Second MBB tomorrow. First one was miserable. 3 hours of relief into incredible pain all night. I'm usually anywhere from a 4 to a 6, post MBB I was at least an 8. This is, of course, with tramadol in me, so you can imagine how bad it would have been without the painkillers. Also, I'm pretty sure I'm incredibly harsh on my pain grading scale since to me a 9 is like...physically can't get out of bed, and some of other patients I listen to at the surgery center throw them 9 and 10s around like candy.
Some of it is probably my own fault, since the minute I had that relief I was using my hand in ways I haven't been able to, flickering my fingers about and stretching the ligaments. Another weird side effect is I regaining feeling my my left big toe, which I haven't felt in...3 years. So, it's definitely the right spot this time around. Super weird since they're working on my neck, not my lower back, where the actual nerves responsible for the lower extremities are located.
Nerves are weird
Went into the dentist once for crown prep. I guess there's quite a bit of work to be done since it's so close to the gum line, so I have to go back next Thursday, extending Hell Week into Hell Fortnight.
One bright spot: readthrough and notetaking continues despite recovering. Finished FM3 and the Short Book, just about to start FM4. I have ten pages of notes now. Good stuff. Just little details I'd forgotten or lines I can do callbacks on or ideas for future novels I've had while reading. Getting into the LONG novels now, so doubt my progress will be as swift. But on the other hand the writing is better, so I'm not dying of cringe like I did with FM1...
Probably going to go directly into editing Seismic Semester after I finish this. Then when I get to the end I'll write the last 10k and...do it all over again. Then again. Then release. Then flipping back between the Vicky novel and War to End All Wars. I don't know how much more high school bullshit I can take without taking breaks...
FM3 was really important to reread for War to End All Wars since it has all the Winter Ball and Winter War info in it. Similar to FM2 being important for Seismic Semester since it has all the Camping Test info. Though the Camping Test in Seismic Semester is quite different since it's under new management...
And with that cruel tease, I fuck off!!!
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