Follow-up appointment day! Oh, thank god for small miracles! The Tylenol I took last night made me sick all night and toxic garbage in my system made me pee all night. Another van pulled in beside me right at dusk at the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Overlook. I love not being parked alone! Woke early as soo as daybreak and drove through the fog to Bangor 30 minutes away.
Got to the hospital early. Park & Ride guys seemed happy to see me and asked if I was run off. I said "Yes!" and one of them said, "Bastards." LOL! My appointment wasn't until 10am so I ate breakfast in the cafeteria, read my book, then headed up there just as they opened at 8am just in case they could get me in early. They did! The physicians assistant, Ethan, was adorable. I wish I could find a doctor in Arizona like him. Maddie cut off the bandages, ripped off the gauze, and tape exposing the horror! I didn't realize I was "glued" rather than stitched. All this time I thought I was getting stitches out.
Damn! It looks like I might have stepped into a meat grinder! Black and blue all over, blood and blood coagulation under the skin, the "seams" where he glued the skin together looks rough and uneven. The surgeon isn't very artistic!
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| Look at the hardware on the left -all those screws!!?? Seems a little overkill. |
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| Side view of the cyborg...I hope it gives me superpowers. |
They said it looks perfect, no infection, healing lovely. They still are unclear if I'm supposed to be putting weight on it so they suggested to avoid and weight only if needed or if tolerated. Ethan gave me a prescription for incredibly toxic nerve pain killing drugs for the burning sensation, knife jab pains, and bee sting pains as he said that is nerve pain. Had I known this drug had a whole list of nasty side effects including "suicide ideation" I might not have bothered. He suggested I get Dramamine for nausea - the generic that doesn't have microcrystalline cellulose. Both drugs cause fatigue so that doesn't seem like a good idea if I'll be driving. Since they removed the packed gauze and layers of bandages, it actually feels much better, but walking on it does feel a lot more sensitive. Julie came in and taught me how to pump up my cast! I had no idea it could do that! She also showed me how it should fit.
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