Pre-Op...

I know I don't post that often....but hey, life gets in the way sometimes. And sometimes I feel kinda stupid keeping this 'diary' of sorts. I mean, I'm 30 years old not some 12 year old bitching about boys or school or her mom pissing her off. 

I have a real-life disease that quite a few people have althought it's a 'rare' autoimmune disease. I do these posts as another reasource for others who have been diagnosed or are recently diagnosed with MG so they can understand my symptoms, compare and know they aren't alone.

So anyway... My Thymectomy is scheduled for this Monday. There are few things that are up in the air with the procedure and understandably so. Frankly, I am scared shitless. I have had my fair share of surgeries (which turned out to have been unnecessary because it had been MG all along if the damn doctors just woulda ran the 'right' blood work) but this is different. My surgeon is going to try to do the thymectomy Thoracoscopicly, however, I have some scar tissue in the area where this will be done from a prior surgery. Therefore, if the doc can't clean out and clear all the scar tissue to do what he needs to do then they will have to do the full sternotomy. So which procedure they will prefrom in the 4-6 hours I will be in the operating room is 'up in the air'.

The not knowing of which procedure that is being done until they decide to wake me up is what has me a little freaked out.

I like to be prepared!

I'm not keen on having my chest cracked open and being out of commission for 3 months but I am being optimistic that the scar tissue is not severe enough for it to result to that. But hey, if you have to crack my chest, can I get a boob lift while your sewing me back up?? Would be much appreciated.

Thank god for these MG supposrt groups I have came in contact with. Nice to know I am not alone and I am not the only person who has had/having this surgery. They have helped with what to expect post-op. It's a good thing.

For now, I bid you fair well until sometime during my post-op recovery.