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which_chickI have pictures! Well, okay, one picture. But that's better than no pictures. AND it's in color, so yay.
Couple of notes here. The upper bloody lump bit is a myoma, the medical people's word for a fibroid tumor. Somebody's hand is holding it up there with the clampy thing. According to the ultrasound report, the diameter of the thing was about 3". Basically, the doc did a myomectomy (cutting out the lumpy bit) and THEN a hysterectomy (cutting out the uterus bit) so's to not need a bigger hole. Given that the existing hole is about six and a half inches long, I'm all for not needing a bigger hole. The lower bloody lump bit is my ex-uterus, which contains other myomas that are not readily visible due to being buried in the muscle tissue. (The ultrasound report discussed these, is how I know.) Generally, the perspective for the picture is from my feet looking upwards, kinda. I was most impressed with the amount of metal involved in spreading the hole wide enough to work in.
Couple of notes here. The upper bloody lump bit is a myoma, the medical people's word for a fibroid tumor. Somebody's hand is holding it up there with the clampy thing. According to the ultrasound report, the diameter of the thing was about 3". Basically, the doc did a myomectomy (cutting out the lumpy bit) and THEN a hysterectomy (cutting out the uterus bit) so's to not need a bigger hole. Given that the existing hole is about six and a half inches long, I'm all for not needing a bigger hole. The lower bloody lump bit is my ex-uterus, which contains other myomas that are not readily visible due to being buried in the muscle tissue. (The ultrasound report discussed these, is how I know.) Generally, the perspective for the picture is from my feet looking upwards, kinda. I was most impressed with the amount of metal involved in spreading the hole wide enough to work in.
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Date: 2005-12-20 04:52 pm (UTC)And how are you doing, now? Is the scar healing? *hugs and tea*
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Date: 2005-12-20 05:28 pm (UTC)I'm doing pretty well, really. The improvements are incremental, but continuous. I can get up and sit down without thinking about it now. I can walk at about 3/4 normal speed. I can roll over in bed without gritting my teeth. I'm not on any pain medication anymore, not even OTC stuff.
The scar is healing nicely. It's still got the dippy-ass pieces of tape on it, though they're looking kind of tattered these days. (They will allegedly fall off in their own time. I'm trying to be patient, there.) I've got no swelling, no redness, no suspicious oozing, none of that. I would take pictures, but I think all ya'll have seen quite enough of my pubic hair in the existing picture and with the tape covering up the incision, there isn't much to see anyway.