it's me again, margaret
So the last time I really posted, I talked about having issues with my latest surgery and about how my doctor's partner treated me. I was totally right. I saw my doctor Monday morning and she took out her suture kit and stitched up the two places of my incision that had come open. One spot seems to be healing okay. It's a little swollen and it hurts but it's healing. The spot on my groin is coming open again and I think it's just because my doctor had a really hard time with it in the first place. I see her again this coming Monday to have the stitches removed and, amazingly enough, I'm not totally worried that this spot is open. I know she will care for it and will make sure it heals and I trust her. I have faith in her even if I don't have faith in me.
She looked at my belly button too. I've had issues with it since the emergency gallbladder surgery in August. My doctor thinks that my body has formed a fistula (still not entirely sure what THAT is but it doesn't surprise me) and that my body is trying to rid itself of a permanent stitch that was inserted. She's going to keep an eye on it and fix it when it finishes doing whatever it's doing. Seriously. One day the belly button is healed shut and the next day it has opened itself up again and I have a little hole in my body where my belly button used to be. Of course I would be the 1 in 153,496 people who would experience "belly button death". I think we should give it a more medical-sounding term because saying "my belly button died" makes people laugh until they realize that I'm dead serious.
In other news, I'm looking forward to having three whole days off this week. I'm pretty busy tomorrow just running around but Friday I'm going with a new friend to San Francisco for the Christmas tree lighting at the Hyatt. She and I are going to make a day of it and I'm pretty stoked. I need to get away from here. Saturday I'm going BACK to San Francisco to meet up with an old friend from high school who is flying down from Oregon for the weekend to meet up with her girlfriend and another couple. My friend (Heather) has asked if I'll be okay hanging out with a bunch of lesbians and I said I couldn't be happier! I'm just looking forward to getting out and having a bit of fun. I'm hoping to drive down to the city early enough to go to Lush and splurge on some stuff for me. I haven't been to Lush in over 6 months and I want a new face mask. And maybe a new bubble bar. I want to splurge on me! I feel it's the least I can do.
She looked at my belly button too. I've had issues with it since the emergency gallbladder surgery in August. My doctor thinks that my body has formed a fistula (still not entirely sure what THAT is but it doesn't surprise me) and that my body is trying to rid itself of a permanent stitch that was inserted. She's going to keep an eye on it and fix it when it finishes doing whatever it's doing. Seriously. One day the belly button is healed shut and the next day it has opened itself up again and I have a little hole in my body where my belly button used to be. Of course I would be the 1 in 153,496 people who would experience "belly button death". I think we should give it a more medical-sounding term because saying "my belly button died" makes people laugh until they realize that I'm dead serious.
In other news, I'm looking forward to having three whole days off this week. I'm pretty busy tomorrow just running around but Friday I'm going with a new friend to San Francisco for the Christmas tree lighting at the Hyatt. She and I are going to make a day of it and I'm pretty stoked. I need to get away from here. Saturday I'm going BACK to San Francisco to meet up with an old friend from high school who is flying down from Oregon for the weekend to meet up with her girlfriend and another couple. My friend (Heather) has asked if I'll be okay hanging out with a bunch of lesbians and I said I couldn't be happier! I'm just looking forward to getting out and having a bit of fun. I'm hoping to drive down to the city early enough to go to Lush and splurge on some stuff for me. I haven't been to Lush in over 6 months and I want a new face mask. And maybe a new bubble bar. I want to splurge on me! I feel it's the least I can do.