a lil update on me

I had surgery yesterday. a cone/leep procedure to remove the findings of a biopsy (which i had done because of 2 bad pap results) i had done 2 weeks ago, which showed my having severe cervical dysplasia. inbetween severe and cancerous, but NOT cancer yet. sooooo.......surgery for Trace

i was put to sleep. i woke up sore, groggy, discombobulated etc.

Shane was great.

He took me to the women's center for a 7 am arrival time. he stayed with me til they gurney'd me back to the operating room 3 hours later. he was in my hospital room when the surgery was done, with a big arrangement of spring flowers, roses, lilies, iris etc. he held my hair the 2 times i threw up because the anesthesia made me sick.
he made me dinner. he ran me a tub of hot water and when i walked in for it, the lights in the bathroom were out and 2 candles were lit for me.

he was attentive, caring, sweet. at one point on the couch last night, i was massaging his hand and he looked at me and said, " you just had surgery and you're lovin' on ME?" lol

when he was active military, he was an army medic. he has his LPN and is going to school thru the army reserve (he had a really bad car accident about 2 years ago that knocked him out of active duty) to get his RN certification.

he took such good care of me, gang

so, i'm sore, i'm moving slow, i feel like my special purpose has been beat with a brick bat....BUT! i'm doing ok and i will have the pathology results on monday.

and on an even brighter note, today is not only the mark of our being a couple 2 months (known each other 5 months)......today is the day that he moved in with the boys and myself.

right now, at this point, even tho i have some damn scary stuff going on (the MS has thankfully decided to take a back seat and not act up on me)......i have the support of a man who is one of the most wonderful friends i've ever had.
crazy about that man. in that still sane but flippin' cuz i'm crazy about him kinda way. :D

much love!
Tracy

You know what? Even though it was a bad reason that caused you to find it out, you now know you've got a guy who will stand by your side and be supportive through the bad parts. THAT, dear, is PRICELESS!!!!!!!

I have a feeling all will be well with the pathology report. Good recovery to you!
Best, Kat

Hey trace hope your path results come back fine...and congrats on the live in boyfriend arrangement...hope you'll be real happy together.......you're looking great BTW and you two make a fine looking couple......way to go hon..... :)

trace...*H*

hi, i am glad that you gave the update, remember i had this done also in december of last year, i breezed thru mine but found out that many people need to be put out and experienced a different experience than mine, i was awake and it was uncomfortable but i could not call it pain. what was not easy was the FEAR for me, i studied this thing from top to bottom. i was terrified, i have already done my first pap after three months and everything was clear and need to make my second three month check up.

what i must tell you is that i dont think you are supposed to taking baths yet??? please check with your doctor on this.

it did take a full month for the bleeding to stop, little blood but annoying all the same.

so good luck and THANK GOD you are ok, you are gonna be like me going for the pap every three months until two years are up. yuck but we are on top of it.

take care and the guy sounds great, best wishes on that also.

sorry to double dip.

dear green....i hope i did not sound cavalier about my experience.

the reason i wrote about my experience is because of the next girl who finds out she may need to have this done.

most of women have had your experience from the posts that went back and forth a few months ago, i only personally know one other girl who had this and she had pretty much a similiar experience as mine. however!! the knucklehead is not doing the repeat paps :eek:

honestly there is so much information out there, many people just go for recommending the hysterectomy but i was afraid of that and went for the leep also.

there is also a difference between a leep and a cone, the cone is where you ARE put to sleep, the leep is done with an electrical current and local anesthesia, the cone is done with a scapel.

the cone has a slightly higher success rate.

anyway, rest and be well. again take care.

Sending prayers your way

Trace/GreenEyedGirl, you are now the undisputed Queen of the Good News-Ban News Thread.

You are tough as nails, girlfriend.

I am so happy that you found a man to appreciate you and help take care of you and give you some of the pampering that you so much deserve and put that gigantic smile on your face.

All my best wishes. I hope all of your medical problems subside. It infuriates me that someone like you, who deserves nothing but the BEST, has to endure all this crap. It just sucks. :mad:

((((((((((((((( Trace )))))))))))))))))))
Oh yeah, and give this one to your honey for us:
Thank you for taking care of our girl, Shane! ((((((((((((Shane))))))))))))))))))

wow, good 2 hear from you and i'm so very sorry you weren't feeling well. my sincerest hopes and prayers that you will stay healthy and i'm so glad for your blessing in this man. ((hugs))

thanks you all!

yes, bath's are fine, it was the first thing Dr. White said i should do once i felt up to it....a nice warm bath.

only a smidge sore today, legs are weak(?) from all this dang moving but Shane's got it 10x's worse, he wouldn't let me pick up much of nothing, which is the right thing. he even had my buddy Zack come over to help me here, while he packed, so that i wouldn't lift anything lol

i just finished the breakfast HE MADE ME! dang dang dang, i've struck gold gang.

and i agree that others can gain knowledge and comfort from our experiences, by the same token, what makes THIS experience so important?


it's MY experience. ;)

WOW.

I hope things continue to get better and better for you, and that your health scare is over, and you will continue to heal quickly.

I am so happy for you, to have a loving, caring man at your side. You can tell so much about someone by how they treat you when youre sick... and this happening so early on in your relationship was a really special way for him to show his love...and man, he did :)

I know two guys that 'loved' me, and they were usually ANGRY when i was sick or didnt feel good!

((((hugs)))) Take care of yourself, J.

I'm glad the actual procedure went well.

Take as much time as you need to get better. Nothing has to be done right now and the world won't end if you don't do anything at all. Nap as much as you can, the body needs time to recover. Its great that your ym is there to hold you up, I was so glad my brother was with me after surgery last November. I don't know how I would've been able to emotionally deal with the pain if he's not there to "Marine-order" everyone else around me.

Hope you get better asap.

Paris

Hi, I hope your recovery from surgery is suuuuppppeeeeerrrr fast :D Glad the surgery went well. And ya man seems like a real sweetheart. 'an he's cute too!
Love your pic! ;) Ya'll look smokin' together.

ya'll are too sweet :)

yep jellybean, i had one that 'loved' me but showed me such disdain when i was ill or hurting. the rat *can't say that word* :D

and it's funny you say "ym" paris....he's TWO years younger, lol, only two and yet i sometimes feel so much older than him, and i think he's been thru MORE than i have. thank you thank you for the warm sentiments.

kinda, he IS a sweetie and dangit, his pics don't do him justice......he's so dang hot, lol

love to all!!!

Trace,

I'm so glad to hear you're on the road to recovery.....sounds to me like Shane is an absolute loving man for you.......

Rest and take care of yourself.....don't rush things.......everything can wait, nothing has to be done now........you need to get well for your babies.......just rest....and let Shane pamper you.........

Love is wonderful !!

You and yours are in my prayers......

love,
sora

Just want to add Loripop's and my wishes for good things...

Speaking of which, while we'd agree that you got a good catch in Shane... I think it's important to note that he's done pretty darn good himself, he got you!

Thanks for sharing...

Wallypop and Loripop

thanks you two!!! ((((hugs))))

Sounds like you have landed yourself a great man and it only took a little surgery to verify it. I am very glad that you are doing well and that you found one of those rare special men out there. I am happy for both of you. :D