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My sister came home last week because she took a vacation from work which nicely coincided with my return from the hospital so we could spend some time together. Sadly I was feeling like utter shit from the really heavy dose of antibiotics I had to take but alas. While she was here she planned to book a tattoo that week and get it done quickly. She already had something in mind, a traditional tattoo from our country done on women only, it recently had a resurgence in popularity. She really liked the tattoo artist I went to so she messaged her with the idea and everything. Sadly she was overbooked that week and she recommnded her colleague, the owner of the studio. I met him when I was getting my tattoo last month and I honestly thought he was pretty nice and not obnoxious. He gave off a relaxed stoner vibe, y'know, the rare nice kind of stoner. I was honestly a bit surprised considering he went to (I'm pretty sure) the Fine Arts Academy and students from there are usually the self-fellating kind of hipsters sorry not sorry (the architecture students are worse though)... He was even tattooing his friend while I was there and the atmosphere was nice, he talked with me and didn't give me the cold shoulder etc. The reason why I'm saying this is because most male tattoo artists are horrible when it comes to the treatment of their clients. They love to sniff their own farts, they always think they're better and more skilled than everyone, they're rude and judgemental... All of the tattoo artists in my town are like this, and I always see people online coming with similar issues. I have met a couple of nice male tattoo artists (I think) but that still doesn't compare with the fact that every female tattoo artist I interacted with ever was incredibly welcoming, kind and knew how to do basic business, because y'know they're providing a service after all. One other thing is that my sister is a notorious man hater, and she almost but made a vow to never get tattooed by a male artist, because she's so intimidated by them, and getting tattoed by somebody that makes you uncomfortable would certainly leave a bad memory attached to the tattoo. But she was put into this uncomfortable situation, and me being an optimistic dumbass, I told her to go for it. "Oh he seemed nice, I was pleasantly surprised" I told her as I tried to sell her the idea of getting her first tattoo done by a man. She ended up messaging him. Right away there was something off but we ignored the red flags. He took two or three days to respond. When he finally responded he asked for a reference picture of what my sister wants. So she immediately sends a picture and writes "I was thinking about something along the lines of this". He responds with "sure I can do this for you, but you have to know it CAN'T look the exact same because these tattoos have to be unique and I can't rip someones work off". .... That's literally what she just said herself? Go off mansplainer. Ok maybe he's just stating the obvious to cover all bases or something. So my sister asks him if he's free that week and what time. He says "Yes.". Ok...... so my sister asks him about the exact time slot since he didn't offer her any. He says he's free, good, great. Didn't even ask for a deposit (nor does his studios page have a policy at all). One thing though, he didn't mention the price. And we forgot about it too lmao. So like a day and a half before the tattoo (mind you we're doing this in the span of a week) my sister's like "sorry but you never told me the price?" and the dude lists a ridiculous price for such a tiny tattoo (200€). Thing is, they work in an illegal studio (it's common here, not necessarily a red flag) and their prices tend to be lower! This dude has the pricepoint of a professional artist and even the best and fanciest studio in the city doesn't charge that much, for such tattoos. So now my sister is feeling bad, like what to do she wasn't expecting this much especially considering I paid half the price for two tattoos with a lot more details IN THE SAME STUDIO lmao. In the end we decide to send him a message to cancel her appointment. She apologized a ton and said she wasn't prepared for such a high price etc. What does he respond with? "...". Yeah, dot dot dot. And then he said something like "in the future if you want to get tattooed by me you should leave me a deposit!". Ok???? That's on you dude, for never even mentioning both the price OR the deposit? While the girl that tattooed me mentioned the price the moment I sent her a message lmao. So anyway, my sister felt incredibly embarrassed and now she'll have to wait on getting tattooed by that girl because of it. And it's all my fault, honestly. She's not mad at me or anything, but it's just funny that the ONE time I decided to goad her into giving a chance to a man this happened. Lesson learned!
Do you want to know the secret to my success???? Well... a burst appendix!! I just came back from the hospital today morning, 3rd of March. Intense pains started on the 22nd, on the 23rd I went to the ER, I got an emergency surgery at 8 pm. It took 3 hours because it was laporascopic, but the surgeons weren't expecting me to have a burst appendix. They did their best so they wouldn't have to cut me up entirely. I was lucky to have received one of the most skilled surgeons in the hospital, probably only second to the lead surgeon of the abdominal surgery unit. Since then I've been recovering in the hospital, under light pain medication and a whole lot of antibiotics so I don't get sepsis. I had peritonitis so my whole abdominal cavity still hurts a bit. The co2 they bloated me up with because of the laporascopy was so painful to get rid of, I was bloated like a corpse. Took 2 days to recover from that alone. I'm feeling a bit better today, but it took a good week of insane pain and barely any sleep. The hospital stay was agonizing, because I had no energy for anything. I just scrolled through tiktok during moments when I felt okay enough. The nurses however, were great. Funny, entertaining, kind, caring. I can't thank them enough for making my stay enjoyable. The ladies that stayed with me in the room were also okay. I'd like to write more about them but I don't have enough strength yet, I'll probably write it down in my phsyical diary. I don't have much appetite yet, and I only eat about 1/4th of what I usually do. I feel miserable because of it, but I hope this will serve as a great reset to my dietary habits. I don't need to go on a special diet, but I do need to reintroduce food slowly and carefully as my stomach is super sensitive right now. Currently my biggest hurdle is the post-lunch nausea. Don't know why but no matter what I eat for lunch I feel nausesous afterwards until it goes back to normal. Hoping that subsides. Yoghurts are currently my bread and butter. I love the slight acidic taste, and how drinking yoghurt feels as if I'm coating my gut in cotton, all other food feels relatively heavy in comparison but that's normal for now. It will take a month until I'm fully healed. I missed my driving theory test. Queen of second tries indeed.
Ironically, there was a show on our local tv station that talked specifically about appendectomy after I got the surgery. Through that I found out I had something that's called chronic appendicitis, and it's why I've been feeling this insane pain almost exactly a year ago, and 6 months ago. My ovaries would swell up during ovulation, and in turn they'd irritate my appendix. It wouldn't get inflamed (or maybe it would but it would go down quickly) so the doctors would release me home. Well, this time it was a proper inflammation, and because I was told to wait by my gynecologist, it ended up bursting too. Well, glad it's over with at least. Hopefully this weekend I'll feel good enough to finally finish that review backlog!!! I can't wait to return to being myself.