at 8:30 AM I was checking into Mills Peninsula Hospital in San Mateo Calif. An empty stomach and lower GI tract, and nervous as hell. The surgery prep ward nurse came and lead me into a one bed room and had me undress and put on a special gown with warming pockets in it for warm air to circulate on my upper body during surgery, and then let my friends come in for a few minutes. Dr. Bowers came in about 1/2 and hour before the actual surgery was to begin, and gave me one last chance to chicken out. Stuff started about 45 minutes late since Dr. B was called back to her first morning patient (I was #2). The anesthesiologist put a needle into my left arm about 3 inches above my wrist pushed the plunger on a syringe, and ------ at about 4:15 pm, I began dreaming that I was in a car asking my daddy to find a gas station real fast because I had to go to the bathroom REAL BAD. The car pulled over in a garage that I then realized was the surgery recovery room!! What a trip --- I was post.
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And congratulations!
Vicky,
I want to wish you a very special Happy Birthday. May your day be full of happiness and joy.
Life is good.
Hugs
Izzy
Happy vaginaversarry!
Quote from: Vicky on January 15, 2014, 02:46:20 AMAn empty stomach and lower GI tract, and nervous as hell. Stuff started about 45 minutes late since Dr. B was called back to her first morning patient (I was #2).
Oh Vicky you're definitely not #2. :P
I think I know you from Laura's; I post there under a different name. We're both patients of Dr Bowers. But while you're a Bay area grad, I'm a Trinidad grad.
Congrats on your anniversary!
Quote from: Beyond on January 16, 2014, 02:10:15 AM
I think I know you from Laura's; I post there under a different name. We're both patients of Dr Bowers. But while you're a Bay area grad, I'm a Trinidad grad.
We do indeed know each other from the other place, Thanks for the thoughts. It has been a wild year, with memories aplenty, some deep reflection on what really happened, and not one damn bit of regret!! (Other than 2 hours in the middle of the second night!! :P)
Congratulations, Vicky!