Tubal Ligation Reversal Procedure : Georgia Peach Travels For Reversal
I had to work the day we were supposed to leave for North Carolina. I thought the day would never end. All of my coworkers knew I was having surgery and wouldn’t be back for a week. A few asked me questions, I tried not to think too much about the surgery because I was very nervous about it. My boss left halfway through the day to go pick up some things for the office. I was glad for the small break to mentally regroup to get through the rest of the day.
Tubal Reversal Going Away Party
As I mentioned, I work in a vet clinic, and I wandered to the back to watch our lead tech tubing a dog for a procedure. I joked ” Hey, that’ll be me Thursday!” My friend Heather hugged me and assured me all would go well. I went back to the front to get some final tasks done and by then my boss was back and my husband, Kevin, had dropped in also. I wondered why Kevin was hanging around… then my boss, and every other person in the clinic came up to the front with a box of food stuffs to make quick dinners for my family while I was recovering. They had a card everyone had signed to wish me well. Yep, you guessed it- I cried!
Tubal Reversal Procedure: My Mother Finally Gives In
On the way home I called my mom, we talked for a while. She told me to have my husband call her as soon as he could to let her know things were well. She hadn’t been really open to this whole idea of having a tubal ligation reversal procedure and had reluctantly given her support once she knew how determined I was to do this. She told me her only issue with this now was she couldn’t go with me. How wonderful to hear this from her.
Tubal Reversal Surgery: Brings Me Closer to Kevin
I got home to find Kevin had already loaded the truck up and was ready to go. We settled the kids in with my sister and her husband, who were watching over things for us, and off we went!
It seems that, if nothing else, this surgery has given Kevin and I a chance to really explore and express our feelings, thoughts, plans and dreams for the future in ways we hadn’t thought possible before.
We had an eight hour drive ahead of us. We stopped at the Varsity in downtown Atlanta for dinner, and talked about everything under the sun.
It turned out to be a wonderful day!
On The Road For Tubal Reversal Surgery
I am writing this section of my blog from the backseat of my Expedition somewhere on I-85 north of Greenville, South Carolina. I feel nervous, excited, scared, thrilled- so many emotions all at once. I can’t seem to relax enough to rest, so here I sit blogging away and cursing the state of South Carolina for their bumpy roads! I can’t wait until tomorrow to meet Dr. Monteith, Pam Mills, and the rest of the staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. I hope to meet some board buddies also during my stay. So I will call it a night for tonight, and update tomorrow on how the presurgery consultation went. Good night!
Submitted by Georgia Peach
The next article by Georgia Peach is Tubal Ligation Reversal of Georgia Peach: Her Arrival.
Readers can view Georgia Peach’s first blog entry The Tubal Reversal Journey of Georgia Peach and her most previous submission Tubal Ligation Reversal: Georgia Peach’s Reversal Surgery Anxiety.
The Tubal Reversal Experts also have a blog series running in parallel to this series discussing considerations for women over the age of 40 considering tubal ligation reversal. The most recent article in this series is Tubal Reversal After 40: IVF Risks.
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March 18th, 2009 at 8:29 am
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March 7th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
CARMEN!!!!! I have thought about you so many times! You are one of the ONLY things I remember about after my surgery! Every time I saw y’all I wanted to say hi, but was worried I would infringe on your privacy. PLEASE ( if you want to!) drop me a line sometime! My email is gapchncrm at aol dot com. I would love to hear how your surgery went! Many thoughts to you!
March 6th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I wish you and your husband all the luck in the world. I hope you get your Dr. Monteith miracle. I remember you, I was the lady that asked you if you were ok. I was so scared and nervous seeing you look all groggy, I was next to go in for the surgery. I’m doing pretty good now, I’m still bloated nd swollen, and I can’t wait 2 have my own Dr. Monteith miracle…..
take care
March 4th, 2009 at 9:38 am
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March 4th, 2009 at 8:45 am
My husband had a reversal a few years ago. It is amazing how it changes your marriage, and your faith in God.
I have many friends who have done the tl reversal.
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March 4th, 2009 at 5:34 am
This is such a great story Tanya. Having Kevin’s love and support, as well as that from the well wishers at work must have made you feel very loved.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Thank you for sharing your story! I’m also from Georgia and I have my tubal scheduled for April 6th, also with Dr. Monteith. I can relate to the mix of emotions you’re dealing with. I’m already there with that! I wish you all best!
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:25 pm
We are all very glad to hear that your experience was such a good one.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Thanks, Betty, for verifying what we- the staff – hope is every patient’s experience.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:48 am
The thing I recall quite vividly was the care and concern that the staff gives to each patient. My first contact was Rhonda and she was wonderful. Pam was my savior in trying to find a vein to draw blood from without any pain I might add…. lol Going into the surgery I was a bit apprehensive because I’ve always have tremendouse sickness when I wake up from anesthesia. Dr. Hertz worked with me and assured me they would do everything they could to prevent this. When I came thru with the surgery, I have maybe 2 minutes of that ’sick’ feeling and that was all! I was amazed that I felt ‘ok’. The recovery team was wonderful as well and I have to say that I’ve never had a procedure done before where I felt like they knew I was Betty Wilkes and not Betty – patience #1409 – it’s a nice feeling!.