*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. :)

[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.

[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.

[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.