Just got home from surgery. In case, you don't know why I have to go through another round of surgery, here's why. My previous surgery caused one of my nerves to get damaged. This surgery is meant to numb that damaged nerve. Anyway, my back aches terribly since the surgery ended. Let me recount the whole experience to you.
Before the surgery, I was really excited. I thought immediately after the surgery, there would no longer be pain. Never did I expect the opposite.
Anyway, after I was wheeled to the Operating Theater on those mobile hospital beds, I had to shift myself to a bed next to the one I was on. This is so the surgery can commence. However, I had to change my position. On the former bed, I was lying on my back. On the latter, I had to lie on my front. And because I was dressed in the hospital robe, the process of moving to the next bed and changing position became really awkward. I was afraid of exposing myself (which I did! Laughs!) in front of the female nurses. Oh man! I was really embarrassed.
Let's move on.. Haha. Following that, 3 pillows were placed under my chin, chest and hip area to help me feel comfortable. But with a pillow under your chin for an hour and a half, it didn't really help very much. On the contrary, it made my neck really aching.
Soon, 2 tiny bottles of liquid painkiller were dripped into this mechanism (that is commonly used to link the drip) on my hand. It made me drowsy but I had to be kept awake as the doctor needs to know my responses for every injection that he made. I had trouble keeping awake but the pain from the injection kept me awake. I was injected at least 9 times, from the neck all the way to my upper back. Thank God only 2 were killer jabs. The first and the last. Those 2 were really excruciating but thank God I managed to endure the pain. That 2 jabs felt like my flesh was being tore open by a saw. It felt really awful. But I didn't scream.. Tough eh! Haha.. Just kidding. But!! That was not the end of my agony. For every jab, the doctor pressed really hard on it (and yes! even on the 2 excruciating jabs). Can you imagine!?!?! After a jab, then finger pressure on the wound. Ultimate Torture I tell you!
Still, that was not the worse. The worse was that ultimate torture on my neck. Already my neck was aching like crazy from the pillow under my chin, then come 4 jabs on my neck with the power finger pressure on them. I seriously thought that my neck was gonna break anytime.
Finally after a long while, the surgery ended. The nurses then cleansed my back and neck with some iodine lookalike solution. It was really cold. Next, they then sprayed a super freezing chemical on my back that made me shiver for the next 20 minutes!!IT WAS TORTURE AFTER TORTURE I TELL YOU!!! Thereafter, I was shifted back to my former bed, on my initial lying position and wheeled to a ward for rest. I was then given 2 blankets and a machine which produces warm air to warm me up because I was still shivering! My neck and back were also super aching and painful by then.
Oh ya, one more thing that I forgot to mention. At the start of the surgery, a cooling pad was taped round the hairiest part of my leg. Then at the end of the surgery, it was removed. Hard. Ouchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you know!!!!!!!!!!!!! But thank God, the nurses forewarned me first and they tore the tape as quick as they could to mininise my pain.
Then when I thought this should be final, the doctor presented me with yet another piece of horror news. He said that I'm gonna experience more pain for the next 3-5 days. After that, the pain should reduce to a level more tolerable. But he can't promise any cure.
All in all, I experienced so many kinds of pain today and this week. 5 different types of physically pain plus a special freezing torture, mental pain and emotional pain.
But I'm gonna trust God to heal me in all these pain completely!!!
Oh I would also like to take this time to thank Dr. Nicholas for being an understanding, caring and friendly doctor. Additionally, I want to thank all the other surgeons and nurses for their care and concern for my welfare, their hospitality to make me feel as comfortable as possible, their smiles, politeness and patience in tending to me.
Oh before I end, pray for me for a complete recovery for those who read this post. Thanks a lot!