Surgery Hints

I hate everything about surgery. Sorry. I hate needles and blood and missing body parts.
I opted for the lumpectomy.
How did I get through it? How did I get over the fear? I thought of the Savior and how he suffered for me - cheerfully and willingly. I got a blessing and prayed and got answers to my prayers. I knew I was doing the right thing.
And, I took Hydrocodone before every procedure to calm me and take the edge off the pain.
Miraculously, I was calm for surgery. I was treated like a queen at the hospital and that went a long way towards comforting me. And they put me to sleep so I didn't feel anything.
Afterwards, I was in more pain than they said I would be. I didn't know what to do, so I called the emergency number in the middle of the night. They told me to double the medicine.
But the pain passed quickly and I was able to travel just a few days after.

Seriously, the worst experience was imagining a procedure before it happened. I had one painful biopsy, and when they scheduled me for another one in an MRI machine, I imagined it being like Darth Vader sending that truth needle to Princess Leah. It didn't turn out anything like that, so I learned not to imagine anything!!!