September 9, 2024 - Thyroidectomy Day!

I arrived at the hospital at 6 a.m. with my mom, who had spent the night, and registered and then sat in waiting area at 7:30 a.m. Then, I went to pre op and was put in compression stockings and then I had a gown and housecoat given to me. Don't I look pretty?





I was then taken to a separate area and talked to a nurse, the anesthesiologist, and then was put in the OR and asked to scoot on to the table from the gurney and given an IV and then a mask was over my face that had oxygen at first that made me feel all light and floaty and then I promptly faded out.

When I woke up, I threw up five or six times in recovery while fading in and out of consciousness. I slept a lot after that. I also had surgical repairs done to me that made me look half-decapitated. In addition to that, I had a surgical drain inside my chest.








Later that day, near 5 p.m., my brother came to see me, but I was so out of it, that I could barely pay attention to his visit and mostly zoned out or slept.

Near the end of the day, Dr. Uys came to see me and had such a look of compassion on his face as he told my zoned out self that he got the thyroid and the other side and the tumor, which was allegedly 5 cm, and that the tumor had grown from the time of the biopsy to the surgery, and two calcium things. He also gave me perscriptions for calcium and synthroid before leaving. I was also told I was in pre-op for 6 hours. :(

I ate like a demon once I was aware of my surroundings. I got like five apple juices and eight mini ice creams and mashed potatoes and two popsicles and water and ice tea for consumption. My mom also bought me earbuds and heart shaped pillows as get well soon gifts from the hospital gift shop.







but I had to stay in the hospital alone overnight.

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