I had surgery just a week ago - a hysterectomy. I was really scared to have this surgery, but knew that I needed it. I'm looking back into the events that led up to my surgery.
In August, I had some tests done before going to see the doctor. These blood tests showed that I was extremely anemic. I had only 1/5 of the iron that I needed. I was always exhausted and that was due to having low iron. The doctor scheduled for me to have 5 iron infusions to build my iron supply up. I only was able to have 4. When I visited the doctor, he said that there was something triggering my low iron levels and it needed to be addressed immediately. I went to my new gynecologist and he found out that I had a huge fibroid and I would need a hysterectomy. He felt uncomfortable doing it, so he sent me to a specialist. The specialist confined what was mentioned earlier and scheduled the surgery. During the surgery, he was going to have a pathology test run to see if there was any cancer. He didn't think there would be cancer, but he wanted to test the tissue to make sure. I was also told that due to my low iron, I would probably need a blood transfusion during surgery.
The day that I had surgery, I was really scared and nervous. I prayed that I would find the comfort that I needed. The surgery was a great success. I didn't need a blood transfusion after all - I think the iron infusions helped. My pathology reports came out well - no cancer. I was in the hospital for only 2 day, which was nice. When I was in the hospital, the nurses had me walking the night of my surgery which helped a lot on my road to recovery.
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