I had a small surgery on Wednesday and will be posting some pics today. I had been busy and going home late for the past few days and there was no time to update. It's been so long since i last went home early.
Day Before Surgery
See the lump that i hace circled? I had to remove that. It has been there for about weeks and had caused me some pain and discomfort. I can;t twist a bottle cap and can't lift heavy stuff without cringing in pain. I decided to go to the doctor after a few advices from my sister and colleagues. The doctor said that it is the swelling of the tandon and too much up and down movement of it. He said that it is due to overuse of the wrist due to typing and writing...anyone reading this find this ridiculous or possible?
Surgery Day
I wished i could have someone who wold take a video of the procedure! It took about only 10 minutes. What the doctor basically did was tok poke a thick needle with a syringe into the lump and he slowly 'suck' out the thing that is causing the lump. It is called a ganglion. After removing the jelly-like substance out of my wrist, he pumped in some medicine to stop it from coming back. All this while, I could feel the pain. So i got quite frustrated when people asked me "Pain or not?"...like duh! You should have asked "How much pain were you in? A lot or a little?" When i told my colleague that the doctor didn't numb me before the procedure, she said "Wah, your threshold for pain is so high huh?" My hand was wrapped in this bandage for about fifteen hours.
Day After Surgery
It's flattened! But the doctor mentioned that there is a 70% chance that i have to do it twice because it might come back. Meanwhile he told me that he hope the medicine that he had pumped in will help.
I miss my lumpy friend.....
