What a Day!

[Guest guest]

I was so happy with my news yesterday and the excitement of moving.

Today as I stepped in the school building (a beautiful historic

spanish archetecture style school) and I realized it was a different

story. My wonderful coworkers that have done so much for me through

all this surgery came one by one....The match ceremony is a big deal

here and was on the news and in the paper. As I told them the news

and my principal of course it began to be a weepy day.

Then I leave at 10:00 to go to my 3 week check up (did't have time

for 1 boost yet) and as my resident dr. is checking incisions it is

burning around the area of the stitches around my upper lip. I was

brave. He says everything looks good (but is paying particular close

attention to my lower left side). Then the OS comes in and checks

everything again...ouch rubbing that left side. When he pulls the

long q tip out it's all bloody. He tells me that the right side is

all healed up but on the left side part of the bone is exposed around

the incision....Then he says to the resident maybe you should clip

some of those stitches (at the top which were't dissolving too

well)....Uh oh.....I'm not feeling so well. I'll be brave, I'll be

brave...I won't cry like I did last time. So....he lifts my upperlip

(the most tender part) and starts clipping away...aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

When he was done I didn't hear what he was saying something about

irrigating the left side yatta yatta yatta get me out here!!!!!!!!!

I know my face was stark white because even my arms were as white as

a ghost. My stomach was churning and the room was spinning. I

finally got out of there and before I was leaving a woman down the

hall was screaming and crying in pain. It didn't help me at all. I

was like a bad dream! I didn't know if I could drive home so I went

to a bathroom and against my usual judgement plopped down right on a

public toilette seat. I felt faint!

I made it home although I have to go back to work (but I need to

settle down and get some boost in me). What a nightmare! I can't

imagine getting the wires off which by the was is scheduled April

1st!!! Wouldn't you know it would be on April fools day! Knowing my

luck the OS will say April fools 5 more weeks!

The thing is childbirth was a breeze for me all 15 hours of it even

the first 10 hours before the epidural. Well, to make matters worse

I gave my OS my short list of questions and he poopooed them by

saying we'll talk about all this next time. The resident seemed to

notice that he poo pooed them and picked up my list and answered

everyone after my OS left. Unfortunately, he answered them last so I

was in that sickly state where I couldn't really hear or comprehend

anything....the bones exposed! This is why my husband is the doctor

and I am the elementary teacher. I can't take it.

Jane

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry, Jane. This sucks. I hope your left side heals quickly,

and you won't be subjected to these painful checkups.

>

> I was so happy with my news yesterday and the excitement of moving.

> Today as I stepped in the school building (a beautiful historic

> spanish archetecture style school) and I realized it was a different

> story. My wonderful coworkers that have done so much for me through

> all this surgery came one by one....The match ceremony is a big deal

> here and was on the news and in the paper. As I told them the news

> and my principal of course it began to be a weepy day.

>

> Then I leave at 10:00 to go to my 3 week check up (did't have time

> for 1 boost yet) and as my resident dr. is checking incisions it is

> burning around the area of the stitches around my upper lip. I was

> brave. He says everything looks good (but is paying particular close

> attention to my lower left side). Then the OS comes in and checks

> everything again...ouch rubbing that left side. When he pulls the

> long q tip out it's all bloody. He tells me that the right side is

> all healed up but on the left side part of the bone is exposed around

> the incision....Then he says to the resident maybe you should clip

> some of those stitches (at the top which were't dissolving too

> well)....Uh oh.....I'm not feeling so well. I'll be brave, I'll be

> brave...I won't cry like I did last time. So....he lifts my upperlip

> (the most tender part) and starts clipping away...aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

> When he was done I didn't hear what he was saying something about

> irrigating the left side yatta yatta yatta get me out here!!!!!!!!!

>

> I know my face was stark white because even my arms were as white as

> a ghost. My stomach was churning and the room was spinning. I

> finally got out of there and before I was leaving a woman down the

> hall was screaming and crying in pain. It didn't help me at all. I

> was like a bad dream! I didn't know if I could drive home so I went

> to a bathroom and against my usual judgement plopped down right on a

> public toilette seat. I felt faint!

>

> I made it home although I have to go back to work (but I need to

> settle down and get some boost in me). What a nightmare! I can't

> imagine getting the wires off which by the was is scheduled April

> 1st!!! Wouldn't you know it would be on April fools day! Knowing my

> luck the OS will say April fools 5 more weeks!

>

> The thing is childbirth was a breeze for me all 15 hours of it even

> the first 10 hours before the epidural. Well, to make matters worse

> I gave my OS my short list of questions and he poopooed them by

> saying we'll talk about all this next time. The resident seemed to

> notice that he poo pooed them and picked up my list and answered

> everyone after my OS left. Unfortunately, he answered them last so I

> was in that sickly state where I couldn't really hear or comprehend

> anything....the bones exposed! This is why my husband is the doctor

> and I am the elementary teacher. I can't take it.

>

> Jane

[Guest guest]

Thanks, my husband says he thinks its because I have always eaten on

my left side (more wear and tear on that side) I do that because my

right side is still numb. But it makes sense so I'm going to use my

right side to eat for the next couple of weeks.

Jane

> >

> > I was so happy with my news yesterday and the excitement of

moving.

> > Today as I stepped in the school building (a beautiful historic

> > spanish archetecture style school) and I realized it was a

different

> > story. My wonderful coworkers that have done so much for me

through

> > all this surgery came one by one....The match ceremony is a big

deal

> > here and was on the news and in the paper. As I told them the

news

> > and my principal of course it began to be a weepy day.

> >

> > Then I leave at 10:00 to go to my 3 week check up (did't have

time

> > for 1 boost yet) and as my resident dr. is checking incisions it

is

> > burning around the area of the stitches around my upper lip. I

was

> > brave. He says everything looks good (but is paying particular

close

> > attention to my lower left side). Then the OS comes in and

checks

> > everything again...ouch rubbing that left side. When he pulls

the

> > long q tip out it's all bloody. He tells me that the right side

is

> > all healed up but on the left side part of the bone is exposed

around

> > the incision....Then he says to the resident maybe you should

clip

> > some of those stitches (at the top which were't dissolving too

> > well)....Uh oh.....I'm not feeling so well. I'll be brave, I'll

be

> > brave...I won't cry like I did last time. So....he lifts my

upperlip

> > (the most tender part) and starts clipping

away...aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

> > When he was done I didn't hear what he was saying something about

> > irrigating the left side yatta yatta yatta get me out

here!!!!!!!!!

> >

> > I know my face was stark white because even my arms were as white

as

> > a ghost. My stomach was churning and the room was spinning. I

> > finally got out of there and before I was leaving a woman down

the

> > hall was screaming and crying in pain. It didn't help me at

all. I

> > was like a bad dream! I didn't know if I could drive home so I

went

> > to a bathroom and against my usual judgement plopped down right

on a

> > public toilette seat. I felt faint!

> >

> > I made it home although I have to go back to work (but I need to

> > settle down and get some boost in me). What a nightmare! I

can't

> > imagine getting the wires off which by the was is scheduled

April

> > 1st!!! Wouldn't you know it would be on April fools day!

Knowing my

> > luck the OS will say April fools 5 more weeks!

> >

> > The thing is childbirth was a breeze for me all 15 hours of it

even

> > the first 10 hours before the epidural. Well, to make matters

worse

> > I gave my OS my short list of questions and he poopooed them by

> > saying we'll talk about all this next time. The resident seemed

to

> > notice that he poo pooed them and picked up my list and answered

> > everyone after my OS left. Unfortunately, he answered them last

so I

> > was in that sickly state where I couldn't really hear or

comprehend

> > anything....the bones exposed! This is why my husband is the

doctor

> > and I am the elementary teacher. I can't take it.

> >

> > Jane