nightfox | Post Surgical Update & Incoherent Rant of Frustration

I just got back from my first post-surgical visit to my MD and he's very happy with my progress. My incisions are both healing really well and while I'm frustrated with my pain level and continued need for what I consider way too many drugs, he assured me that it's normal and I need to stay on them for a while longer. My x-rays are apparently "excellent", so at least the grafted bone and larger hardware seem to be working out so far.

So I shall continue to be a dopey dish for a bit longer. I keep falling asleep sitting up! Several times I've woken up with my face on my keyboard and the imprints of the keys dug into my cheek and forehead. This morning, my bestie found me just sitting up, cross-legged on the floor, spine straight and my chin tucked down on my neck brace which in turn was braced against my chest, dead out asleep, hands still on my laptop keyboard! And like dead out asleep; it actually took her calling my name several times to wake me up. I never sleep that deep. Usually I am such a light sleeper that if a squirrel farts in a tree two blocks away it'll wake me up!

I hate narcotics!! Even when I need them, I hate them. I had one day of clarity in the past 14 days and it came at the cost of massive pain. Science has just got to come up with a better system of pain control than this. It's absurd!

OK, I am off to nap some more cuz I'm feeling the percocet I just took. On yeah, Doc increased my Valium due to my increased muscle spasms, so now I can sleep even more! Yay. :-|

Good news is no more bandage changing and I get to dump the neck brace in another 2 weeks! I went out for dinner with friends last night to my favorite Moroccan restaurant and I swear, people stare at you like you're something nasty just because you're wearing a visible medical device. How dare I disrupt their mental aesthetics by appearing in public with such an ugly thing on. Shallow twits. On a terrific note though, dinner was Fabulous and I only nodded off twice during the meal :D I need to learn to cook more Moroccan dishes, I LOVE that food!! I could happily eat that 5 times a week.

More good news, I get to start physical therapy in 6 weeks :D Can't wait!

Thanks everyone for all the positive thoughts and well wishing, I really do appreciate it ♥

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I can feel on the getting attention because you are wearing medical stuff.

When I was being tested for seizures they hooked thousands of cords(like thick dreads) all over my head for days. Said cords were wrapped around my waist, ending in a battery on my hip.

I looked it an android! It was awesome!

That also happened to be the week the sims 3 first came out which I had preordered. I walked 2 miles with the equipment on, and headed to target to pick it up. People, upon seeing me, either moved out of the way, asked me if I was terminally ill, or let me cut to the front of the line and let me take their seat on the crowded bus on the way back home.

It may have also helped that at the time I looked like I was physically 11-12, which meant that everyone thought they saw a severely ill very young boy walking around.

Just have as much fun with it as you can, is all I can tell you.

And congrats on beginning physical therapy soon, and only nodding off a few times during dinner! :)

I hate being stared at but I have yet to go to a store or anything where sympathetic people might let me cut in line. I've been out once to the bank and then dinner last night. Otherwise I've been resting at home or hobbling around the apartment complex for a little exercise (and I mean little).

I do remember I had to wear a Holter monitor once for 24 hours, that's like a portable EKG that constantly monitors your heart so I had sticky buttons and cords everywhere that went to a small machine I had in a pouch hanging from my neck. It was summer, tank top season, so I couldn't hide the cords as easily I was told to do everything I'd normally do, like go to work, the gym, shopping etc. People stared but no one was kind enough to yield in lines or anything. Then again, I was 19 so I didn't have the advantage of the "sick child" look you had! My fellow students all wanted to poke and prod and look me over and people at the gym looked at me like I was a nutcase to be there like that. Ah yes, Good Times!

I was almost 19 as well. Sometimes, there is an advantage to being short. :)

Well, you couldnt blame them staring if you were at the gymn. Even I would for that! The gymn isnt a place for crazy folk!

Really? I see crazy folk at the gym all the time ;-) It's fascinating watching other people work out, so many of them do the strangest things!

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