I’ve been wanting to post, but have not felt up to it. At first it was nothing but Sleep and now no Sleep and along with the pain meds, my mind can’t concentrate well at all, making it difficult to read, matter less write. So much worse this time or perhaps just more conscious of it.
The surgery went well as far as I could tell. I’ll get more details at my first post op appointment. What I was most fascinated with this time is that I was “awake” for at least part of the surgery. I was talking to the anesthesiologist and he would answer my questions. It was fascinating in my drug induced state and not frightening at all. I was awake when I was brought in the OR and draped and scrubbed with the iodine solution. There easily was 7 people in there 3-4 in “space suits”. I could feel the epidural take effect first, but could fight off the profonol (sp?) and hear what was going on until I finally succumbed to the heavy sleep. I awoke again to talk to the anesthesiologist and listen to more sounds for a few minutes before napping for the closure.
I remember the surgeon telling me it all went well. The type of joint I had was more difficult to remove than most, but not a problem to get out. I did have a lot of scar tissue. [emoji22][emoji51]
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Sleep is your friend. You can not over do it!
