Dancing with Hope - Recovery Day 5

"They brought in a second doctor who apparently specializes in endo and 'loves removing endo.' That was a big part of all that pain. I'm just ... I don't know. I think I'm just ... I'm so grateful. When I told my husband about how I was feeling better last night and dancing around a little bit. He just had this look on his face like he was about to cry. He was like, 'You have no idea how happy this makes me!'" — Emily, 5 Days Since Uterus Eviction Day

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In This Episode:

• More poop talk in this episode, this time it's about young kids. If you're a parent and you haven't made the connection between constipation and moods, let this be your intro!

• I'm learning different ways to get around not being able to bend down as easily, like using my feet and legs for drawers.

• Sometimes if I'm up for too long, I get a little pain in my upper stomach/chest. But it goes away soon after resting.

• I wish I could without underwear, since they annoyingly rub on the incision marks.

• When I recorded this episode, I had just started editing the first episodes of Season 1 THNGO and had no idea what this podcast would become. We're still finding out. I know it's already helped a lot of people, which I'm very grateful of. Hearing from listeners is my No. 1 motivation to keep going to get more episodes out. So thank you :)

• Anyone else get "Pain Amnesia"? Like, as soon as whatever pain and discomfort is over with, the memory of it quickly goes away? It's weird. But I'm so glad to be out of all that pain that I had before!

• I can now just sit wherever I want without always having to find a heating pad! Amazing!

• I go over a little bit of my report – they found a cyst and endometriosis while they were operating on me!

• But even if I got the hysterectomy and they found nothing, the pain relief I'm already feeling on Day 4 is so so worth it!

• If you were playing a drinking game for whenever I mentioned "Mrs. Doubtfire" on this podcast, take a sip! It happened again.

• Remember when I was worried I wouldn't be able to sing at my choir concert? I don't think I'll have any problem, and it's only a month away!

• Sorry for the abrupt ending to this episode – I had to pause and take care of a fallen kid. He's fine, no worries! :)

Note from Future-Emily:

I was hesitant to say, "I'm glad I did it" when I was recording this, but it's now more than a year later and I'm so so SO glad I did it!!!

Additional Links and Resources:

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• Adenomyosis - Symptoms — Mayo Clinic

• Adenomyosis - Diagnosis + Treatment — Mayo Clinic

• Adenomyosis: A Significantly Neglected and Misunderstood Disorder - Book by Maria Yeager

• Adenomyosis Advice Association Facebook Group — Facebook

• Helpful Reddit r/hysterectomy Post To Read If You Have Pre-Op Anxiety — MamaO2D4

• Hysterectomy Information — Cleveland Clinic

• Hysterectomy Information — NHS.uk

• HysterSisters — Hysterectomy Support & Stories

• Adenomyosis at hysterectomy: prevalence, patient characteristics, clinical profile and histopatholgical finding — PubMed

• Adenomyosis: An update regarding its diagnosis and clinical features — PubMed

Disclaimer: This podcast is based on personal experience and should not be taken as medical advice. Resources are provided for you to look into further and talk with your medical support team about.

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