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17 October 2010 18:42So if you listened to my voice posts this week from working at the track, you heard me mention my Monroe piercing getting to be quite painful.
Thursday night, I noticed that it was a lot more tender than before and was, in fact, swollen. Friday morning, when I went to take it out, it was actually a struggle because of how swollen my lip was.
It got to the point, Friday morning, that I just started crying from the pain and tenderness. But I got it out, took some ibuprofen and swabbed the area repeatedly with the saline solution that I have.
Now, the real sad part comes on Friday evening. All day Friday, the stupid thing had been giving me trouble. I noticed it just aching any and every single time I talked. So I swished some Listerine, hoping that would help some and left it alone. (not much I could fucking do at the track, you know?)
So Friday evening, I came home, went to put it in and it was so horribly sore that I nearly screeched in pain. It was, honest-to-god, more painful than when the damned thing was fucking pierced.
Right around then I debated about letting it close over, getting it re-pierced in a few years or whatever. I thought, well, I've spent the money, so whatever. As I went to put the ball on it....the ball actually went down my sink drain.
Cue me going: O_o
Because, uh, WTF. O_o
In the end, it was too tender to even put the little replacement ball I have from Jamie on it. Like, I couldn't even let Mom do it for me, because the barest touch would set it off.
So. I've taken it out completely. I'm letting it heal up. :-/ And even with letting it heal up from Friday evening...it was only LAST NIGHT that the swelling finally receded enough to where I could talk normally and without any lingering pain.
So. That happened. There will be a real update here at some point. I took pictures so I'm getting those off the camera and editing them, WOO!
Thursday night, I noticed that it was a lot more tender than before and was, in fact, swollen. Friday morning, when I went to take it out, it was actually a struggle because of how swollen my lip was.
It got to the point, Friday morning, that I just started crying from the pain and tenderness. But I got it out, took some ibuprofen and swabbed the area repeatedly with the saline solution that I have.
Now, the real sad part comes on Friday evening. All day Friday, the stupid thing had been giving me trouble. I noticed it just aching any and every single time I talked. So I swished some Listerine, hoping that would help some and left it alone. (not much I could fucking do at the track, you know?)
So Friday evening, I came home, went to put it in and it was so horribly sore that I nearly screeched in pain. It was, honest-to-god, more painful than when the damned thing was fucking pierced.
Right around then I debated about letting it close over, getting it re-pierced in a few years or whatever. I thought, well, I've spent the money, so whatever. As I went to put the ball on it....the ball actually went down my sink drain.
Cue me going: O_o
Because, uh, WTF. O_o
In the end, it was too tender to even put the little replacement ball I have from Jamie on it. Like, I couldn't even let Mom do it for me, because the barest touch would set it off.
So. I've taken it out completely. I'm letting it heal up. :-/ And even with letting it heal up from Friday evening...it was only LAST NIGHT that the swelling finally receded enough to where I could talk normally and without any lingering pain.
So. That happened. There will be a real update here at some point. I took pictures so I'm getting those off the camera and editing them, WOO!
