tl;dr: i did not expect to suffer so much but i am, so i am questioning a lot of stuff
my right hallux valgus is surgically corrected and gosh does it hurt like a mdfk. i thought that my pain tolerance was pretty high considering the amount of surgeries i’ve underwent. when the doctor said that it would be a “small” surgery, it set me up with a low expectation of what would ensue…
sure, the surgery was less than an hour —— therefore “small” —— but i should’ve known better when the anaesthesiologist told me that they were going to do a full AND a local narcosis. i asked: “wait, why couldn’t we just do the local one then?” to which she replied that the local anaesthesia has to be injected into my bones so it would hurt a lot (probably like more than a few mdfks) and it’s better to put me to sleep first. makes sense actually.
before the surgery, they tried to yank my piercing off and they were visibly upset that i did not remove it myself already. then they realised that they could not extract it without causing me pain, so they made me unconscious first (i should’ve been really scared but i found it amusing). i am happy to report that my ear is still intact and no one still fucking knows how my piercer put in the ring.
as i woke up groggily, people in masks were telling a drowsy me that the operation went well and that someone would attend to me soon. and i was feeling pain but tried to tough it out because i thought “no way this is hurting so much since it was such a small surgery”. until i succumbed to the pain and yelled for some painkillers. a nurse promptly gave me some… which did not help. so i yelled again at some point and the anaesthesiologist came to administer something stronger. which helped a little but i was still complaining like a bloody weakling so i got a third shot that made me really nauseous but i was feeling less so that was good.
oh by the way i stay on the third floor with no lift. ha. ha. so i officially hate stairs now (yes i believe i used to like them a bit more than the average person). it took me almost five minutes. i had to go to the hospital again today at an ungodly hour of 7:50am for a bandage change where blood was still dripping but bumped into the patients who did the same surgery as me with the same surgeon yesterday; they were before and after me respectively. our little support group.
i wanted to also fix my left foot after this but i am seriously reconsidering… would it be worth the pain?
update: i just showered, or rather, tried to shower for the first time since the surgery and it even topped the time i broke my arm and tore my right knee ACL as the most awkward shower ever. at least i’m clean now.
i don't like kwy 