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4 years ago
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Long time no see.
A lot has happened in the past.. two years? Yeah, two years.
I got a job around September in 2019 at a fabric store for almost a year, worked it through the 2020 pandemic and became a shipping machine for the store during lockdown. I kid you not I packed and labeled nearly 250+ orders a day. It was insane. Later, I took on a higher position for inventory management when things got better, hit a massive depression spell, and just rode out the rest of my time there doing the best I could in a very unforgiving customer service environment. Fafy got an incredible position at the factory he works at. He and I were both pushing for it for so long.
I quit my retail job in late December 2020 and got a full-time "adult" job working for my local hospital the following January as patient registration. Thanks to this job, I now have insurance, I've been able to buy myself a new-to-me car, afford important doctor visits for myself and vet visits for my cats, all on my own with little to no help from any outside sources. Furthermore, I've worked my way into a very coveted position at a desk job where I can do my work stress-free and away from the public and have weekends off. I'm proud of myself.
Around the end of March/early April, I had some severe abdominal cramping and went to the hospital to find out what was going on with me. I found out I had fibroids, and at the time, the ER didn't tell me just how bad they were, just that I needed to talk to my doctor. If you don't know what fibroids are, well I'll give you the basics and save the google search. Fibroids are non-cancerous tumors that stem from the uterus. After two more doctor visits with my GYN and an OB, I found out that I had one particularly large tumor the size of an orange and an enlarged uterus. So we set a plan of action and had a date set for surgery.
In June, Fafy and I were determined to have a week to ourselves before everything happened with me. We talked everything over in depth, and I made sure he was ok with the decision I was making for myself and my health. We hadn't seen each other for 6 months, and our trip was everything we both needed. We went to the WV Ren Faire and had a fantastic time. Laughs were had and memories were made. Th outside world and all of its troubles melted away. After the festivities from the faire, and a nice cool down shower for me, Fafy asked me to marry him. I said yes. So now we have a wedding to plan!
After he left, it was time for me to start getting myself ready for my surgery date. July 12 came up pretty quickly. The day of the surgery was.. a blur, I'll be honest. I went in for anesthesia prep for a partial hysterectomy at 11:15 am, waited an hour for the operating room, and didn't wake up again until nearly 5:30 pm that evening. The surgery took nearly 2 and a half hours and it took me an additional 2-ish hours to come out of anesthesia. The whole thing was a trip. I didn't get to talk to my surgeon until almost 9 pm. Apparently things were worse off than we originally thought. He told me he wasn't sure at first if he would be able to complete the surgery laproscopically. But he worked his wizard magic and pulled it off. I still had the large tumor, about the size of an orange/baseball, but I also had 3-4 golf ball sized smaller tumors, and my uterus was so enlarged that he couldn't get it out in one piece. I came out with 5 incisions spanning from one side of my abdomen to the other.
And here we are today. Healing has been interesting. I haven't had to take as many pain pills as I was prescribed. At no point have I been in as much pain as I thought I would be. The mental part has been the biggest hurdle for me. Getting up was a struggle for the first week, and I stayed passed out in bed for the first 3-4 days. I would get winded just walking the 40 ft to the bathroom. But I'm getting better and stronger with each day. I only have some minor pains in my lower abdomen/pelvic area now and Tylenol helps when I need it.
I have one week left of time off for surgery and then I'm back to work.
I'm still around, just not as active or vocal about it.
Art has been at an absolute standstill for me. I do still have the drive and the itch to create, just not the time nor the energy. I'm not sure when I'll be back to creating, but both Fafy and I are hoping that soon the situation will change. He tells me often that he misses seeing me create things.
I hope all of you have been able to stay safe during these chaotic past two years.
But heck surgery is always scary, but really glad you came out ok ; v ; and are slowly healing! Glad that this update was mostly filled with positives, and that things are going well for you outside of a lack of energy and the need for these sorts of procedures in the first place. BUT! I'm really happy you have a job that lets you do all this without financial worry, and just really happy outside of recovery your doing really welll ^^ it is a fantastic 'change of pace' and I hope it continues on ; v ; (and do hope you get to have the energy to create at some point in the future! )
But, it sounds like you've also had some really good times and started to make a really nice life for yourself. And congraaatz so much to the upcoming marriage!!! That was wonderful to read.