I have had my 9,938,383th bout of magical thinking about how many things I can do at once since I last posted. I forget that I am still recovering and that helping care for Jennifer and the kitties during her convalescence takes more energy than it would were I not just a few weeks out of hospital myself.
As most of y’all know, Jennifer had an abdominal hysterectomy on October 24th to remove a uterine fibroid named Guillaume and a Nazi cyst named Chanel. Guillaume was a very large tumor with the volume of a standard wine bottle. He was so large that a biopsy could not be made of Chanel. Not knowing if the cyst was cancerous precluded removing the uterus laparoscopically. This is because it had to be removed in one piece to safely counter the unknown cancer risk. If laparoscopy had been viable, the doctor would have been able to cut the foreign bodies into small pieces and have a much smaller incision. A smaller incision would have meant a shorter recovery time, but the most important thing is that Guillaume and Chanel are gone forever. Guillaume did not go quietly—he broke a medical instrument on his way out!
The surgery was a success without complications and Jennifer was able to leave after only a couple of days in hospital. She continues to improve daily, and while she is in some pain, she is healing quite nicely. She sees her OB/GYN Dr. Perry on the 9th for a checkup. Dr. Perry was also the surgeon for this procedure, so she knows everything that can be known about Jennifer’s case. Which is excellent and will help Jennifer’s recovery immensely.
I am still plugging away at the next installment of the newsletter, but I’m moving a little slowly in the days since my hospitalization. I am much improved, but I have miles to go before I sleep or some other Robert Frosty-sounding shit. I still have a long way to go until “normal”.
My memory is a bit fuzzy these days. . . I forgot about the Zoom party that was supposed to be last night. Just completely forgot.
Can you ever forgive me?
Please do, because the new party will be:
Friday, November 11th at 8:00pm CST - 11:59 CST.
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Jeremy Nichols is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Belated Zoom Party
Time: Nov 11, 2022 08:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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