I Wonder If The Stars Regret Me?

I went back to the hospital today to have my wrist checked up on. The wound is healing fine, but my wrist is verrrry stiff still. So, I have to go for some physiotherapy next Monday, and go back to the hospital in a months time for another check up. I had to have a stitch come out today! Apparently, my wound is healing so well that this stitch was forced to 'pop up'. And it had to be taken out. It was... interesting. The nurse tried to get it out with some tiny scissors, but that didn't work. So she had to get some large (and I mean really large) tweezers and get it out that way. It... hurt! It was not helped by my mum, who was watching, mouthing to me 'There's blood! There's BLOOD!!!!!' I was just trying not to look. But, it's all out now, and the rest of them can go back to dissolving. LOL. Is it strange that as I having it done, I was thinking, 'Wow! This can be used in a fic sometime! Bruce would have to have stitches out...' LOL

I started making the Halloween jewelery this week! It's slow going, as I'm not used to the restrictions that my wrist now has, but I've at least got some done. And I've got another... 2 and half weeks? to get the rest done. Should have plenty of time. :)

Other than that, things are quiet here. But I wish the roadworks that have been outside the house for the past... well, it's got to be 6 weeks, would go away soon. They seem to have just been abandoned... but they left the traffic lights. Which have malfunctioned at least 2 times in those 6 weeks. *sigh*

Hello everyone! I'm back! It all went fine. :) I got there at 7am, and then had wait until 11 to get ready, going down to theatre at about 11:15. Whhyyyyy did you make me wait for so long? I sat in a chair for about 3 hours, very bored. *sighs* Anyway, I went down the the... uh... room they give you the anesthetic in, and the nurses were there, talking to me about my jewelery and stuff. They put a... thing that they give you injections into that's connected to a vein in your hand thing in. You know what I mean? Anyway, they put one of those in, and I just felt very sleepy and... heavy, lol. The next thing I knew I was waking up! Wheee, it was all over, and not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Anyway, I was down in recovery for some time cause for some reason the ward nurses weren't coming down to take me back up. On my nice bed with wheels on. I've never been in a lift in bed before, lol. Anyway. I went back to my room and was just generally sleepy. The consultant doctor person came to see me, and made sure I could move my fingers all okay and everything. I had a big foam kinda sling thing on that was elevating my arm, my brother said I had a Transformer arm, lol. Anyway, I was finally given food at about 3, and I had hot chocolate too. Nothing like chocolate to make you feel better! :) Anyway, after a little while I was able to come home! I've got a big bandage on, but it's left my fingers more exposed than I was expecting. I'm still a bit weird from the drugs, and they've given me painkillers and stuff. I think the recovery nurse said that they had given me a local anesthetic at my wrist, so I can't really feel it. Apart from my fingers being a bit numb. I've also been given some exercises to do - wriggling my fingers, LOL!

But, I'm okay! Loopy from the drugs, so this probably doesn't make any sense, but hey! :D

So, the operation is tomorrow. I'm... um... nervous! But I'm better than I thought I would be! Of course, I'll probably be a nervous wreck in the morning, lol. I have to be at the hospital at 7am, so I need to leave the house at 6:15, so I need to wake up at 5:30! Gah... Far too early!

Anyway, I don't know when the actual operation will be, all I know is that it's most likely going to be in the morning. It had better since they need me to be there so early! I should be able to come home in the afternoon/evening, unless there are complications or whatever, and they want to keep me in overnight. I'm probably going to have at least 2 hours of waiting for things to start happening, which is actually what's making me more nervous at this point than the actual operation... I want to get it over wiiith!! *sigh*

I will try and post here tomorrow, even if it's just literally "I'm okay". LOL. I will certainly post on Friday! I will be all slow since I will have only one hand to use! But I'll try and keep up with flist.

Anyway, I'm going to be kinda quiet for the next 2 weeks, but I'll be posting fic! :) *hugs everyone*

I'm off to watch Heroes now! :)

I finally got to see a consultant today. It seems that my Ganglion is worse than everyone previously thought. It's apparently bigger than average, and it's somehow attached itself to one of my wrist bones because it's an alien life form invading my body! it's a evil thing. So, I'm definitely going to have an operation to remove it. It's tentatively been scheduled for the 2nd August. I'm going to have the cyst completely removed, and for that to happen they're going to cut away a sliver of the bone it's attached to. That means I need to be under general anesthetic, rather than local anesthetic as was previously thought. And I'm already very nervous about it, since the last time I was under general anesthetic, and the last time I was operated on, was when I was two. So... I'm going to have a bandage type thing that I need to keep on for 10-12 days, and then have physiotherapy afterwords, so I'm going to be out of action for a little while. It remains to be seen how well I'll be able to type and such with this bandage thing. So... that's what's happening. Expect an incredibly nervous post the day before it all happens.

My wrist is starting to feel better! I think it's almost recovered from being poked by the Doctor now. As long as I have a bandage on, then I can type fine! Well, apart from some finger restriction, lol.

I sold two bracelets today! I'm really happy about that. One of them was from the wedding range, so it's a relief to have something from there sell.

My brother is going to Glastonbury Festival tomorrow. I hope it doesn't rain like it did two years ago!

Oh, can any one tell me what breed of dog Ace is? I think he's a German Shepherd, but I'm not completely sure...

Well, I went to the doctors today, and it went fine. Thank you to everybody who wished me well! :) The doctor confirmed that it is a Ganglion Cyst, which is good to know for certain. I've been referred to a consultant or someone, I'm not sure who, lol, but it'll be about 3-4 months before I get to see them. At that point, if it hasn't gone by then, I will have 3 choices. I can either just wait for about a year, and it will hopefully go away, or I can have treatment for it. The two treatments are having a needle stuck in the cyst and draining it, with a 50% chance that it will come back, or have surgery on it, and have it completely removed with only a 10% chance that it will come back. But, for the time being, I'll just have to wait and see what it does. I'm hoping to avoid having anything done, but if it gets bigger, or starts hurting more or the numbness gets worse then I probably will have treatment for it because I'll be fed up of it, LOL.

The doctor said that the pain and numbness was most likely only going to continue for a little while, however, as my body gets used to having this bump there. :) So, I may be a little quieter, but generally if I have a support bandage on then I can type okay. There may be days when I'm not around so much as it's hurting, so if I'm absent, then you know why!

As you may remember, I posted nearly a month ago about a Ganglion Cyst on my wrist. Well, it's still there, and it's hurting more. It also seems to be pressing on a nerve, making one of my fingers go numb at times. I'm going to see a doctor about it tomorrow morning, but there is a chance that I might need to have surgery on it, which means I may have to keep my hand immobilized for a little while. So basically the point of this post is to say that because it's hurting when I type, I'm going to be quieter for a little while. I will still try and comment on things, but they'll most likely be shorter than usual.

I'm nervous about going to the doctors. I've been lucky and haven't had to go and see one for nearly 4 years... *looks anxious* Anyway, I might be over-reacting, and they may just tell me to put up with it, but if I go quiet, then you know why. I'm still going to be reading things, I just might not be commenting on them.