Less stress

 I know I just posted the last post, but I started writing it a week ago and now most of those fears are unfounded. 

I underwent laparoscopic surgery on Tuesday, as planned. After the surgery, my heart rate was elevated, sitting at around 110bpm even though I wasn't doing anything. 

My surgeon, who is amazing, decided I should spend the night, just in case. Sort of a 'better safe than sorry' situation.

So, I spent the night. My face was tingly, my heart rate elevated some, I didn't really sleep, but I did manage to figure out what happened.

I told my mom that I was spending the night and explained my symptoms to her. She said, 'Did they give you morphine? I'm allergic to that.'

Hmmm. Not something she mentioned when I asked for the family medical history, but whatever. None of the nurses had mentioned giving me morphine. However, on a hunch, I asked the night nurse if there was possibly morphine given to me during the surgery (when I was knocked out).

Turns out, I had been given dilaudid, sort of like baby morphine.

So I had a baby allergic reaction to the baby morphine that I didn't know I was allergic to.

Went home Wednesday and now I'm working on recovering from the surgery.

Turns out, I do have endometriosis, and they removed a small cyst from one of my ovaries. The endo is apparently deep in my pelvis, so they couldn't get it properly. Here's hoping it doesn't come back.

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