Life, The Universe, and Tonsils

[kiyakotari]

On February 22nd, I am scheduled to have a tonsillectomy. It's a very safe, very quick outpatient surgery. However, in adults it also has a very painful, relatively protracted recovery period. The ENT specialist who decided that I need the surgery informed me that I would not be able to talk for at least three days (which is a lot like when I got my tongue pierced, back in the day) and that for at least ten days my pain is going to be a 6/10 after I take the liquid Percocet he is going to prescribe me (apparently it will be a 9/10 without the painkillers). Thus, I am using up over half of my time off bank to spend 14 days recovering. It should be...interesting. Even more so if I hemorrhage when the scabs in my throat fall off around day nine. At least I'm double-insured, so the medical bills won't totally wipe out my bank account.

In other news, I just purchased my first sewing machine, a Brother CS-6000i. I've been using sewing machines since I was a child, but have never owned one before. I am excited.

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[nagasvoice]

Good luck on the post-op recovery, and yay for sewing machines! The Brothers are good little workhorses in general.

[kiyakotari]

That seems to be the general consensus on the Brother machines, and this one has really good reviews. It's supposed to be pretty much the best one available in the price range (and I got it for less than $170 even after shipping and everything, which is sweet). I don't imagine I'm going to be doing enough sewing to justify anything fancier, and it's already WAY cooler than any of the machines I used as a kid (though not as cool as the ones I've used at my grandma's house). I think I'm most excited about finally, FINALLY being able to actually assemble Zsuzsa's tail and get her finished. She has been nothing but a torso with a head and arms for too long.

Thanks for the well-wishing. I've had a few (much more serious) surgeries, so this one really should be a walk in the park...but this it my first surgery as an adult, so it seems weird. Before, my parents handled all the payment and insurance stuff.