*sings* The throat bone is connected to the shoulder bone.

[genlisae]

I am not really doing any singing at the moment because OW! Though the nursing staff in the recovery room at the Royal Jubilee (no joke) hospital would like everyone to know that I have the most awesome hair ... totally relevant.

Right, so a procedure that is supposed to cause "minimal to no discomfort" (it says so on the paperwork, for serious, this is not supposed to hurt) actually hurts like hell. It also causes extensive swelling and random shoulder pain.

My poor GP. She is so confused by me. I feel bad for her. No one can figure out why my shoulder is hurting, and grinding when I move it or why I still have difficulty breathing. It may be internal swelling, but that isn't supposed to happen either. They can't work out why I still have low blood pressure or why I have slight hypothermia.

All things considered though it went smoothly and I will recover, though not as quickly as was expected due to the previously mentioned things that aren't supposed to happen happening. My neck is swollen all the way up into my lower face and my chest is swollen as well and I am breathing in short, shallow breathes due to pain, but I am still here.

I do have one of the most neatly stitched incisions I have ever seen.




Seriously, look at that. Shouldn't leave much of a scar at all. I am happy about this and really wish that whomever it was that stitched up the incision from the c-section when my daughter was born had taken lessons from whomever it was that stitched up this one.

You can also see the swelling that is not supposed to be there. Kind off puffed up like a pillow from my jaw down past my ribs. Not infected, just swollen and irritated. Swallowing is not a fun thing right now, nor is talking or breathing or sitting up or laying down or ... okay, yeah, I am just really, really, really, painfully uncomfortable at the moment.

And now that I have confirmed I am still breathing for everyone I am going to go back to concentrating on staying in the realm of the breathing. It is taking a bit more concentration than it should.

Comments

[radioredrafts.livejournal.com]

OK, I apologize in advance if this seems a bit obvious, but it could be some kind of allergic reaction; my minimal knowledge of medicine leads me to that notion, at least. You might schedule some tests to find out what it was you had the reaction to, if that's the case. I hope it gets better. I'll keep you in my thoughts. :)

[genlisae.livejournal.com]

:) Thank you.

Allergy was the first thing we thought of and I went to see my doctor yesterday to make sure that wasn't what was going on. It wouldn't have surprised anyone given that I have allergies to everything from latex to most metals and even sunlight.

Sadly, because that would have been the simple answer, that is not what is happening. :( But then again it could be something almost as simple as an allergic reaction. I do have very sensitive skin, to the point that Mathew and my daughter "draw" on my arms with things like closed pen tips (no ink nib, just the plastic end of the pen) finger nails and coffee stir sticks when they are bored. There isn't even a mark to begin with but a few minutes later the skin will swell and get all red in the shape of whatever it was they drew.

It's kind of neat in a really strange way. It is also possible that what I am dealing with is just a more pronounced version of that. My CP is certainly not ruling it out!

[bolob.livejournal.com]

I agree with what Radio said, and I agree with the nursing staff - your hair is pretty from what I can see of it in this pic :D

Feel better soon. I'm busy playing nurse to my sister who's recovering from hip replacement surgery and she's having trouble here and there with being able to relax and all that jazz, so hopefully you'll both be better sooner than later.

[genlisae.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks. Was a bit weird to have the nurses playing with my hair though. The one guy (whose name I have been trying to remember and can't. This annoys me, he was awesome) was all "Okay, we need to keep you awake because every time you fall asleep again all our alarms go off because you are not getting enough oxygen. If you can sit up, I'm going to braid your hair."

Oh ouch, your poor sister. My father had his hip replaced a few years before he died. I remember how uncomfortable he was. Give her hugs for me and tell her I am hoping she gets better soon.

[bolob.livejournal.com]

Has your hair always been long or have you gone back and forth on it? :)

Aww wasn't he nice? n_n

Thanks dear :3 Remind me later to show you your spawn you made in my asylum. I thought I'd uploaded her picture, but apparently I missed her.

[genlisae.livejournal.com]

My hair has pretty much always been at least shoulder length. When I was about 10 I got it cut really short and discovered that I do not have a short hair friendly face. Kind of takes on the dimensions of a football really, so yeah. I did get it cut off just before I was scheduled to go for the surgery on my head and STILL do not have a short hair friendly face :( Really not looking forward to doing that again when that surgery finally happens.

Wait ... simGen is in your asylum?! The one you have been posting (that I haven't had a chance to read yet)? Oh dear, well ... that is surprisingly fitting. Also, just so you are warned, she has a history of promiscuity. I don't think she has ever met male sim she didn't want to woohoo ... knowledge sim my ass!

[bolob.livejournal.com]

I don't have short hair face either :p Mine ends up making me look like I have friggin mumps or some shit lol. Aww *hugs* When does that take place?

Yush she is >3 And just so you know, everyone in my asylum is automatically set to Bi. Yep! I did set her to Knowledge, although I forgot what her 2ndary one is lol Also I had to change her hair because the one you have packaged with her, it kept doing some sort of jumping motion in the front; very annoying :/

[genlisae.livejournal.com]

So I just read the asylum and the new hair is surprisingly similar to what my hair grew back as! Good job on the psychic vibe there.

The surgery on my head has been put off indefinitely while they are dealing with my lung. It will happen, just no one knows when *sigh*

[bolob.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah? Hot damn! \o Yay me!

*hugs* Hang in there <3

[bolob.livejournal.com]

Oh sorry! I forgot to let you see your child as a toddler; I think you'll be a bit surprised at how she turns out right there:

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/i_archive/S-O-S/Self%20Sim%20Asylum/cascade-toddler.png

[amochan8878.livejournal.com]

Ok, the nurses are right. That hair is pretty effing fantastic.
And while I'm super glad that there won't be much scaring, wouldn't it be just a touch awesome if there was? You could be all "got in a knife fight. The other guy had to pay for this scar..." and then chuckle in an evil way.

Now, go back to concentrating on breathing.

[genlisae.livejournal.com]

Breathing takes way less concentration today! I am happy about this!

Having a cool scar would be kind of fun, but ... Okay so like the day before this surgery I was staring in the mirror thinking "I am totally going to have a scar on my neck ..." and going through the mental prep for that and that is when I saw them. Tiny faint little lines under my chin and I was all "FUCK! I am not old enough to be getting old person skin!" So, yeah. Kind of not really welcoming more lines on my chin at the moment.

[amochan8878.livejournal.com]

My old person skin is between my boobs... Yay for unwanted lines in general.

[shadow-herald.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the op went well, apart from the complications. That is some neat stitching, nurse must be a crafter :)

Just throwing it out there but the swelling looks eerily similar to what happens to me when something (infection, allergy, physical scraping) affects the glands around my throat which are damaged due to earlier illness. Might be way off but it looks really similar and it covers the same type of area.

Hope the complications start to improve soon, take care.