The Surgery

Well, I am home now. I just had the surgery on Monday and this is the first chance I have had to post about it.

I arrived at the hospital on Monday afternoon for my surgery. Shortly after I arrived, I was ushered into a room where I stripped down to just a hospital gown and some socks while I waited for the nurse to come in and insert my IV. The nurse they sent tried 3 times to get the IV in my veins, I almost fainted, but finally a different nurse got it in and I was ok.
I answered a barrage of questions, met my anestesiologist and was then put on a gurney whelled to a waiting room. My family was with me, it was nice to have them all there. After a few minutes, they said OK, the doctors are ready! I said goodbye to my family and off I went.
I was then wheeled into a room with big bright lights and tons of doctors all around. Everyone was friendly and engaging me in conversation. The anestesiologist injected something into my IV and withing a few minutes, I was out cold in the middle of a conversation.
I woke up what seemed minutes later in another room. I felt kind of drunk and my vision was blurry. It took a while to come to, but it happened soon enough. In what I thought was minutes, a whole 5 hour surgery had happened!
I was wheeled into my hospital room and was able to see my family again. It was dark outside which took me by surprise. My neck was sore, but they gave me pain meds to keep it under control. The most awful part of the whole procedure was the drainage tube that was hanging out of the incision area. It was hooked up to a tube that was then hooked up to a collection bag which was then tubed into a cup on the wall that was collecting bloody fluid from the place where my thyroid used to be. It tugged and pulled when I turned my head, I hated it.
But, I just had a major surgery, so if that was all that was bothering me, then that is good!

I will finish the story tomorrow, I am falling asleep as I type this, one of the side effects is tiredness, I still have stitches in my neck! I am fresh off the operating table :)