Today was the locum again at the healthcentre and we got prescriptions for new pain killers and anti-coagulants. She took a good look at the wounds and prodded a bit - but it was no where near as painful as before. I am not sure what the prodding is for - probably to see how the would is healing. My concerns over how they actually took the staples out were unfounded, and the actual removal of the staples was painless. I think I was remembering taking staples out of furniture when upholstering, which entails prising with screwdrivers and quite a lot of force. I guess if I thought about it I would realise that as hundreds of thousands of people have wounds held to gether all the time with staples it was hardly likely to be a painful and traumatic (and that is just for the nurse!) process to remove them. The staples have been a bit sore against the edge of the cast, so I think that some of this irritation will stop when the staples are all out.
I welled up a bit, but didn't blub. I think everyone was pleased about this!
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