I Did It

I had my second procedure. And it's done and I'm back at home. Intense pain last night, but today I am good. Sore, but much, much better than last time. I actually emailed our small group during the procedure. Didn't have much to say, but I just thought it was cool that I was calm enough this time to do it. And I made myself ask for more pain killer time and time again. It was so hard for me. I realized I really wanted to grin and bare it so as not to disturb the doctor. Now, that's kind of messed up thinking.

I have 9 puncture sites this time. Unexpected, but I guess if he told me I would be pretty freaked out. I can't believe the vein that has caused me so much stinkin' grief for 12 years is gone! I am pretty excited about that. We celebrated afterward with a trip to Waterloo. The kids and I shared a hamburger and onion rings. It was nice to sit with them and talk and not worry about getting back for "school".

The freakiest part is that there were a series of blood clots in the vein from him closing off the upper vein. It had been causing me a lot of tenderness for the past month. He had to squeeze those out. Thankfully I was numbed though, so it didn't hurt. It just took a long time. There was no danger of them going anywhere because there was no vein for them to travel up to, but I thought it was pretty weird that my dad and I both had blood clots the same week! I feel so old! I still don't really get why he had to get them out if he was taking the vein out, too. He tried to explain, but you are either born with a medical brain or you're not.

The best part is that I only have to wear my compression stocking for 48 hours, so tomorrow afternoon I can take it off. Now, she did say I may not feel like taking them off. That leaves me suspicious. But oh well, I can be happy about it for now. And I'm still bleeding all over the place, so I really just don't see how this is going to work out. I can tell you this, after wearing them for one month straight (only for exercise the last two weeks) I was glad to shed them this past Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings for my run. And no pain. I couldn't believe it. And yet....

In two weeks I have another appt. I was so hopeful that I was going to be done. Maybe we could pray that he will look at it and say nothing else has to be done. That would be awesome!