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[sprinklethief]

my staples are itching and driving me crazy. they come out on the 11th. i wonder if they have some sort of giant version of a desktop staple puller. i hope so because that would be hilarious.

the cut in the front ended up being about 6-7 inches across and the back 7-8 inches vertical. the back has the staples - makes me look like a serious badass ;).

i'm getting pains that feel like "growing pains" when you're a kid. i'm assuming that's the bone growing.

i'm able to walk a few feet without my walker now, so that's a plus.

it's weird, my spine itself doesn't really hurt too bad. i mean, other than the giant slice down my back (makes me look like i have a really long butt crack, lol). no sciatica. for the first time in YEARS. but the incision in the front - jesus it hurts. any time i cough, talk loud, laugh, sneeze. it hurts worse than the things they fixed!

that's about it. just working on rebuilding.

Comments

[daliah.livejournal.com]

do you have an abdominal binder to wear to offer support when you cough/sneeze/laugh? they can really help with the *guts are going to spill out* feeling. also, if you dont have that, you can try to hold a pillow or folded blanket firmly against the incision when you do those things...

[joybeans.livejournal.com]

When they took my staples out, they used a tool that just kind of looked like pliers. It's relatively painless, the removal I mean. It irritated the skin a bit and left me a little sore afterwards. Otherwise, not too bad. They'll probably put some paper tape stitches over the incision once they remove the staples, never, ever, EVAR pull them off. *has flashbacks*

[joybeans.livejournal.com]

I agree with the holding the pillow/blanket against the incision. That helps A LOT. Feels like there's something there to hold all your junk in.