You Learn Something New Every Surgery

[dr_pretentious]

I would have guessed, if it had occurred to me to guess, that surgical sutures would be made of something hypoallergenic.

Apparently not.

No wonder the recovery's so slow this time. At least slow is the worst that can be said of it.

I keep telling myself I'll be able to get back to the sanity-enhancing discipline of doing at least one writing-related thing every day, just as soon as my surgeon and I agree that I'm basically healed up. Any week now, there might be grounds for us to reach that conclusion.

(The older daily discipline of Actually Writing Something Every Day will probably have to wait until the baby's old enough to sleep more than two or three hours at a time. So, January or thenabouts.)

If I counted all the reading I do while I'm up feeding the baby in the middle of the night, I'd already be doing a writing-related thing every day, but as nice as the reading is, it increases depth without producing progress.

I like progress, or at least the illusion of progress.

I'd make a terrible Buddhist.

Comments

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the sutures. Hope they become irrelevant soon. Best wishes for a good night sleep even sooner!

[onyxtwilight.livejournal.com]

Sutures aren't hypoallergenic?

That's fucking ridiculous.

[spindlewand.livejournal.com]

Och! Sorry to hear about the sutures... I had problems with my second C section wound healing so I have some vague, vague idea...

Ah yes, what we manage to accomplish in the middle of the night. Did you know that "cutting out tissue paper sewing patterns" is an entirely different hobby from actually sewing? I have decided it has to be, as it is as far as I usually get...

And I would also be a terrible, terrible Buddhist.

[laradionne.livejournal.com]

Do you have actual sutures, or those staple things?

[jasminewind.livejournal.com]

Healing after subsequent cesareans is sometimes more challenging. This is not abnormal. You are doing good things for yourself by being patient and working with your doc. *wishing you healing*

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

Oh, you poor thing!

Yes, tragically, allergies to surgical sutures are not uncommon. Also, allergies to surgical staples. I used to date someone who was allergic to both, which became a problem when he had his appendix out.

I hope that you heal up soon!

My other half, who has been a practicing Nichiren Buddhist for years, points out that you'd make a very good Buddhist. Buddhism isn't an award you receive for being perfect; it's a practice you come to in order to help you achieve the progress you want. In Nichiren Buddhism, there is a strong tenet of using practice to make progress - and that's what you're aiming for.

[kistha.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon, and hopefully there will be much sleeping for all.

[jaime-sama.livejournal.com]

Yuck, sorry to hear your recovery is being slowed. I have never heard of being allergic to sutures. Lucky me, I guess!

[aspenwolf.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Hope the sutures can (safely, healthily) come out soon & that your healings goes quickly and well from here on.

In unrelated but might-help-cheer-you-up matters, what would you like from France? (I'm going again in a little under a month.)

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

Actual sutures for the inner layers; glue and steri-strips for the skin. While the surgeon refreshed my glue, I thought of Zoe in that last battle scene in Serenity, when Simon glues her up mid-aargh with what looks like a giant caulking thingy. Not that I was immediately up for fighting Reivers.

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. That would be a hard collision of allergies. All that guy needs to complete his collection is an allergy to latex.

Practice towards progress is something I feel pretty good about. It's my attachment to the imagined results that probably would make me a poor candidate. I have this habit of desiring that doesn't diminish, no matter how much I contemplate impermanence. As they say in ecumenical gatherings, I give thanks that there are many paths.

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

Now that we're getting used to a new 4th person and all the bulky gear is back in service, we're awash in physical objects, and the house feels like tight quarters. What I'd really like from France is your safe return, followed by getting together with you, maybe for dinner someplace that's used to small children. It's been too long since we've seen you.

Oh, and I haven't had a chance to congratulate you on your good news: Hooray!

[aspenwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the congrats! And congratulations on your new baby!

I will do my best to return safely. If I should fail my saving throw vs. buying you something, though (I have a very high difficulty on saving throws vs. souvenirs for friends), would a small amount of interesting French chocolate be sufficiently temporary in its taking-up-of-space?

Dinner would be great; it has been too long, and I miss you guys too. We could all go out, or you all could come over -- Josh & I have a new housemate, an old friend of Josh's who's actually a chef by trade. We may not be used to small children here, but we're friendly toward them! :-)

(Fair warning: I apparently developed instant Tiny Person radar when I turned 35, so there may be excessive cooing over your children. Luckily, Josh is similarly minded and finds it endearing. We still plan to wait until after the wedding & his undergrad degree, for logistical & financial reasons. But... getting to see you & Dan *plus* small/tiny people = extra yay!)

*hugs*