OK, the surgical drugs have all worn off - all the sedatives and anesthesia and all that, and now the pain has begun to be felt from the incision. It hurts quite a lot, but not bad enough to take the pain meds that I was prescribed. I took some yesterday as a hedge for when the drugs would wear off, but by the time they finally did, I was already asleep. As it was, I spent the greater part of yesterday sleeping off all of the surgical meds. After feeling so tense all week in anticipation of this surgery, it felt rather nice just to be able to relax and get some rest. This morning I still felt slighty light headed, but that wore off as soon as I got some substantial food into my stomach. I didn't eat much for most of yesterday because I felt woozy and light headed and sleepy and all I wanted to do was to crash out and sleep off all the medication in my system. I took today off of work to get some more rest and to get my feet back underneath me again. I feel pretty good aside from my finger aching like it does but that ought to feel better once the Tylenol kicks in. Now the main source of concern for me is how much this is going to cost me, because I very much get the feeling that my insurance is not going to cover this and that I will be slapped with an enormous medical bill that I cannot pay all of right away. Just add that on to my other medical debts that keep mounting...after all, I am becoming like so many Americans who now find that just because they have health insurance does not guarantee that they won't be shouldering huge medical bills. Medical insurance companies, more and more, are becoming loath to pay claims and are foisting more and more of the cost of health care on to the patients, most of whom cannot afford to pay for it. But then, this has been my ongoing rant and I could go on and on about it, so I'll spare you readers any more of that. So suffice it to say that I am feeling fine, post-surgery, and hoping that this whole thing will be overwith soon enough so that I can get my life back to a two-handed normal existence!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Ow, ow, OW!
OK, the surgical drugs have all worn off - all the sedatives and anesthesia and all that, and now the pain has begun to be felt from the incision. It hurts quite a lot, but not bad enough to take the pain meds that I was prescribed. I took some yesterday as a hedge for when the drugs would wear off, but by the time they finally did, I was already asleep. As it was, I spent the greater part of yesterday sleeping off all of the surgical meds. After feeling so tense all week in anticipation of this surgery, it felt rather nice just to be able to relax and get some rest. This morning I still felt slighty light headed, but that wore off as soon as I got some substantial food into my stomach. I didn't eat much for most of yesterday because I felt woozy and light headed and sleepy and all I wanted to do was to crash out and sleep off all the medication in my system. I took today off of work to get some more rest and to get my feet back underneath me again. I feel pretty good aside from my finger aching like it does but that ought to feel better once the Tylenol kicks in. Now the main source of concern for me is how much this is going to cost me, because I very much get the feeling that my insurance is not going to cover this and that I will be slapped with an enormous medical bill that I cannot pay all of right away. Just add that on to my other medical debts that keep mounting...after all, I am becoming like so many Americans who now find that just because they have health insurance does not guarantee that they won't be shouldering huge medical bills. Medical insurance companies, more and more, are becoming loath to pay claims and are foisting more and more of the cost of health care on to the patients, most of whom cannot afford to pay for it. But then, this has been my ongoing rant and I could go on and on about it, so I'll spare you readers any more of that. So suffice it to say that I am feeling fine, post-surgery, and hoping that this whole thing will be overwith soon enough so that I can get my life back to a two-handed normal existence!
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