Surgery!

I didn't write a lot up to and immediately after my surgery that removed my pain pump.  I had a birthday in there; it was fabulous.  I've had the love and support of my family; it has been wondrous.  But I still don't have a lot to to say just yet because I'm having a lot of surgical pain from the incisions and the staples really hurt.

The bandages were bothering me so I just took them off and have been going bare back with only the bacitracin from the hospital.  I can shower, I just can't soak (i.e. not baths or hot tubs).  Since it really hurts me to sit up and type like this, you just get the details and some pics.  The surgeon talked to my mom while I was in recovery and said he had been able to remove everything, including all the catheter (hooray!).  When I woke up in recovery all I remember was being in worst possible pain level like of pain.  Like were they still cutting me open right there?

So I mostly take drugs and sleep.  Below are pictures of my incisions.  Enjoy!

The above picture is of my side incision where the pump was removed.  I have no idea what the purple-blue lines are for that they drew on there, but all those little staples really freaking hurt. And there is this weird indentation that you can start to see where it shows the pump's void.

This incision feels much angrier than the front.  It also feels a lot more bruised.  I think by now I've finally been able to wash all the gunk off that was around it.  But it still is not as "nice" looking as the front.  But then again, it's harder to see in the mirror.