A major milestone (for me) was reached today when the surgical staples were removed from my scalp. The photo shows my "zipper" - the neat row of staples installed by David Walker to close up the skin flap he created to access my skull. Forthe curious, have a look at:http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Ce-Fi/Craniotomy.html
These staples had become quite itchy over the last3-4 days and I was very relieved to get them out.
The job was very capably done by Briz Brain and Spine nurse, Vivian Biggs. The only minor problem we ecountered today was that David had also (interestingly) used some glue to close the cut and some of the staples did not want to let go of the glue,causing a few "ouch" moments.
This is my new look: a nice neat scar that will be hardly noticable in a few months.
What did not go so well today was a trip to my local GP, Heather Jeffries, to check if my right ear was blocked.I have not been hearing properly in that ear since the surgery and I had become convinced that it was blocked with wax or dried blood and was looking forward to getting it back to normal. Unfortunately, there was no huge blockage in there that could be cleaned out, and so this may be another side effect of the surgery. Possibly another thing that I will just have to wait for to rectify itself.(As I am also doing for my faulty emotional control!) Before the surgery I did tell David to be as aggressive as he could be without killing me.So perhaps this is part of the price I pay for that approach which will most likely give me the best long-term outcome which was also the reason for doing all this in the first place!
