No-Baby Steps

Tomorrow I go back to the hospital and will hopefully get this Foley catheter out. Such a miserable week it's been. Bladder spasms, low urine output, the most painful gas I've ever had, not enough rest....BUT, I would not be feeling any of this if I weren't alive. So I will take it. Every day is a little better than the last and I'm certain things will continue to improve. This hematoma is supposed to absorb so I sit with a hot rice pack as much as I can. I read that massage helps it but I can't help but be nervous about doing that. I am thankful that I found a website called "HysterSisters" that is chalk full of ladies who've gone through the same procedures. They identify their procedure with what they call their "badges". I need to learn the lingo still but it's a great resource since I don't know anyone personally who's gone through what I have. I am reminded of "What About Bob" and the term "baby steps." Maybe I'm not a fan of that wording right now...and neither are my "phantom uterus" pains.