Interesting day: how Jennie falling down the stairs became a good thing

[matgb]

So, I awoke this morning to hear Jennie crying in agony on the stairs from the attic room.

She'd been getting ready to go to work and had got some clothes from the attic drying racks. And slipped and fallen a few steps on the way down.

Normally, this sort of fall would merit a loud ow and possibly a minute or two to recover. Unfortunately, she has, for the last few weeks, had a cyst on one of her ovaries, that has been more than a little bit painful (for a definition of pain that us mere men simply cannot fathom, seriously, I don't know how she's been handling it).

The fall had caused the cyst to twist, turning the pain from very painful but livable to unbearable and causing her to scream in agony. An ambulance was called, she went to hospital. That was at about 1130.

They called in specialists, got a consultant to come in, and agreed operating today was both viable and necessary. Through a combination of keyhole surgery and more icky procedures, the cyst, which was walnut sized when diagnosed but had grown to bigger than tennis ball size by today, was cut up and removed.

Rather than waiting until February for the scheduled op, she's in hospital now sleepy quietly, and will be home either tomorrow or Tuesday. While she'll have the pain of a recovered operation, she'll be back on her feet by the end of the week and should be mostly recovered (but probably not well enough to return to work properly) by Christmas.

The pain will be over, and she can try to enjoy life a bit more. This is a Good Thing.

The Doctor did say that, given the rate of growth, they'd likely have had to bring the operation forward anyway, but it's done with now.

For those wondering why I've been mostly silent, with a side order of extreme crankiness in various online comment boxes, I've been more worried than a worried thing being worried (it was possible cancer at one point before formal diagnosis).

Tonight, I've had several glasses of whiskey, and am about to log off to play a bit of Plants Vs Zombies before trying to get some sleep.

Many thanks to all who've offered support &c, too much to take in today, but, y'know, she's going to be OK.

Comments

[synecdochic]

Oh, Lord, I've had those. My best sympathies to her, and wishes for a fast healing.

[communicator]

Oh thank goodness they dealt with it promptly. How awful for you both. You must have been worried sick. Glad to hear a good resolution.

[linlithgow-libdems.blogspot.com]

As you say, what started out looking like a bad start to the day has ended with a very good outcome.

GLad that the cyst is no more a problem to Jennie now she can focus on getting better and I wish her a speedy and full recovery.

Very best wishes

[(Anonymous)]

Lots of hugs and my very best wishes to Jennie. I've been following the progress of the cyst and the glacial slowness on of the treatment on Jennie's blog with ever increasing concern. It's great to hear that it's been removed and I hope there are no complications from the fall.

Niklas Smith

[perlmonger]

Huge sympathies to Jennie for what she's had to go through, but I'm so relieved that Gideon is out, and before New Year too.

Hugs offered (very gently and tentatively in Jennie's case) to you all.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Whew, it's been a pretty dramatic weekend for you guys! I'm sorry things came to a head in such a scary and painful fashion, but very glad to see from Twitter this morning that Jennie is sitting up in bed, tweeting and gobbling other people's breakfasts! I hope she has a swift and smooth recovery, that you haven't been too thrown out of kilter by yesterday's events, and that little H isn't finding the whole experience of her Mummy being rushed to hospital too scary and upsetting. Here's to a bright Gideon-free future!

[matgb]

Fortunately, Hol was at her Dad's when it happened, so he agreed to keep her overnight and I walked her to school this morning. This is a fairly common thing, so it wasn't out of the ordinary.

I'll tell her all about it this evening when we know whether Jennie's coming home tonight or tomorrow. Right now, she knows nowt and has nothing to worry about.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's good then. Probably for the best that she has missed the dramatic bits, and can just tune in for the happy ending. I bet she will be all extra-cuddly for a few weeks once she understands what's happened, though. :-)

[azurelunatic]

Oh, I'm glad she's doing well.

[andrewducker]

Glad it went ok. I hope that that's the end of it and she recovers soon.

[karohemd]

Glad to hear it seems to have gone well!

Where does something the size of a tennis ball go inside a human body without showing up? I thought all the space is pretty much accounted for?

[matgb]

Pretty much,t here is expansion room in that region of the body (close to both womb and belly), but it's not good to have such expansion. Hence the ongoing pain she was dealing with.

[ginasketch]

That didn't stop Jerry.

[83_tauri]

Goodness me, it sounds like you've been having a bad time up there. Still, I'm glad that it's managed to come to a quick resolution, and it should be up hill from here, I hope!

[(Anonymous)]

That's quite an extreme way to get an op brought forward! Hopefully Jennie will recover now and you can get over the worry of it. All the best to all of you.

Liberal Neil

[staceyuk]

Please send her my love and best wishes.

[strangefrontier]

I'm so glad to hear she's had the surgery and she's doing OK. Hugs for all of you.

[publicansdecoy.livejournal.com]

Hope she feels better soon. All the best to both of you.

-x-

I fear that poetry is called for

[daweaver]

With apologies to E J Thribb.

So, farewell then,
Gideon the cyst.

You won't be missed.