It's Over. I'm Back Home and I'm so Relieved.

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This will sound much worse than it is, but in December, I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. Happily, this is one of the more treatable forms of the disease. It requires a hysterectomy, which I had yesterday. The doctor told me 80% of women need no further treatment—no radiation, no chemotherapy, no more surgery. Final say will come from the pathologist in a couple of weeks, but the surgeon said everything looked good. He went into this saying that he’d have a good idea at the time of surgery whether this was the end of it or not. And he was quite optimistic. The surgery was done laparoscopically. I have three big Band-Aids on my belly. And I got to go home the same day the surgery was performed. I got to sleep in my own bed. It’s hard to describe how nice that is, compared to having to sleep in a half-light room with a stranger and having to call someone when I wanted to go to the bathroom. As far as pain goes, I feel very little. The worst has been a sore throat from the breathing tube. They tell me not to drive for a week and, knowing what damage I could inflict with a car, I intend to listen to them. But once it’s light out today, I’ll take a shower and walk around the block. Tomorrow I’ll walk around two blocks, maybe. I am so grateful and so relieved this is over. My husband has been so good to me, even feeding my cat when he didn’t expect me to wake up in time to do it. (…I was pretty much out of it). The flowers are from my sister and her partner. I would like to thank everyone who wished me well, particularly @CoralLevang, @dragon54u, @JudyEv, and @jaboUK. It means a lot.