Tagged: post-op

A meme with white text on a black background reading: Doctor: 'Are you feeling any pain?' Me: 'Only the normal amount.' Doctor: 'The normal amount is zero.' Me: — followed by a wide-eyed penguin from Madagascar staring in baffled silence.

Day 5Early Recovery

Easy

Day 5. Time for a check-in. But first, a reminder of why this journal exists at all. Yes, it's an outlet for me to process everything I'm going through. But…

Pain 2/10 NWB early-recovery · post-op · pain-management

A red, white, and blue flyer for the Palisades 60th Anniversary 4th of July Parade, with fireworks, an American flag, and silhouettes of families holding hands and waving flags. Text reads 'Celebrating America. Honoring Our Community. 250 Years.'

Day 4Early Recovery

Saturday in the Park

It's the Fourth of July, which in my corner of DC means one thing: the Palisades parade, my favorite DC event of the year. For one glorious hour, anyone who…

Pain 3/10 NWB early-recovery · post-op · mental-health

A Finding Nemo meme: Dory, the wide-eyed blue tang fish, grins against a blue underwater background. Bold white text reads 'SLEEP. SLEEP.' across the top and 'MUST GET SLEEP.' across the bottom.

Day 3Early Recovery

Mr. Sandman

Check-in time: we're right about at the 72-hour mark, and honestly? What a chill three days it's been. Mostly. For starters, the extended-release OxyContin has…

Pain 3/10 NWB early-recovery · post-op · medications

The Most Interesting Man in the World meme: a distinguished bearded man in a suit sits at a table. Top text reads 'I don't always roll a joint,' bottom text reads 'but when I do, it's my ankle.'

Day 2Early Recovery

Feeling Good

Just a quick check-in. I'm closing in on 48 hours post-op and I have virtually no pain. I honestly can't tell whether I'm happy or really nervous, wondering if…

Pain 3/10 NWB early-recovery · post-op · peptides

A lolcat meme: a small grey-and-white kitten sits with its right front leg wrapped in a white bandage. White text reads 'My plan to dominate the world has been put on hold for *now*.'

Day 1Early Recovery

I Wanna Be Sedated

Post-op update time. First, the bad news: I did not get the continuous no-no-nerve juice machine I'd campaigned so hard for. Boooo. Instead they sent me home…

Pain 4/10 NWB early-recovery · post-op · medications