congratulations on being able to walk past the feminine hygiene isle at Target and laugh?? Congratulations on never having a period again?? We will just give her the benefit of the doubt there and say that she knew exactly what she was talking about.

Other than that- not much to report.  I have a couple of friends who are going to Disney this coming week and I am thinking about them and hoping they have a safe and fun and awesome trip!! (As long as they take pictures for me to live through-- then it will be fine!)  Oh...still no word on the hard drive and the 6 months worth of pictures. They called today and said it is taking a while, they ARE getting data but it's not good enough to do anything with yet, but they will keep working on it and can try a few more things. We should know my this week or next week if they can or cannot fix it. I see that 85-100% chance of recovery dwindling down by the day. Lesson: ALWAYS ALWAYS back up your pictures onto something- a CD, online storage...whatever. Don't be like me!!!

Wow...it's pretty easy to update this when I can't be cleaning or doing the other things that take up all of my time!  Now if only my spacebar worked and I didn't have to go back to every other word to space them out. That really stinks.

6 days later...

Well- it's done and over with. I am very lucky, because after some of the stories I have read online, I have had a great experience with this hysterectomy... if there is such a thing!  Obviously it's not fun and it doesn't tickle or anything, but it hasn't been as bad as I worried it would be! I know I am only six days out and a lot will change when I start doing more moving around and stop taking the pain pills. So far I haven't been sad or regretted doing it, my Dr. was able to fix up the ugly scar I had from the 3 c-sections- so that was an extra bonus. I haven't had any ups and downs while the one ovary that is left gets used to doing the work of 2 of them. I think the biggest thing that makes me wonder "wtf", is my Dr. and if he is on the patients side or in the insurance company's back pocket. I had an abdominal hysterectomy and everything and everyone has said that it is a minimum of 2 nights. My Dr. was sure that one would be enough... and he stuck to it.  I don't regret coming home not much more than 24 hours later becuase it is more comfy at home, but I am kind of unsure of him now in a way. My nurse seemed to worry that he was going to send me home only because I was still really dizzy, had low blood pressure, and my hemoglobin dropped, and not to mention that the whole day/night I couldn'tkeep anything down. But that was probally the worst part of the whole surgery. Obviously I went home the next day and I have been fine. My blood pressure was still low when I went back on Thursday to get the staples out, but it was higher than it had been in the hospital, so that was a good thing. So I am just really unsure if he really wants people to do whats best for them or what the insurance company would rather see?? Either way, it doens't matter now... now it's just getting rid of the post-op pain so I can play with my boys and cook and all of that fun stuff :) I am getting totally bored not doing much- it is seriously driving me crazy. The most I have done this past week is go and sit on the deck to read a magazine while Jake cut the grass :) So I guess, it has been pretty uneventful and I am so glad for that. I couldn't have asked for it to turn out any better than it has so far!

I also want to make sure to thank everyone again :) So many people have helped make this week easy for me to take it easy and recooperate :) I have some amazing friends who have come over with flowers, food, treats, and company.-and it meant so much to me! My mom and sister have been awesome and my sister has been my texting buddy this whole week!! If it werent for her keeping me company like that I might have gone even more crazy! And thank you Lisa for the Pizza and Pasta gift certificate!! I seriously feel weird being on this end of this kind of thing, but I am amazed at how awesome people are and how they will go out of their way to do soemthing nice :) I am so lucky- seriously. It has made being laid up a little more bearable!! But seriously I need to brag about my sweetie... On Monday when I went in for surgery, Jake was under the stress of finding out if he was one of 400 people being laid off that day. Thankfully he was ok and made it through, but I can't imagine his stress that day- and he never let it show. This whole week, he has been amazing. He has been awesome with the boys, and so sweet to me and helping me with things that I don't think anyone would have thought of but him. I feel spoiled- and LOVED :) He is totally amazing- He is keeping track of everything for me, making sure I am ok, I always have fresh ice water, magazines, company if I need  it,  he always makes sure to have the remotes and the phones within reach...I don't know how he is doing it, but he is amazing. I love you so much babe :) And I promise that when I can get up and start kicking some ass again, I am totally going to repay the favor to him!! I am one lucky chick.

(Right as I got done typing this he came to tell me the counters and table were wiped down,the kitchen floor was swept and the laundry room floor was picked up and swept once he got the laundry done.) The kicker...he said it SMILING :)