Recovery

Recovery has gone very well. Cramping the day of surgery was minimal. Just Tylenol was sufficient for pain management. I spent the rest of the day lying on the couch with a hot water bottle, taking short naps.

In the middle of the night, I woke up with some discomfort, so I got up and took some more Tylenol. A half hour later, I was asleep.

The second day, I was still a little wobbly from the sedatives. I walked slowly, and was careful about lifting things. Again, I took only Tylenol for the discomfort. By the end of the day, I realized that there was much, much less bleeding than I had expected.

I forgot to take more Tylenol before bed, but I ended up not needing it.

So on the third day, I went in to the office. I planned to just stay a few hours, but I was there until closing. I did some light chores... didn't deal with any clients. I was just doing some menial tasks... water the plants, do some shredding, prepare the daily report. Nothing strenuous. It just felt good to be doing something.

Here I am now, at the end of day 3, still walking slowly, feeling a little bloated, but no pain.

When I made up next weeks' schedule, I scheduled myself for half days all week. Looks like I didn't need to do that. It is done, though, so I will take it easy for a few more days.

Full recovery is expected in about 3 weeks. That's about when I am supposed to see the GYN again.

Overall, the experience was not nearly as bad as I expected. Over the next few months, I will find out if the results are as good as I expected.