Peer review
I got an email today from the profs. They said the manuscript looked great and that I could go ahead and send it off to the journal for review. I wasn't expecting that. I was expecting them to do it. I felt a little... well very nervous. But, thankfully I was able to call Anna and get her feedback on the cover letter. And in the end, it was really nice to be able to do it myself. I felt as though it was really my manuscript. I am a little nervous about the review process, but just a little. I want it to go well, but I think it was just so difficult finishing the paper and getting it out. Hopefully I'm not being overconfident. I guess it would suck to have it completely trashed in peer review. I would be fairly disappointed.
I have my fingers crossed that it makes it in. I really want it to get into the first issue, which was the goal. I want to celebrate, but maybe I should wait til reviews are done... probably a better bet.
I guess in other news, I got my second injection last week. My first one went perfectly, until I walked on it and bruised it. The second one, not so perfectly. He missed the injection spot, and ground the needle on the bone and the joint more than once. He hit the spot where I had my microfracture procedure a couple of times and I felt it. It hurt just a bit. The pain was not what got me. It was just psychologically... I tried taking deep breaths, and repeating the mantra "you're okay, you're okay," but he ground it a 3rd time, and suddenly I wasn't okay and I blacked out. My vision closed in. Thankfully I hadn't eaten, so there was no vomiting. I had to lie down. All this was a good thing, though, because he pulled the needle out and started over, and then it only took about 20 seconds. And I didn't bruise the joint this time, so it only really hurt a couple of days instead of 5. I get my 3rd injection on July 5th. I also took the 6th off. I'm glad about this. I'm just going to veg.
I need to get more active again. I hope after these injections I can. It will be nice to move around, and maybe even to see people again. I've been so antisocial lately.
I have my fingers crossed that it makes it in. I really want it to get into the first issue, which was the goal. I want to celebrate, but maybe I should wait til reviews are done... probably a better bet.
I guess in other news, I got my second injection last week. My first one went perfectly, until I walked on it and bruised it. The second one, not so perfectly. He missed the injection spot, and ground the needle on the bone and the joint more than once. He hit the spot where I had my microfracture procedure a couple of times and I felt it. It hurt just a bit. The pain was not what got me. It was just psychologically... I tried taking deep breaths, and repeating the mantra "you're okay, you're okay," but he ground it a 3rd time, and suddenly I wasn't okay and I blacked out. My vision closed in. Thankfully I hadn't eaten, so there was no vomiting. I had to lie down. All this was a good thing, though, because he pulled the needle out and started over, and then it only took about 20 seconds. And I didn't bruise the joint this time, so it only really hurt a couple of days instead of 5. I get my 3rd injection on July 5th. I also took the 6th off. I'm glad about this. I'm just going to veg.
I need to get more active again. I hope after these injections I can. It will be nice to move around, and maybe even to see people again. I've been so antisocial lately.