[sarah]

Just a quick note, after surgery you may be too tired and weak to even watch tv or movies or hold a book or kindle so take an audio book or two and some soothing music. Fight to stay in hospital as long as you need don't let them kick you out too fast. They should come in and have you breathe into a tube to avoid pneumonia and put massaging pants on you to avoid thrombosis - these can be made cool.
Don't forget you will have a morphine drip on the left side of your bed that you can press for pain relief. it is limited in dosage so you can't overdo it.
take care, hugs and love
I know it's all a shock but it will get better and you are lucky to have a solid husband standing by you. I was lucky in that also.
sarah