@casheroo She has a remarkable pain threshold. She actually does not feel pain normally, which can be a bit dangerous.
Thankyou much @Dog , @PnL , @augustlan , @janbb , @everyone who commented
She is home, sitting beside me eating lunch.
I learned exactly how troublesome this surgery was. The cyst ruptured before they could get it out, they suctioned out about 150 cc’s (about 5 fl oz… about ⅔ of a cup) of old, dead blood (there was probably more that they flushed). Her abdominal cavity was flushed very thoroughly… having a cyst break open before removal is not what a surgeon wants. If the surgical site is not flushed properly and completely, peritonitis results.
We are very lucky that the thing did not rupture before surgery. That could have been fatal. She was still bleeding into the cyst even during surgery.
She is not allowed to lift over 10 pounds, drive until she can stomp her foot without pain, bend over, no repetitive stairs (luckily we live downstairs), no sex (whines), no housework, and she is not to run the Boston Marathon this year. These restrictions are for at least 2 weeks. She is going to go nuts with boredom. :P
I am just happy as a clam (how happy is that and where did the expression come from) because I have my wife home, feeling 10 times better than before the surgery, and she is going to live! I am sitting here next to her and she is in hardly any pain for the first time in, literally, I cannot remember.
It says a lot that she is in significantly less pain two days post op than she was the day before her surgery.
She is anemic due to the type of cyst, that it kept on bleeding, and that it was a more complex surgery than they expected. She almost required a transfusion. So, she is on iron pills for a bit. She is also on an anti-inflammatory, Tylenol, and vicodin (when needed).
Ok, I am gushing (I am just so damned happy). I shall shut up now.