Wednesday, July 2, 2014

battle wounds

list of things i've come to dislike about surgery:
  • the IV.  especially in the hand.  especially when i have to be poked more than once.
  • having to take off my glasses before walking to the OR.. because i can't really see anything, including the people working on me.
  • how incredibly chilly the OR is.  i mean, i understand why, but it's freezing!  and all i get is this little gown and a robe i can't even keep on!
  • being strapped down to the OR table.  yes, i get it, but it always feels a bit odd.
  • feeling like i have no control over when i go under.  every time i've had anesthesia, i have this weird thought in my head that it won't work, and then... nothing.
  • waking up later, as if from sleep, and realizing there's a chunk of my life that's missing.  and the fact that things were being done to my body, and what those things were, i have no idea.  probably for the best.
  • recovery.  "taking it easy" is not an easy thing to do.

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