flu and op

Last week has been intense. I was unfortunately down with the flu and learnt that it was incredibly tough to live through the ordeal. Keeping up a dilation schedule when you are weak from the flu is almost impossible, not to mention sneezing and coughing being extremely painful for the wounds. I would literally be doubling over in pain every time I sneeze or cough!

So with hindsight I should have got myself a flu jab beforehand...and perhaps more vitamins and stuff to boost my immune system.

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Recovery and crabpeople

 

Granulation is apparently common in SRS. Essentially, you get a lump of tissue growing out of a wound, because the wound won't close properly. My take on this is that dilation causes it -- frequently rubbing on a wound prevents epithelial tissues from forming.

 

My later part of month 3 and the whole of month 4 has been brutal...I got granulation tissue the size of marble a little inside the opening, which sting and bleed all the time. It is so bad that I can't walk with my legs closed, and was forced to adopt a crab people style of moving around. No going outside for a while...

 

Doctor's words are that it will go away in time...I certainly hope so, though it'll be pretty amazing for a huge lump of meat to disappear like that. Looks like I'm in a lockdown with granulation and dilation!!!

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when i'm well again...

Here is a list of things I'm going to do after my recovery:

1.  Go to Japan for a hot spring spa
2. Swim on some island with a clean beach
3. A huge seafood buffet

To be updated.

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Pilot

Okay this is the pilot episode. 113 days ago I went under the knife, with only a vague idea of what's coming for me. I knew recovery was supposed to be tough and painful, that it takes a year and involves a roulette of complications. So I say...yeah let's do it...

And now here I am, in bed and quite uncomfortable. Alright that's downplaying it, things are still very sore and I'm plagued by numerous granulation tissues that stings like crazy. I secretly congratulate myself for having enough stash to last the year, because I know I am in no shape to go out, less even to work. I mean, it's even a great effort to walk to the toilet and back to bed...and I'm not exactly keen on anyone seeing me walk like crabpeople.

Dilation this morning was a bitch. Again my iron will made me get to 6"...the devil whispers temptations to give up all the way, and that was so alluring when the pain was killing me. God help me hold on!

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