I'm all set for tomorrow
Talked to the Surgery Center - I need to be there at 8:15 - my procedure is at 9:15 and I should be able to go home by noon! Wow, that's great.
My brother had the procedure two years ago and he gave me some tips. First, I was going to try to tough it out minus much in the way of pain meds - he instead suggested that in the first couple of days I stay on the pain meds so that the pain doesn't have a chance to grab a foothold. This was also re-enforced by my Dad whose had some recent surgeries. I also read that because pain stresses your body, it's actually more healing to keep the pain at bay. OK - I'm fine with that. Both suggested I get some Metamucil (done) to deal with the unpleasant side effect (constipation) of the pain meds.
I've got some relaxing music all staged on ready on the iPod to listen to before and after the surgery. From there I'll just see how it goes.
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Use the pain meds. I watched my husband trying to tough out surgery after he broke his leg (they put two screws in) and he didn't want to use the meds, but he ended up writhing in pain for days. It was painful for me to even see him like that. So for the sake of your family and friends, take the pain meds.
I'm staying with the meds today since I'm still pretty sore. And swollen - yikes - didn't think about that. Even with an ice pack on my incision area most of yesterday and again today. But everything went well and I'm very happy to have the procedure done with.