Post-surgery update · 9:58pm May 14th, 2022
Apologies for not checking in earlier as I promised. To make a long story short, the surgery happened on time and went off without a hitch; I was sent home a few hours later with a stack of gauze and medical tape to catch the seemingly endless drainage. It also hurt, but it turned out I didn’t need more than a couple pills of hydrocodone when all was said and done.
A day later, the pain isn’t bad, but my nose is completely stopped up and still I’m bleeding lightly out of my nostrils. It’s also very hard to sleep when you’re not a mouth-breather. It basically feels like the worst cold I’ve ever had, except I’m not allowed to blow my nose to clear it. Reason being that it could aggravate the damage if you tried.
But enough of that. It’s noticeably better today, and I assume will keep getting better as I go. As such, I’m going to try resuming writing tomorrow on Harmonic Resonance. I’ll ambitiously aim for a next-weekend release there, followed by the intent of getting a new Firefly chapter out by Memorial Day here in the USA (May 30th). And even all that aside, I need to plan a vacation for June. I haven’t been out to Vegas to play poker since 2019. In fact, I haven’t played poker period since that year.
But all in good time. I’m going to take a walk, then make some comfort food in the form of a Mexican meal. The least I can say about this round of surgery is that my appetite wasn’t affected and I can eat normally. That has definitely not been the case for previous surgeries.
Whoa, that sounds really rough. I'm glad that you're progressing in your recovery but please don't overextend yourself. Health is always important.
Best of luck with the story, Sensei!
Get better soon, don't push yourself to hard and reeeeelax
Glad to hear you're okay.