surgery

Today I was supposed to go in for additional surgery. The idea was to close up the hole in the back of my neck with what amounted to a vacuum cleaner. As much as I love gadgets and technology I became more and more reluctant to undergo anesthesia again. As much as I enjoy hospital food I really didn’t want two more days of eating it. Even though I live for the care of nurses and their wholly unflattering scrubs I just didn’t really want to go back in the hospital just yet.

Maybe I shouldn’t write this under the influence of narcotics, but there still is a lot of pain! Between the shoulder blades and in the upper muscle of the left arm. It is all but barely tolerable. The medication still seems to be working and last night was the first night that I actually slept for a complete 5 hour stretch without awakening or tossing and turning. That is an improvement.