Half an hour later, they came back and proceeded to take bandages off...my headache lifted and felt fantastic, copped a feel of my ear...gasp, I can't feel it!! It was numb from the top of my ear to about 3/4 way down, could feel my lobe though, couldn't wait for the doctor to go so I could pay a visit to the toilet and take a look at the mirror, they waffled on about dressing and said that I could go home today...I simply wasn't ready and I would much rather go home tomorrow, they were happy with it and left.
As soon as they had gone, I got up and got out of bed, I felt sooo light headed and weird and wobbled to the toilets, locked myself in a cubicle where they had a mirror and had a look - argh, they shaved my hair!! Tried to take some photos and managed a good picture, typically of me - I posted it on facebook :-)
I also tried to feel about for the implant but because it was a bit swollen, I thought I would wait till it goes down, it was swollen on my head where my ear joins around the area where they had cut. The inside of my ear started to itch, I had wadding inside my ear to prevent infection and was told to leave it in until my post op which is on the 7th March - great!! I wanted to take the damn thing out and give my ear a good scratch with my little finger but just had to be patient and sort of scratch it by rubbing the outside of my ear which helped slightly.
The food I had was no better that day as half my tongue was still numbish and metallicy tasting but hey, at least I was still getting fed.
I felt better by evening and was bored, couldn't wait to go home and some of my friends who texted me that evening kept me company and sane - many thanks to Jo, Helen and of course my darling husband and some facebook friends who chatted as well xx as the television at the hospital was at extortionate prices!!
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