Day of Surgery

I had functional endoscopic sinus surgery on June 10, 2009. They called the day before to tell me that my surgery would be at 1pm. I thought that was a little late since I wasn't supposed to eat after midnight. They ended up calling me on the 10th to see if I could come in earlier for the surgery. My fiance drove me up there. After signing a couple papers, they took me to the back where I changed into a gown. I was able to keep panties and socks on... that's it. They put an IV into my lower left arm and started filling me with fluids. The anesthiologist came in and explained that I would have a tube placed down my throat during the surgery to help me breathe. He said that my throat may hurt the next day from the tube. I was wheeled back to a room that looked like it came out of a movie. There was a very thin lifted bed in the middle of the room. There were tons of machines around that I didn't even get a good look at. In no time, the anesthesiologist put something in the IV to knock me out.

I remember waking up thinking that my throat was really sore. The nurse said I didn't look too good, so she tried to give me some pain meds through the IV. For some reason, the IV was blocked and she couldn't get the meds in. She gave me a pill to take instead, but when that didn't kick in fast enough, she re-ran the IV and pushed in the meds. The meds kicked in real fast.

I was wheeled out to the car where I went home and crashed in a lounge chair. I was instructed to stay up at an angle as much as possible. I had a little bit of jello but it really tasted too bland and hurt my throat. I was bleeding like crazy, and struggled to cough up all the blood that was going down my throat. Late at night, I woke up and got nauseated very quickly. I went to the bathroom and vomitted a large amount of blood. I felt much better and was able to go back to sleep. I slept pretty well that night.