Today was the day.
I’d not taken any anti-inflammatories or herbal supplements for 14 days. Why the ban on Advil and vitamins? They make you more prone to bleeding, apparently. This wasn’t too much of a hardship. Tylenol was still allowed and I just had a few glasses of orange juice here and there instead of Emergen-C.
I followed doctor’s orders and didn’t eat or drink anything after midnight last night. I was concerned that I might be ravenous this morning, or at least thirsty, but it wasn’t so bad. Nikki was kind and ate breakfast downstairs while I was up in the office.
I was scheduled to arrive at 8am to do some last minute paperwork, so we left the house at 7am. We like being early. Unfortunately, traffic on GA400 conspired against us. A injury wreck at Exit 6, another on the median at Exit 5. Still another on a possible back-road alternative. In the end, some re-navigation got us to the office at 8:30am. But still, and this is a testament to the readiness of the staff, they had all of my paperwork ready and I was prepped and good to go by 9am.
Details? We’ll get to that tomorrow.
I’m going to cut this short. Some twelve hours after coming out of surgery, I’m feeling rather okay. My throat is a bit sore from the intubation. My nose is a bit sore because … well … that’s the whole reason why I was there in the first place. The rest of my face is not so bad either.
Typing for too long, however, is making me feel slightly ill. So … I’ll post more tomorrow.
