Well, it's Wednesday morning and by this time tomorrow I'll probably be checking in to the hospital for my surgery. (I called my doctor's office yesterday and they said that as long as I'm not running a fever with my cold, I should be good to go.) There's a pretty, white layer of snow coating the world outside and I'm feeling quite peaceful about everything. And my cold has gotten marginally better. I slept well last night, which was a big help.
My session with the hypnotherapist last night was also really good. I was there for about an hour and a half. We talked for the first 30 minutes or so, about myself, my background, my pregnancy, the upcoming surgery and my fear surrounding it. Then she went over her hypnosis plan which essentially involved a series of guided visualizations about all kinds of things ranging from my parents to tomorrow's surgery. She then turned down the lights and guided me into a very relaxed state so that we could begin.
I'm pretty familiar with using visualization as a coping and healing method and that was essentially what we did. But I was so grateful for her guidance through the process, as my anxiety about this whole thing has just been too big for me to be able to relax enough to work on my own visualizations. I came home feeling a lot more peaceful and relaxed about tomorrow.
Greg's mom is on her way from Ohio today and she'll be here for dinner tonight and then go with us to the hospital tomorrow, which is nice. And I can't thank all my friends and readers enough for all the encouragement and kind words and support. I'm supposed to be in the hospital for 2-3 days following the surgery so I imagine I'll be pretty absent from the internet during that time. Hopefully Greg will post an update for me tomorrow sometime about how the surgery went. Wish me luck!
