Well, walking through life in a drugged haze is much more noticeable in school than when killing a weekend at home. Apparently, it has lowered my class participation barriers, and my presentation sans powerpoint didn’t seem to go too badly. I ‘um’ed alot, and may have lacked overall structure, but I knew the article backwards and forwards. The instructor’s feedback was nothing more than “good”. *shrug*
And now a little note about bowel movements. Surgery doesn’t hurt. You’re thoroughly anesthetized. No one should freak out over surgery. Recovery from surgery on the other hand can blow quite a bit. The weekend had little pain, with some mobility restrictions. Then came my first dump. Certainly the second most painful thing I’ve done to myself. With lingerings. The most painful was peeing after I gave myself an overly enthusiastic urethral swab. That was phenomenally painful. Vision blacking out, knees buckling type pain, didn’t linger long. This pain, alas, takes longer to dissipate, and requires some active participation to accomplish.
Curse my inability to focus exacerbated by these meds. I may need to request special academic dispensations after all, and that would rather piss me off.
Might I suggest metamucil, to at least soften the stool? Oh and remember aloe and something light, unscented and no alcohol near your redness. Toilet paper is evil.
Yeah, I got off-brand fiber product before the surgery and have been consuming it daily since. It helps. Upping my water intake (I’m trying, but, well, I’m trying) is a necessary adjunct to that plan.
So, how long was the surgery?
Since you had actual surgery and not just a dry-ice gun shoved up your butt, would it be prying too much to ask just how far along your ‘symptoms’ were – that it required you to be knocked out?
I think it was about 45 minutes between the time they knocked me out and the time I regained awareness. I don’t have an exact count of the number of warts or their precise location, but there were a couple on the anal verge and a “small patch” a little further in, according to the proctologist, presumably with a couple more linking the two.
It’s always hard to estimate the time since exposure for warts because they can take a very long time to express. But the last time I had unprotected anal sex was over a year and a half ago. So, any time between then and the first time I had unprotected anal sex (almost exactly 10 years ago). Fortunately, the total number of such incidents has been small (somewhere between 3 and 10, probably closer to 3)
Glad you’re okay.
congratulations. Now you have a glimpse of what it feels like to go to the bathroom after having given birth.
*hugs*
Glad things are going okay, though.
Well, walking through life in a drugged haze is much more noticeable in school than when killing a weekend at home. Apparently, it has lowered my class participation barriers, and my presentation sans powerpoint didn’t seem to go too badly.
i’ve noticed similar patterns in myself. i wonder what it says about us .. (lack of consciousness increasing participation)