Yikes! The actual process wasn’t so bad (a very painful numbing shot, cauterizing, and cutting) but the aftermath is pretty horrendous. I’m at about a 7-8 on the pain scale and we can’t pick up my codeine for another hour, so this post is basically a distraction attempt.
Let’s back up. It’s my firm belief that one should look as pulled together as possible when going to the doctor. When Adam had to go to the hospital earlier this year I actually stopped on the way out the door to put on mascara in case it got us better care!
I drank a Brooklyn Winter Ale on the ride to calm my nerves.
Did it work? Hmmn, let’s look at this totally grown-up video Adam and I made in the parking lot – click here.
Leaving the office was a lot of hobbling and moaning on the other hand. When we drove to Walgreens with my prescription and the guy said we couldn’t pick it up for 1.5hours I thought Adam was going to cry! When we got home he tried to distract me with a homemade Bloody Mary.
Tomato juice, vodka, Siracha, olives/juice. It’s only ok but I will probably keep sipping until my codeine shows up!
Superhusband is currently making the Spanish Spaghetti we have planned for dinner, but I myself am leaning pretty heavily towards nachos. I’m not sure how with-it I’ll be this evening, but I am planning on a quick dinner post.
I was starting to cry when we got home but then I gave myself a reality check and snapped out of it. There are many countries where this amount of pain is a daily occurence for people and they aren’t waiting for codeine because it’s never coming. Not only am I fortunate enough to receive proper medical care in the first place, I have the option of modern pain relief. I should be so lucky to be in pain from a wart removal.
What reality checks have you gotten lately?
Eating Chalk 
I’m sorry you’re in pain for a short while, but good job taking it like a champ!! I hope the healing process is quick and relatively painless (after the codeine kicks in!!)
It is great to have the option! And interesting to try different drugs- haha…I had a boyfriend years ago who went through brain surgery without any pain medication afterward, which I thought was amazing, but I didn’t think I’d ever choose that route.Then I ended up having surgery a year and a half ago- a fairly painful and invasive *elective* surgery, and after trying one dose each of the 3 drugs they gave me- vicodin, percoset and valium- I took them all back to the pharmacy. I haaaaate the way those things make me feel, and just decided to deal with the pain because it was better than feeling so messed up, to me. Sleeping was the worst thing- I didn’t sleep much for a month and a half even with 20mg of melatonin, but Valium…it ain’t for me. I guess I actually had that a few times because they gave it to me the night after, and the withdrawal from just the few times was terrible.
Anyway, congrats on your successful surgery- the pain will be over soon!