Surgery- check in Life in General

So yesterday I had my surgery, finally.

Honestly the only part I was scared about was the anesthesia. I’m a bit of a control freak which is why I don’t like being drunk/high…none of that. I don’t like the idea of not being in control of my body. I used to have bad sleep paralysis (not sure why it stopped but thank god it did) and it was the worst experiences of my life, just laying there not being able to move.

Well I guess the amnesia really did kick in for me because I remember everything about rolling into the OR and talking to the techs and nurses in there, but as soon as they put the oxygen mask on me I asked if they were gonna tell me when they were gonna put me to sleep. They said “oh we’ll do a countdown”. I think they could tell I was nervous.

And that’s the last thing I remember haha. I don’t know if they lied about that or they did the countdown and I just forgot everything. I have very very foggy memories of waking up in recovery but apparently I was in there for 90 minutes and I only remember the very end of it. I kind of remember bragging about my tiktok success and then hearing them play my tiktok song and saying “YEAH THAT’S ME”.

ugh I’m so embarrassed lol. I rarely ever talk about my tiktok stuff in person because it feels so braggy and cringe. But I guess, get me under the influence of drugs and I’ll start yapping away haha.

Anyway I told Jessica it was okay to go home during the surgery because it was probably gonna be 2 1/2 hours total and we only lived 15 minutes from the hospital. It’s a super low risk surgery so I didn’t think she needed to be there the entire time. Apparently in the post op recovery room I was whining about pain really badly but it makes sense because around the time I was getting in the car to go home I remember barely being able to breathe it hurt so bad. I always remember feeling like I was on the verge of vomiting the entire ride. Not sure if it was the pain or side effects of the medicine.

I’m gonna brag about my wife real quick because she’s basically full term pregnant and yet she did so well taking care of me. Getting me home she got me in bed and did everything to take care of me. I really appreciated that. She’s still doing a lot today and any time I’ve needed something she just hops to it. Really nice to see her nurturing skills kick in because sometimes I worry that having a baby is gonna be too much for her sometimes but clearly she steps up when she’s needed.

Also her mom came down too to help. Her mom is here for me but also to help pack up Jessica’s office. Jessica’s office is basically a hoarder room at this point lol. Can’t even walk in there. So she’s gonna help Jessica purge a bunch of unnecessary crap because she and I have to share a space in our new home, so she won’t be able to have the same amount of stuff.

So yeah day 2 of recovery is going okay. I feel good if I lay in bed but if I get up and then lay back down the pain is pretty intense for a few minutes. But her mom is a physical therapist so she’s not letting me be lazy lol. She’s making me walk around occasionaly not just for the blood clots but also because it helps get rid of the gas, which apparently is where a lot of my pain is coming from. That makes sense because I’m having a lot of pain breathing in deeply and in my shoulder.

Speaking of Jessica, I decided I’m gonna paint her car myself. The bumper doesn’t need any body work so just a new coat of paint is all that’s needed. 10 years ago I never would have attempted this but doing some research, DIY car painting has come a long way and as long as you’re okay with small imperfections (since it’s not done in a paint booth with filtered air) doing it yourself is totally viable. I bought all the supplies which should be here in a couple weeks and it was only about $250 (1/4 what the body shop quoted) and honestly I overspent a bit. I only needed one can of the color matched paint and clearcoat but I doubled up just in case I needed to repeat anything. Also a lot of the stuff I bought is stuff I needed anyway (new buffing pads for my orbital polisher, new tack clothes… etc). So realistically with only the proprietary stuff for Jessica’s car, it’s like $190.

If I can make it look 80% as good as the body shop, I’m gonna call it a win.

Anyway I’m gonna get up and walk around a bit