Yes, That's How We Roll: The Path Between Novasure or Hysterectomy
We sat down to dessert last night as a family in front of the television.
This so rarely happens that swimming results in us being home before 8 PM.
What did we watch?
But of course medical procedures in the form of live surgery.
Yep, my 7, 9, and 12 year old got to watch the complete 1 hour procedure called Supercervical Laparoscopic Hysterectomy at OR LIVE.
We all found it fascinating.
The kids had questions: "Mommy? Are you really going to have them do that?" They licked their spoons distractedly with eyes glued to the screen.
"Mmmm... maybe." I said distractedly as I spooned a bit of ice cream in my mouth and watched them puncture the cyst on the patient's ovary.
We were in awe of the fact that heat applied by the cauterizing clamps/rotating scalpel to girl bits looks like...well...cooked chicken. It even sizzled.
Sorry. I know some of you just grossed out. Heh!
Yes, we, being Scout and her progeny, roll like that.
And yes, the chicken reference was just for you, Dumbblond and Helen. Heh!
At any given time, one of my kids want to be a doctor, so I indulge them with reality. They chose to watch this. Really. They asked when I mentioned it at the dinner table. Move over American Idol and i-Carly. You've got competition.
To be honest, there's very little blood. This is not the most graphic thing we've ever watched by far. We like reality medical programs.
It just so happened this one procedure might apply to me.
This so rarely happens that swimming results in us being home before 8 PM.
What did we watch?
But of course medical procedures in the form of live surgery.
Yep, my 7, 9, and 12 year old got to watch the complete 1 hour procedure called Supercervical Laparoscopic Hysterectomy at OR LIVE.
We all found it fascinating.
The kids had questions: "Mommy? Are you really going to have them do that?" They licked their spoons distractedly with eyes glued to the screen.
"Mmmm... maybe." I said distractedly as I spooned a bit of ice cream in my mouth and watched them puncture the cyst on the patient's ovary.
We were in awe of the fact that heat applied by the cauterizing clamps/rotating scalpel to girl bits looks like...well...cooked chicken. It even sizzled.Sorry. I know some of you just grossed out. Heh!
Yes, we, being Scout and her progeny, roll like that.
And yes, the chicken reference was just for you, Dumbblond and Helen. Heh!
At any given time, one of my kids want to be a doctor, so I indulge them with reality. They chose to watch this. Really. They asked when I mentioned it at the dinner table. Move over American Idol and i-Carly. You've got competition.
To be honest, there's very little blood. This is not the most graphic thing we've ever watched by far. We like reality medical programs.
It just so happened this one procedure might apply to me.
So I lied. We all didn't choose this.
"We" did not include CG.
CG was not so engrossed as much as grossed out.
He spent his time thumbing his iPhone whilst Twittering and Facebooking the grossness that is eating Blackberry-Cabernet Ice cream while watching a uterus being scooped out on a screen.
"We" did not include CG.
CG was not so engrossed as much as grossed out.
He spent his time thumbing his iPhone whilst Twittering and Facebooking the grossness that is eating Blackberry-Cabernet Ice cream while watching a uterus being scooped out on a screen.So?
It's true.
I married a pansy.
Thanks to our friend Kalista for calling him on the Facebook updates. Yes, considering we are thinking of having this done to me, his one and only wife he claims to cherish, he might want to pay more attention to the television and less to his damned iPhone.
So what's on today's menu?
Oh, a turkey sandwich for lunch followed by this wonderful video on Uterine/Endometrial Ablation:
Isn't the Internet wonderful. Enjoy, my friends. Enjoy!
____________________________________________________________To my readers: The responses to my last post have been overwhelming, informative and so positive.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I truly am overwhelmed that my "Internet" friends are so there for me and moreover, your friends are reaching out and are there for me too.
Believe me that I've read every email, comment, Stumble message carefully and I hope to respond soon to them all. Thank you for the phone numbers as well. I truly felt the Internet give me a big hug yesterday. I wish I wasn't so tired right now so I could hug back.
In the meantime, I'll keep researching.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I truly am overwhelmed that my "Internet" friends are so there for me and moreover, your friends are reaching out and are there for me too.
Believe me that I've read every email, comment, Stumble message carefully and I hope to respond soon to them all. Thank you for the phone numbers as well. I truly felt the Internet give me a big hug yesterday. I wish I wasn't so tired right now so I could hug back.
In the meantime, I'll keep researching.
Thx for the flickr pics by hddod and by jessicafm
5 comments:
Yes, I was using my iPhone to post the same shocking update as this blog and then look for the answers to my questions, like how big are laproscopic instruments and more information on the complications.
You don't think I was coming up with all those factoids about laproscopic surgery out of my head, did you?
Sure.... Puhleeeese... But you do get points for coming up with it. ;D
That was very interesting.
Oh and thanks by the way for thinking of me with your continued food references. Luckily, I'm not a big fan of chicken...but I'll never look at red or pink ice cream the same way again...
yeah the juicy red ice cream was alittle much. ugh
Yeah. I'm right there with your husband. When I go to the doctor, I don't even want them to tell me what they're about to do. Just do it and get it over with; the less known and spoken, the better!
We like that ice cream at our house too! We just don't eat it in front of medical procedures on TV. :)
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