Right now I should be at Ava and Ella's 1st birthday party.

Instead I am still stuck here in this chair.

And I am beginning to get really irritated. Enough is enough.

I thought I'd surely be well enough to go to their party on Sunday ... I mean that would be THREE days after surgery.

So much so that I got up, took my shower, got dressed and then ... My body screamed, "What do you think you are doing?" And back to the chair I went in defeat.

I am better and ready to get on with life but apparently my body hasn't received the message.

And apparently I am forgetting one minor detail ... I've had endometriosis cut out from all over my abdomen and I'm just going to be sore ... but, thank God, not for forever!

During surgery they pumped my abdomen full of air so they could see in there. TALK ABOUT PAIN. That has been the worst. Unless you've had your abdomen pumped with air for surgery, there is no way to describe how painful it is when all that air settles in your tissues and time is the only thing that will make it go away. OUCH!!!

I'm just not a very good sick person I guess. I see things I want to do and I physically can't do it. That's frustrating.

This is Day 3 after surgery ... they said recovery takes anywhere from 3-5 days. Please pray the pain from the air and the soreness from the surgery will go away SOON!

Time to change my perspective about all this pain.

Why am I in pain?

Because only 3 days ago my abdomen was covered in endometriosis. The endometriosis is probably the cause of these 15 months of trying to conceive and failing every month - even with three IUI treatments.

But three days ago, Dr. L went into my abdomen through 4 tiny incisions and cut all of the endometriosis out. And he has said our chances for pregnancy are now very good!

Every time I think about those events, I am in awe. God is so good, so faithful to us.

Even in the midst of all the pain I can already say, "It was all worth it."

And I know it is only a matter of time before I don't have to walk around like I am 98 years old.

- Elaine