After pics + update

Here's the update; it'll be a series of bulleted lists because I can't really see very well :(

• I went into surgery around 12 PM and got out around 1 PM
• I hung out in recovery for a half hour before I was ready for my mom to visit and to eat food (food = grape juice, pretzels, and fig newtons)
• After another half hour they took the IV out and I was able to get dressed
  
• By 2:30-ish, we were in the hotel room at the Hilton Garden Inn on 11th and Arch
• Mom got me a chocolate chip cookie at Reading Terminal Market and luckily also picked up some milk :)
• We ordered room service for dinner

More lists below, since I like list making :)

I have prescriptions for the followig meds in case I need them:

• Tylenol with codeine - for pain
• Ativan - for anxiety (e.g. itchiness / "get this sh*t off my eye" sort of feelings)
• Zofran - for nausea

Apparently day one is the worst, and if you can avoid taking the meds, you'll be happier, so I haven't even filled these scripts yet. They said if you have a decent tolerance for pain, this should be doable, and I do have a high tolerance for pain; I've taken some regular Tylenol so far but not much more.

Here's the plan:

• Thursday (post-surgery - apparently the worst, pain-wise)
• Had a doctor visit to check in
• Sleep recommended, so that's what I've done until like 6 PM
• I put a contact in my right eye (glasses have no hope of staying on; see below for  a pic) so I could watch some TV
• Likely going to bed around 10 PM Eastern
• Friday
• Will have another doctor visit before noon
• My plan is to watch TV, read, do some internets, maybe listen to some music or podcasts, etc.
• Saturday
• Will have a doctor call to check in
• If you're in town, text or call me or my mom to coordinate a visit!
• If you're pregnant, you're not allowed
• Otherwise, you can come over and hug or touch me once or twice, then stay 5-6 feet away
• Otherwise, same TV/reading/listening plan
• Sunday
• Will have a doctor call to check in
• Otherwise, same TV/reading/listening plan
• Monday
• I'll be on an 8 AM shuttle back to Wills Eye for the plaque removal surgery

I'm radioactive!

Fashionable lead shield (under the gauze)