Well, I was just about set to write all about my surgical jitters, as my surgery was within a fortnights reach! But….sadly, I have had a disappointing setback that has caused a delay of 4 to 5 weeks! ACK! Well, turns out I am one of the lucky third of the population who colonizes the staph bacteria in their noses! W H E E ! And to add the cherry to the top of the pie, I have a little skin irritation in the…er….nether region. And, story short, I chose to open my big mouth and mention it. Holy Crap! It’s halted everything! And the story doesn’t stop there, turns out I had to show this to my infectious disease doctor…(does the humiliation ever end??!!) Worse fears realized, have to postpone my surgery date. sigh. Worse part is, is that he had me re-schedule because he was sure my irritation was due to the staph that I manufacture in my nose (you should see my little factory workers scurrying about trying to make the daily quota!!)…but two days later (after I had rescheduled everything, mind you) it turns out my culture/ swab came back negative for staph…just had the old regular skin flora. Could have probably proceeded with my surgery! Perhaps, the original surgery date wasn’t a good line up with the sun, the moon and the stars, or something. but I have come to realize that life has many roads, many paths…and for reasons we cannot understand, we are guided hither and there along these paths, and you just have to go where they take you! (Still…did it have to humiliate me along the way?!) Oh well.
So if you are facing an upcoming surgery yourself, just be prepared for a few bumps in the road, and try not to let it cause you to have a meltdown…as my dad is oft to say “This too, shall pass!”.
-Cassandra, Charcotchacha copyright 2015