Stomach selfie!

Day five - still quite badly bruised! But I'm not sore at all and all four wound sites are healing nicely. I don't think my tummy button will ever look the same again...

Recovering

It's now three days after my surgery and I'm feeling pretty good. A bit dopey at times, thanks to the Tramadole painkillers I've been prescribed, but my wound sites are healing nicely and I haven't had any real pain, just some tightness. I also have an old shoulder injury which has suddenly worsened and that's not helping me sleep well. I've been hunching over a bit and I need to concentrate on my posture more. Today I will make an appointment to follow up with Dr Mc.

Laparoscopy/hysteroscopy

After a morning spent deciding what to pack (too many books!), D and I went to the hospital in the city for my surgery at noon. First we went to the surgical admissions area, where I was weighed and checked and had a conversation with the anaesthetist. He explained about the procedure with the anaesthetic and the risks and I needed to sign some consent forms. He told us that the length of the operation depended on how much endometrosis, if any, they found, but that there was one person ahead of me in the queue so we would have to wait for a little while.

Pre-operation assessment - and a change of plan

This morning I drove to the hospital in the city for my pre-operation assessment. First up was an ECG at the cardiology department. It went very smoothly. I am familiar with ECGs but I haven't had one in a while. The results showed nothing unexpected.

A call from the hospital

Yesterday morning a lady from the booking department at the hospital rang me to let me know the date of my laparoscopy - 23 December - yes, two days before Christmas! I'm glad it will happen so soon, but I hope I can still eat my Christmas dinner with my family rather than spend the day in hospital. It is planned that I will be in for only one night, though. The surgery will be at a hospital near our home. I asked for more information, like what time I would need to report to the hospital, but I was told I would find that out later.

Letter from Dr Mc

Dear A and D

It was really nice to see you both again today. We went through your most recent IVF cycle. Unfortunately we did not have success with the fresh embryo but we have one further remaining in the laboratory which is a good result.

Review appointment

This morning we drove into the city for our review appointment with Dr Mc. He was 20 minutes late, which annoyed D a bit, but I think he had been held up unexpectedly.

Letter from Dr Mc

Dear A and D

I am just following up having come back from the school holidays. I am sorry that you have not conceived but happy there is a frozen embryo and fingers crossed, touch wood, we will get some success there.

Checking in

Yesterday Nurse S from the clinic rang to see how we were doing. I didn't have much to report. We're okay, really. I think we're putting all our hope into our last frozen embryo. We're looking forward to our review appointment in three weeks.

The result

First thing this morning I went down to the lab and had my blood taken for the pregnancy test. It all went very smoothly and I was in and out within a few minutes.