the retrieval

my appointment for retrieval was this morning.

i love anesthesia. best invention in modern science. besides cloning and all that...

so i checked in, changed into that silly gown thing. they gave me socks to wear, and put my stuff in a bag to set aside.
nurse took my vitals.
anesthesiologist came in, asked me my weight, put an IV saline drip in a vein in my hand, and injected some stuff into the tubing behind me. i started to feel a little buzzed. they took my vitals again. blood pressure, temperature, etc. then they walked me with my IV on a rack into the room with all the cool machines. by this time i was feeling a little disoriented and drunk. they helped me position myself on the table while they prepped the ultrasound machine and all that stuff. the anesthesiologist put more meds into my IV drip. i felt sleepy, they put the oxygen mask over my face, and the pulse and oxygen reader on my finger, and the doctor came in, and sat down, and thats the last thing i remember.

i heard the anesthesiologist's voice call my name a couple times, and i awoke on a bed in the recovery room. there was a big screen television with news. it was 20 - 30 minutes later. i was a little disorientated, but eventually i came to. i still had my IV drip, it was almost empty. i felt good. and then 10 minutes later i became aware of some cramping - like moderate menstrual cramping. the nurse let me know that was normal, and she offered me tylenol. i took it graciously. they took my vitals and went over recovery forms. they made sure i could use the restroom normally before letting me go with my ride home. they said there may be spotting. I havent had any. i feel crampy, though. my belly finally feels normal again. i can push on my ovary areas without pressure again. its nice to have my body back to normal.

the progesterone lozenges are supposed to taste like mint, but after suckin on one of those for 5 minutes, my mouth tasted like i'd been licking envelopes for hours. nasty. i have to take those for 5 days to convince my body to have it's cycle again. once i have my period, i can have sex again. yaaay! happy ending!