Third Day Post-Op

Retroactively posted, local time: 9.47am

My sense of time is somewhat messed up - I could have sworn today was Wednesday. Beginning to settle into a routine: roused in the morning by nurses with medication or breakfast or blood pressure tests, then a visit by Dr Suporn, then a bed bath, all interspersed with periods of sleep.

I was bleeding a little last night. Called the nurses who came and examined me before calling Dr Suporn. When he arrived, he took a look and said that the bleeding occurs as a result of the remaining erectile tissue expanding and that it was nothing to worry about. He prescribed some sort of muscle relaxant, which stung like crazy when the nurse injected it via the cannula in my left hand.

I seem to be in better condition this morning. The anaesthesia is wearing off and I'm much more alert. I've been told I can eat normally today, though I'm going to stick to easily digestibles like soup for another day or so. Also trying to keep my fluid intake up.

There's no pain from the surgery site except when I move in various ways, like rolling onto my right (which sends a sharp pain up my left thigh - probably because it is pulling on stitches). The highly uncomfortable lower back pain is gone. Apparently, the t-bandage can come off on Saturday, which I'm going to be very relieved about.

All in all, I feel quite okay. Also don't seem to have a hint of regret, which I'd wondered about. There's definitely a sense of phantom "limb" syndrome though - my brain tells me that everything is still in place as before, which is perhaps reinforced by the t-bandage obstructing my view of the surgical site.