THE SURGERY CHRONICLES, PT 7: THE MELTDOWN & THE MORNING AFTER

Posted by on December 18, 2007 in Personal | 0 comments


So I’m allergic to yet another medication. This time it’s the liquid that they apply over sutures to ensure that the steri-strips stay in place. Good times.

Last night I had my first (and hopefully only) mini meltdown. For no real reason at all. Could have been any number of factors: frustration, pain, medication, recovery house arrest, etc. Or it could be the the fact that it feels like a small child has taken a permanent seat on my lower spine.

But this morning took the cake.

I have been trying to get an urgent appointment to see my surgeon so that he could assess my burning back and diagnose exactly what the itchy red insanity was surrounding my stitches. You’d think that a patient who underwent major surgery just six days ago would a priority. Not so much. So I called this morning, my voice sounding slightly more angry than pathetic. And what do you know, they told me to come in right away.

Here’s the thing. I am now home alone, but not in a fun Macaulay Culkin kind of way. I am not supposed to drive, let alone do much else. And like an uncharacteristically unprepared dumbass, I don’t have any cash on hand. Not that there are actual cabs available or roaming my distant suburb. But my back was on fire and I wasn’t medicated at the time. I made the executive decision to drive to the doctor’s office, because it is only two miles away. And of course it was pouring down buckets of rain. And I couldn’t reach the umbrella, which was buried in the depths of my trunk. AND I had to park three buildings away from the one I needed to be in, because apparently everyone and their mother also had appointments on Tuesday at 10am. But I made it, he removed the steri-strips, and is happy with my progress thus far. Have I mentioned that my doctor is younger than me and juggles fire at Burning Man? Yeah, sweet.

That being said, I am exhausted. That is more than I’ve done in a week. Such a wuss.

Also, I was instructed not to return to work so soon. I intended to go back later this week, but I guess that was wishful thinking, or great denial. So I will certainly have time to watch as many recommended movies as possible. And watch all of Season 3 of Lost on DVD while taking notes to prepare for the next. Hey, even when I’m down, I’m still a giant nerd.

So much for the promise of sun shiny blog entries. Although this wasn’t horrible downtrodden, was it?

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