wow havent updated this thing for a longgg time huh? Ok well I had surgery on Tuesday. I went in and got IV plugged in. I was joking with all the nurses and helpers, which they really enjoyed. At around 12:30pm they rolled me into the surgery room, and the last thing I remember is seeing there were 8 people in there and hearing the anasthesialogist saying "here's the good stuff." Then he plugged the good stuff into my IV and I was gone. I woke up at 3pm in the recovery room in A LOT of pain. Oddly, the pain wasn't only in my back, but also in my penis. So I look under the covers and scream WHAT THE HELL DID YOU GUYS DO??? For a good 5 minutes, I thought they had circumsized me. They called the doctor and he told me that during surgery they had to put a cathod tube in my penis during surgery, and they rolled up the skin to do so. Apparently they had removed the tube, but had forgotten to roll down the skin. I told the nurse to pull it down (she was female) and she asked if i wanted a male nurse to do it. I told her I didn't care so she started pulling it down. She stopped right after I screamed like a cow who just got his feet run over by a soccer team! In agony, I ask "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT HURTS?" She gives me this innocent look and says "I'm a girl, I really don't." So she gets a male nurse who puts his hand over my mouth and tells me to take a deep breath. Then he pulls it down. Oh.. my.. GOD! It was the most painful experience of my life!!

After that beautiful experience, I spent until 9pm in the recovery room waiting for a room. The guy who's room I was going to get decided not to leave that day, so I was screwed. I was in quite a lot of pain, so they gave me 5mg of morphine every 10 minutes. After an hour they had to call the doctor to approve of more morphine, because I was getting an excessivly high amount. He said go for it. Woohoo. I had a few people visit me in the recovery room, mostly family. Alex had actually been there since 12pm and stayed with me pretty much all day. Next day he was with me most of the day too. I appreciate it Alex. After I got to my room that night, Anahid, Ester, Sirvart, and Anahid's brother visited me. Visiting me when my entire bloodstream is pretty much morphine isn't the best idea. I remember seeing them, but that's it. Apparently I had said quite a lot of funny shit and was making weird moves with my hands. Shrug. Painful night, had to call the nurse a few times.

Next morning I had their breakfast. It wasn't bad, it was sausage with scrambled eggs, french toast with syrup, and orange juice. Ate it all... it lasted a good 10 minutes. Boom I threw it all up, mostly throwing up the morphine. It was soooooo green! What made me keep throwing up was the fact that that little thing hanging from the back of your throat (forgot the name) was swollen (still is, actually) because they had put a tube down my throat during surgery so I could breathe. Anyways, that expereince passed and I spent the next few hours in pain, trying to deal with it. They no longer gave me morphine in my IV, they switched to narcotic shots in my arm. PAINFUL! At least it helped though. Armine and Narine visited, then Yeva came, then Anahid, Ester, and Sirvart came along. My family was also there. Ohhh let me tell you about my room.

For a hospital room, it was pretty damn nice. It was very big, about the size of my regular room (for those of you who have seen my room, you know it's fairly big) and I had a very beautiful view of the Hollywood Sign. I also had a sink seperate from the bathroom, and a shower (which I never used). The food was also very good, and the service was quick. Anyways...

Last night I was there was VERY VERY painful. I got shots at 1am and 3am, but at 4am it was hurting so bad that tears were rolling out from my eyes like a broken toilet! Got some shots for that... and then at around 11am I got released from the hospital. The drive home was soo damn painful. Dr. Audell wasn't kidding when he said sitting would be very painful. Walked around Sav-on waiting for the Vicodin. Got home and layed down for a while, still in a lot of pain. Family visited me at home and so did Shant, Edrik, and Emin. Thank you all for visiting and supporting me! I really appreciate it. You guys can visit me anytime, just call my cell! And now, back to bed. MUAH!