New Surgeon 8-15-08

Definitely not the news I was hoping for or even expecting.

I'll try and keep this short and easy.
So we know my bladder had fallen - blah blah - no surprise. I went to see the specialist and they did an internal. Turns out my bladder, my uterus AND my cervix have all fallen down. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being worst) my bladder is an 8 and my cervix/uterus are a 7. My rectum (SO SORRY - I HATE that word) is at a 1. Thank God. But the next thing to happen is my bladder and uterus would pull my rectum out b/c apparantly they are all connected. I had no idea.

Bottom line.
I am having a hysterectomy and another bladder surgery. Uterus will be removed through my stomach. Everything else will be done through my bad (not good anymore since she can't seem to hold her shit in) girl. They will put in mesh that will attach to my tailbone to hold my bladder back up in place. From now until 3 MONTHS after my surgery I cannot lift anything more than 5lbs. Not b/c of the pain but b/c any lifting after surgery could cause my bladder to fall again and I'd need more surgery. I will have to go to Physical Therapy (um for what?! how do you do PT on a bladder for crying out loud? LOL) for an undecided length of time after surgery to try and strengthen everything as much as possible in an attempt to try and stop this from happening again. I will be out of work for 6-8wks. Oh. My. I certainly wasn't expecting that.

My surgery is Sept 10th. Yes, NC girls, as far as I know I am still going to NC. I guess one positive is it looks like I'll still be in recovery from my surgery so I won't have to use Vacation days from work to come anymore. Downside is I can't imagine not picking my kids up for the next 4 months. But I know I HAVE to listen to my Dr b/c things could only get worse. Ugh. I have to go for a bladder test next Friday to make sure that I'm not leaking any urine. Right now b/c my bladder is protruding from my bad girl they can't tell if I have any tears or issues. I have to have a test to check this b/c they'd obviously want to repair while they were putting it back into place.

That is all I guess. I could use some good luck - maybe we'll win big in Vegas??? I can dream anyway right?