According to my calendar, it’s been four days since I’ve had my ear surgery. Although I didn’t anticipate that I’d need to, I took both Thursday and Friday off from school. I wouldn’t have been much of a productive student anyway; this experience has taken me for a ride.
As of now, I’m not feeling too well. I cannot balance well, I have zero ability to hear out of my right ear, I’ve lost my ability to taste much of anything, and I cannot concentrate. The first two symptoms, I imagine, are from the nature of the surgery itself. I believe the last two are side-effects from the anesthetics I was on during the procedure.
My entire body feels odd - thrown off course. As I tried to go to sleep two nights ago, I could not shut off my brain. Thoughts, or rather, fragments of thoughts, kept flying through. It’s terrifying to lose control like that, and I certainly hope these feelings wear off soon. I miss my body and my mind.
It’s unfortunate that the timing of this procedure and my lack of preparedness has thrown my New Year’s Resolution Experiment off course. To catch everyone up, I resolved to make twelve monthly resolutions rather than one large yearly resolution. February’s goal was to treat my body better, which I did. I was on a good course and I plan to continue it once I’m allowed to exercise physically again.
Coincidentally, it’s supposed to take me about a month to heal from my operation. I’ve decided to dedicate March to healing. I’m going to be absolutely religious about doing everything I can to help my body heal. This means continuing in a more healthy lifestyle, but unfortunately, taking it easy when it comes to physical activity.
March is shaping up to be a huge month for me. I’ll be healing from my surgery, I have a DJ event lined up, and I’m expecting news from my colleges soon. As always, I’ll keep you posted.
Hey, Rick how does it feel to be so drugged up for so long the longest I’ve ever been on drugs was like a week so you have a few more days to go. Are you coming back to school on Monday, a.k.a. tomorrow, because we have a problem set due soon and I need you really badly, not to mention the friendship you provide for me and everyone alive in the school. Guess what we are undefeated in badminton too but i think we are gonna loose this week because we are playing j and matt so we are kinda screwed, I told your sista to tell you but i doubt she did, she is sooooo hot though, damn. O well, but hey i dont have a login name because i lost my name and mail address is already taken and i dont have a password either so you should fix that. Nice talking to ya rick peace.
@ Rick: March is the new December.
@ Tyler: I just may bring that response to English class. AP Language is a rhetoric course and this is LOVELY. Very “stream-of-consciousness-y.”