HUMOR IN PAIN

The one reading this may think I was in the cricket field. But this was told to me by my surgeon in the operation theater.

     Yesterday, I had a review with my surgeon. When I went to him, he asked me to go to the operation theater and then called someone and gave them instructions. My friend was with me,I went into the theater and I was asked to lie down . They removed the dressing in one  pull, the nurse was telling me to endure the pain. The Assistant surgeon walked in and had a look at the area where the surgery was done, and told me that there was fluid collection. He asked for a needle and syringe and then told me he was going to take out the fluid. He used some medical term for it, which I really can't remember now.

    The nurse was pressing from one side and I was really wincing in  pain. With out my knowing it, tears were flowing, due to the pain. He took out one syringe after another of a reddish fluid. When my mastectomy was done, I had a friend, a tube with a collection bag for ten days. But the lumpectomy it was not there as it was a small lump, the surgeon told me so. He then continued his work and then after sometime, He said"You have hit a century". What he meant was that he had taken out 100 ml  of the fluid. Hearing what the doctor said, I just laughed. Then the nurse and surgeon pressed the sides and then said there was no more fluid. The pain too subsided. It was such a relief to get rid of the pain.  But my relief was short lived. By night the pain was back.

   I just thought to myself, hope the pain is not for another century.