Just Powers

So about a month ago I woke up with a pain in my side, found out I had a little gall stone and that I would be having laparascopic surgery to have my gall bladder removed. My surgery was ten days ago, and I am just now starting to feel like I am back to normal.

When I was preparing for the surgery, everyone was all “Oh, it’s sooo easy. You will LOVE it. It’ll be like nothing ever happened.” Well, maybe they weren’t quite that gung-ho, but I definitely got the impression that recovery would be a breeze and I would feel better pretty quickly. I almost didn’t arrange to have anyone come help us I was so confident that things would go so well.

I am here to tell you that gall bladder surgery is not, in fact, a breeze. Unless that breeze is a hurricane strength wind. I had a great doctor and surgical team and the surgery couldn’t have gone any better, nevertheless surgery is surgery. Whether they are cutting a 10-inch incision in your belly or four 1-inch incisions, cutting through the abdominal wall hurts, and takes a while to recover from.

As I said, I am feeling better now and eventually will probably forget that this really really hurt for a couple of days. Needless to say, I am really happy that I arranged for grand-parental support during this time, cause I have been really useless. Way more useless than I was after the birth of either child, even more useless than I was during my modified bedrest. One of the hardest parts has been thinking I would be back on my feet in two days, only to find it took me a lot longer. Patience is not one of my virtues when it comes to being able to get back to my daily routine.

Next time they take my gall bladder out though, I will be so prepared.