Saturday, April 2, 2016

An Innocent Life #7: Surgery & April Fool's (No, Those Do Not Go Together)


Hi! I have been home for a week now, basically skipping school and doing nothing. And what have I been doing exactly? Reading, shopping, playing video games....oh and I got my surgery done today! More on that later :)

Here's a fun instagram pic I took this week!

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I have been reading The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl, and it was totally not what I expected (also so much longer than I expected. Like I thought I would be done by the end of March, but nope!). Did you know this incorporates the end of the world and the apocalypse and all that jazz? It kind of reminds me of We All Looked Up, but much more light-hearted! 

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I think it is safe to say by now that yesterday's post about a debut event on Turnt-up 21er's was an April Fool's Day joke. Glad to see all the great comments on both my post and Shannon's, but I don't know WHY people are entering the giveaway hahahahh! It is quite hilarious. I don't know if you know, but April Fool's Day is my favorite day of the year. Last year, I reviewed a fake book, The Innocent Centaur #2, and everyone loved it. Shannon convinced me to go along with this idea, and I admit, we have outdone ourselves!

Alyssa @ The Devil Orders Takeout discusses whether there can be TOO much diversity in one book. Aka the use of TOKEN diversity. Like just as a selling point rather than fully fleshing out a character.

My favorite squish Larissa @ Life As Larissa talks about the tangled web of Author and Blogger relationships, and how it may subconsciously be inflating book ratings.

Emily @ Loony Literate gives us 5 reasons why she won't be getting a co-blogger. I share those 5 reasons. She also explains what a Manic Pixie Dream Girl is in her review of Thanks for the Trouble!

Tonya @ LilyBloomBooks asks if reading too much can ever be a problem. Especially when it comes to book amnesia!

Jillian @ Chasing Faerytales shares her experience on being self-conscious about reading, and asks for full reader acceptance. Totally relatable to middle school Val.

Ashley @ Nosegraze asks us about whether post events, names, or ideas are truly original. In other words, do we overestimate how original we are?

Jessica @ Bookish Serendipity shares with us 21 epic tools for book bloggers!.

Aentee @ The Social Potato talks about those never-ending series with ALL the spinoffs, and whether you had any thoughts on those.

Rasheeka @ The Social Potato discusses subtweeting! Also imagine a subtweet about this post on subtweeting. Subtweet-ception!

Shamom @ It Starts At Midnight CHALLENGES you to a take your SLUMP TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

So. Surgery. I think I have talked about this enough, but it wasn't anything major or anything. Just to clear up all that blood from my second uterus. The surgery itself wasn't bad, seeing as I only have minimal pain, and thanks to the wonders of drugs, I can live a pain free life. 

The worst part of the surgery wasn't even the surgery itself. It was just the whole peeing in a cup ordeal. I mean hello, hasn't anyone taking into account that I have one kidney? If you don't tell me to eat or drink after midnight the night before, there is no way I will be peeing in your cup, thank you very much. (In the end they had to make me urine ha...haha. THEY EVEN COMMENTED THAT I HAD BARELY NONE). 

From now on, I will not pee the day of any doctor appointments, or future surgeries, which hopefully won't happen for a couple of years.

What else, what else. Surgery was a success! I was initially supposed to have two surgeries but no need! I suspect that something happened to my skin, due to this tiny, painful brown grayish spot on my skin where the uteri live. Did I mistake what my doctor was telling me and something was inserted there? WAS THIS THERE BEFORE AND I HAD NO IDEA? 

I got to ride in a wheelchair to the car. That was fun. Highlight of the day.

So, it was okay. Other than the urine part, I would say that my April is starting off well? Still have a whole week of no classes left because of post-surgery appointment, which let's be honest, will probably take like 10 minutes.

Happy April!

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Val, we linked to all the same posts bwhahaha I love it! I also love that you have given the internet a play by play of your surgery😂 I am also very glad you are doing better.

And seriously, WHY do people not read the terms and conditions!? I shall put a BIG disclaimer to do so under my RC, because people want my kid's rectal thermometer? ::shrugs::
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1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Obviously I would have hahahah. I mean THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT MY LIFE.

Who ended up winning the giveaway? Ahahahah
I have to say your guys posts on April's fools had me for like a hot second. I was like are they for real. Then I saw the giveaway!! Loved it. Glad surgery went well! Hope you have a great week off of classes :)
1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Thanks Grace! And I'm glad I got you! I was afraid it would be too obvious :)
Oh my god you guys are so hilarious! I'm still reeling from your past post hahaha! I KNEW THAT sounded familiar. Anyways, I hope you are recovering from your surgery Val, I'm glad you didn't need a second surgery. Best wishes lovely!
1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Thank you Jeann! I'm so glad the April Fools post made a lot of people's day ;)
Glad to hear that your surgery went well and I hope you have a speedy road to full recovery!
I love your April Fool's joke, you guys pulled it off most brilliantly ;) Now, I think you'll have to reward those poor souls who did end up entering the giveaway haha.
1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Thank you Aentee! And yes I guess we'll mail the winner a toilet paper roll or something. What else was even in that giveaway omg hahaha.
(seriously, the girl on the cover of the incredible adventures of cinnamon girl looks like a redheaded wonder woman. omg)

I HATE the urine test, too. Honestly, I always try to avoid it. Last time I was at the doctors', they were trying to press me to do & I was like: "noooo I'm good." I didn't have to do it, thankfully. So glad your surgery went well & hope you enjoy your week off from classes! :D
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1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
DOESN'T SHE. It's because the main character loves Wonder Woman (as do I) so I'm not surprised at all that she looks like her.

YOU'RE SO LUCKY you didn't have to do one! That was literally the only bad part about the surgery, gah.
Some awesome posts here, Val - thanks for sharing!
I hope you're doing well after your surgery though, Val! <3
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1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Thanks Geraldine!
OMG OZ YA STRIKES AGAIN. The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl is amazing <3 <3

Glad your surgery went okay! I've never had to pee in a cup and hopefully I won't have to for...well, you know, a considerable amount of time.
1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
YES YES IT DOES.

I hope you don't have to pee in a cup for a while too hahahahhaha
I'm glad your surgery went well and I hope you're taking care of yourself. I need to read that book. Everyone's been enjoying it.

Happy reading!
1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Thanks Joy! And yes you do have to read it :)
I am so glad to hear your surgery went well, that is so stressful for you. I hope you get over your peeing in a cup thing, especially if you ever want to have kids. I had to pee in a cup every visit when I was pregnant (lots of visits x 4 kids, you do the math) Also, when I was in the military for random drug screenings, oh and for a ton of sucky jobs I have had in the past. Peeing in a cup kinda sucks.
Hey, thanks for the links! I am never going to be done commenting now. (just kidding, I love this stuff)
Have a great week!
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1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Thanks Karen! And thank you so much for that tip because now I will prepare myself for every single visit when I'm in the process of having kids. I think it would have went a lot better if I had liquids before hand though, which I didn't, because it was surgery.

Hahahah I am never ever going to be finished with commenting, ever!
Who had/have two uteruses? (Is that the right word?) I have heard bits and pieces of this in the chat but it's still kind of crazy. Hope everything is okay now. When I had my c-section, apparently I passed out to blood loss and don't remember a good like 30 minutes during/after my surgery :)

I hope you have a good week off Val!
1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Thanks Nereyda! And I just call them uteri at this point ahaha. But it shouldn't bother me until I actually plan to have kids. PASSING OUT SOUNDS SCARY. WOW.
I'm glad to hear your surgery went well, Val. Minus the pee incident which actually kind of sounds awful. Not a fan of doctors personally xP but I'm happy you're going to be alright!
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1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Thanks Kynn! I hate the doctor's too. I just wish they would warn me about urine tests in the future.
So glad your surgery went well! And yeah, I totally fell for the April Fool's prank. I am hanging my head in shame. D'oh!
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1 reply · active 480 weeks ago
Hahahha it's okay so is everyone else ;) And thank you Cynthia!

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