Final Tweaks and Final Results

It's been a week of mixed emotions. Although I'm beyond excited for my surgery on Thursday, I've had a hell of a week. I've just found out that I got a first in my dissertation, so that set me on a really positive path about everything.

On Wednesday, my uni experience really started to come to a close with my graduation ball. It was an amazing night overall, but one thing that really baffled me about it was that the next time I will see the majority of these people, I will have a new face.

Then I was an idiot and wore the most uncomfortable pair of shoes ever, which led to my foot been tore up and resulted in a pretty nasty toe infection a WEEK before my surgery...

Obviously, this isn't ideal and I'm still taking antibiotics to get rid of it before Thursday rolls around. The positive thing about it was that the doctor was pretty adamant that it won't affect my surgery or lead it to being postponed. However, I'm over the worst of it now and should be fighting fit when I go in.

In other - more relevant news - I had my final ortho appointment before surgery today and had my surgical hooks attached.

 

Please ignore the blurriness of the photo. I put red circles around the new hooks to make them a bit clearer.

I don't know yet how long I will be wearing the elastics that these will be used to hold, but I won't find that out until after the surgery.

So for now, that's all we have to do. I'm completely ready to go with my surgery and the next time I post will be a post-surgery update. EEEEEK! It's so bizarre to type these words, as it's what I've been waiting for, for over a decade! 

I don't know when I'll next be feeling up to posting here, but I promise it will be soon!

Until next time.