Hi! I continue to be frustrated. My surgery date is Monday, March 18th. I have yet to get a pre-op testing date. And I still have no answer about the shots. My anxiety level is high enough without adding these issues. I'm trying not to worry, but it's tough. I keep thinking - what if I die? I realize it won't be my problem - I'll be dead - but this thought is just obsessing in my mind. I'm so afraid. Or what if it's cancer? I hate when I do this to myself...I presume part of this is normal - it's the unknown. And, of course, I tend to blow things way out of proportion anyway.

But I am trying to think ahead - planning for when I come home. I have a rolling TV tray that I will put in my bedroom. I'll have a couple books, my iPod, my laptop and some movies on it. I have a plastic bin that I will put next to my bed with my meds, tissues, hand cream, mints, cell phone, lip gloss, and pen and paper.

I've also been walking 30 minutes every day at a pace of 3 to 3 1/2 miles per hour. I've been told that this will probably help with the recovery - tightening the up the muscles a bit and getting the some cardio in. Since I am so very much out of shape, this has been a challenge, but since January 1st I have lost a few pounds and have tried walking three to four times a week (but only 20 minutes' worth!). Walking the extra ten minutes a day - every day - even though I hate walking, I believe has made a difference. I have a bit more energy and I don't seem to ache as much. I started taking vitamins, too. I hope these will all help me post-surgery. I really am doing everything I can think of to increase my chances of a good surgery, surviving surgery, and having a good start on recovery.

But so much on me...how about you? How are you feeling? How have the results of your ablation been? What have you been up to??

D&C, hysteroscopy, and NovaSure (HTA was attempted, but ended being a "no go") on July 16, 2012
47 years old; no children
On Coumadin for lifetime because of repeated blood clots
Menstrual cycle was completely normal until I started Coumadin in February, 2012.  Then all heck broke loose...blood, blood, blood...to the point of nearly passing out.  Hence the reason for the above procedures! Pathology from EA indicated issues, so I had a hysterectomy on March 18, 2013