Rachel Rambles...
Jul. 20th, 2010 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
windinthemaples~The pink spray roses I bought myself are opening up in the softest, most exquisite ways. I'm trying to soak in the perfection of them before they start to drop petals and wither away.
~Yesterday, I spent the morning at the hospital having some pre-operative testing and finalizing my paperwork for next week's surgery. I got a little more detail on that, too. Monday, I'm admitted to the hospital at 10am and getting a percutaneous nephrostomy. On Tuesday, the day of my big kidney stone removal, I'm having a percutaneous nephrolithotomy. So, if you are a medical buff or just like the nitty-gritty details, there you go. :) The pre-op stuff went well. Recognizing that so much of my medical phobia is about losing control and resisting change, I went in as mindful as I could be about where my squirrely mind was trying to take me. It was chill, to be honest, and in some ways kinda fun. Without a doubt, every person I met along the way at the hospital was so dear and wonderful. I need to just trust them and let them take care of me. So yeah, a good test run for me.
~Daniel is out of town until Wednesday night, I fly out to Diana's Grove on Thursday morning, and then when I get home on Sunday night I'll have time to sleep fast, say "hey" to my Mom who'll have arrived from Florida, and then get up and shuttle myself and my little hospital bag to the hospital. Not much time to prepare or worry about anything! :)
~I'm still hard-at-work on my natal chart readings for people. I'm almost finished with my third and have another three on the list to be done. I'm considering bringing my notes and charts into the hospital with me, but I'm not sure how much work I could realistically get done on them. We'll see! :)
~Yesterday, I spent the morning at the hospital having some pre-operative testing and finalizing my paperwork for next week's surgery. I got a little more detail on that, too. Monday, I'm admitted to the hospital at 10am and getting a percutaneous nephrostomy. On Tuesday, the day of my big kidney stone removal, I'm having a percutaneous nephrolithotomy. So, if you are a medical buff or just like the nitty-gritty details, there you go. :) The pre-op stuff went well. Recognizing that so much of my medical phobia is about losing control and resisting change, I went in as mindful as I could be about where my squirrely mind was trying to take me. It was chill, to be honest, and in some ways kinda fun. Without a doubt, every person I met along the way at the hospital was so dear and wonderful. I need to just trust them and let them take care of me. So yeah, a good test run for me.
~Daniel is out of town until Wednesday night, I fly out to Diana's Grove on Thursday morning, and then when I get home on Sunday night I'll have time to sleep fast, say "hey" to my Mom who'll have arrived from Florida, and then get up and shuttle myself and my little hospital bag to the hospital. Not much time to prepare or worry about anything! :)
~I'm still hard-at-work on my natal chart readings for people. I'm almost finished with my third and have another three on the list to be done. I'm considering bringing my notes and charts into the hospital with me, but I'm not sure how much work I could realistically get done on them. We'll see! :)
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Date: 2010-07-20 11:47 pm (UTC)Heh, well I am more than happy to wait, for as long as it needs to wait (i.e. including significant recovery time at home after the surgery). So while I'm excited to get it, I am more than happy to wait for you to do some kidney healing! *smiles*
As you say, it'll just depend? I know in some hospital stays I've needed all my recovery for the procedure. And in others I started going stir crazy within a few hours of waking up. So it just depends, I guess!