Damn I'm tired. I haven't slept well in a few nights. Probably the hormones. Plus the achy back from the female time of the month.....what fun no? I think I might take a nap.
I finally got my reimbursement from school for the health insurance shit they charged me for. I also finally got my scholarship money from last year. That means I can put some in the bank so I can pay for the balance of next semester's tuition and also pay for a rental car for my trip out to Anaheim.
The past few days have been wayyy off my regular eating but you know what, I realize that it's okay to do that every so often. It's also the holiday so at least I know I'll be back on my regular schedule unlike a lot of people who don't even go to the gym to begin with. However, I can feel the difference in my bodyfat/water retention - I notice it right away on my hips and stomach....I can see and feel that my stomach has a little more padding or water retention over the muscle. Crazy no? I guess the hormones aren't fucking helping....
Other than that, my niece is a bit over 3 months old. She spent a few minutes staring at me yesterday.....stare stare stare. So I figured I'd show her the pretty colors in my arms. I swear, for having no double eyelid, the kid's eyes were pretty damn big. She would look at my arm with really big eyes, then look at my face, then look at my arms, then look at my face again. I guess she's only ever seen colors like that on a toy, not on a person. I wonder if she gets confused with the voice - my sister and I have very similar voices. I guess the kid can.....the mom connection. I also got some breast milk splattered on me by the little booger. I can't wait to stick fake tattoos all over her just to be a punk. My sister doesn't give a shit if I do because she's not a conservative girl by far and she's used to the tattoos. In fact, she jokes that we are in the wrong bodies - she's the artsy one and I'm the science geeky one so she should have the tattoos, not me. Go figure.
I finally got my reimbursement from school for the health insurance shit they charged me for. I also finally got my scholarship money from last year. That means I can put some in the bank so I can pay for the balance of next semester's tuition and also pay for a rental car for my trip out to Anaheim.
The past few days have been wayyy off my regular eating but you know what, I realize that it's okay to do that every so often. It's also the holiday so at least I know I'll be back on my regular schedule unlike a lot of people who don't even go to the gym to begin with. However, I can feel the difference in my bodyfat/water retention - I notice it right away on my hips and stomach....I can see and feel that my stomach has a little more padding or water retention over the muscle. Crazy no? I guess the hormones aren't fucking helping....
Other than that, my niece is a bit over 3 months old. She spent a few minutes staring at me yesterday.....stare stare stare. So I figured I'd show her the pretty colors in my arms. I swear, for having no double eyelid, the kid's eyes were pretty damn big. She would look at my arm with really big eyes, then look at my face, then look at my arms, then look at my face again. I guess she's only ever seen colors like that on a toy, not on a person. I wonder if she gets confused with the voice - my sister and I have very similar voices. I guess the kid can.....the mom connection. I also got some breast milk splattered on me by the little booger. I can't wait to stick fake tattoos all over her just to be a punk. My sister doesn't give a shit if I do because she's not a conservative girl by far and she's used to the tattoos. In fact, she jokes that we are in the wrong bodies - she's the artsy one and I'm the science geeky one so she should have the tattoos, not me. Go figure.
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He had repaired torn lobes before, but my case was the first where "someone stretched their lobes and wanted them to be normal again."
I didn't get to see ANYTHING, so I don't know how much of my lobe was cut off (though I know that a small chunk is missing, or else they wouldn't be so small now).
However, I'm VERY happy with everything. The local anesthetic was enough to prevent any pain DURING the surgery, and there was very very little afterwards. Once in a while, I would feel a pinching sensation-- but didn't take anything stronger than your standard over-the-counter Tylenol for it. There was very little pot-op bleeding, very little swelling, and the stitches come out this Tuesday.
Without insurance, everything (consultation, procedure and anesthetic, and all post-op visits) were included in the $2,000 total. And well worth it, I must say.