One down, one more to go

Some "notes to self" for future reference:

• When scheduling surgery, try to remember what time you're scheduled, rather than putting a reminder in your outlook for "all day" event.
• When you realise you don't know what time it's scheduled for, don't wait for 5pm the day before to call and ask.
• Do not schedule surgeries on Jewish holidays, it really screws up the holiday for you.
• Do not schedule surgeries a week before Christmas, especially if you're not done shopping for Christmas gifts for your family-in-law.
• Give your husband a two hour training pre-surgery on how to treat his wife post-surgery. This could prevent the inevitable fight we have every time while I'm in pain.
• Make sure you ask the doctor to prescribe percocet in a form that is swallowable, especially if he's going to prescribe two prescriptions of 50 pills each.

I'm alive, as you probably gathered by now, but it took me longer than planned to be able to admit this. I way under-estimated this surgery. I figured it would be like previous surgeries where I'd feel a lot better after and would be able to eat a five course meal after. I was wrong. Very wrong. I spent two days in bed in severe pains and high fever. I'm hoping I'm over it now, though I can hardly get up or walk without pain. Going to work tomorrow is questionable.

The results from the surgery were not fantastic like they've been for the past two years. My disease must be active again and flaring. On Tuesday I will discuss the next surgery with a specialist at Johns Hopkins. I'm still pissed off at him since the last surgery, but I have no choice but go back to him since he was able to give me some peace of mind for the last two years.

I'm ready to go back to bed now. This post wiped me out.