First bill today from my surgery came in today...

and it's from the hospital.



It's for $18,981.50



Yup I know how to do it big however I think with my last surgery the hospital bill was over $30,000.

Glad we have insurance right now

Sleep?? Who Needs That????

Yawn



I barely slept last night. I think I got roughly 3 hours from the way I was feeling when I woke up to Jeff's alarm clock going off at 5 something this morning. I laid in bed with my eyes closed listening to my music aimed at giving me sleep. I'm not sure how long I was in bed but at 6:20 I was crying....God I really need to get a couple more hours of good solid continuous sleep.

So much for my pleas and prayers to the Almighty. I decide to get ready for the day with my shower since the world wasn't awake in the home. I'm thinking I'm grateful for having my dad coming by at 9...I just need to make it until then and I'll take a nap.

At 9 my dad arrives and I give him a list of instructions...Seong Tae is sleeping in my bed due to a tummy ache, girls have had breakfast, dogs need to go out at 10, etc. Shortly after, I head upstairs for a 2 hour much needed nap after a sleepless night of discomfort and hot flashes.

I'm on Vivelle Dot .1 mg. I haven't had a hot flash until last night. Most of the night was one big huge hot flash. I'm not happy. I fought so long to keep my organs so that I could go into menopause naturally not surgically. I don't wish endometriosis on anybody. My maternal grandmother probably had it, my mom has it and I have it as well. I'm glad to break this cycle of pain, anguish, frustrations, and more. I'm glad that I found a caring surgeon who truly cares about the women that he sees. I'm glad that his office staff is so caring as well.

Right now I'm hoping that I can sleep through the night tonight. I need to have some good quality sleep to get me through the night so that my body can heal.

My recent surgery in Atlanta

I have been dealing with leg pain for awhile now along with low back pain from my endometriosis. I have done chiropractic care, physical therapy, and yoga with little result. My dad helped me out by taking me to my PT appointments and then watching the children twice a week for 3 months. I think that I have lost friends due to the pain because I couldn't drive to see them and was focused on trying to get me better. I had been in tears due to the constant pain I was in some days.

I gathered up my records and sent them to Atlanta to Dr. Albee at the CEC again after having my 7 hour surgery done by him in 2008. He is an angel. He did my 4th surgery on August 3rd lasting a few hours. He excised the endo on my diaphragm, took out the remaining portion of my right ovary due to the hemorrhagic cyst on it, and lysed the few adhesions that I had. Dr. Albee said that I was at Stage 2 (see http://www.health.am/images/uploads-gyneco/21-3.php for some details on the staging of endo).

I am quite sore. It hurts to take a deep breath in at times. My right side hurts to the touch. I haven't been able to sleep through the night yet due to my pain. I have incisional pain at my belly button and it isn't due to an infection.

Due to the surgical menopause that I find myself now in, I'm on estrogen patches. I cry over the loss of my organs. I cry due to the pain I'm in. I cry that I had to fight with my obgyn's office in order for me to be seen post op--they didn't want to see me as the surgeon does the post op visit and they didn't do the surgery but once I brought up Dr. Albee's name, the name of his group practice, and my willingness to give the nurse his phone #, I got my appointment for August 26th. I cry because of the possible loss of friends again this damn disease might have caused.

I am so so so thankful that I have a supportive husband who used up most of his vacation this year on me, family members who care, and friends who have stuck by me.

Gotta go back to resting. Jeff heads back to work tomorrow morning and I'm certainly not ready for that just yet.