Hey thanks guys. I knew I was going to be completely OCD/Rain man about my grafts until they were 'locked' in my head. LOL NN nah, no OJ trot :T:.
ONE MORE QUESTION: this morning, when I was in a half asleep-half awake mode I caught myself attempting to scratch my head; my fingernails are cut short and literally *IMMEDIATELY* when I felt my nail touch my scalp I realized and stopped. I had my surgery Tuesday (today is Saturday) so according to the paper work I was given today is the 5'th day, because they count surgery as day 1. Anyway, if I had done any damage to the grafts would it be visible? Everything looks perfectly fine. Again, today is day five & I'm not sure if all clinics count surgery day as day one, but even if they don't today would be day 4. So they should be locked in place, right?
Baldspot, ya it's difficult to be careful w/your head when your traveling. Everyone tells you to travel back home the day after surgery and it's not necessary to camp it out in your hotel room (which I was originally planning on doing) and I thought you'd have to be an idiot to bump your precious (newly grafted) head...BUT, people don't talk about two important elements:
Airports/Airplanes Are a Veritable Rugby Field-even if *you* are being extra cautious no one else around you knows you had surgery and isn't being extra cautious not to bump into you. Airplanes are such tight quarters, you would have to be a midget to have no worries of bumping your head on the plane. There were kids right in front of me on my flight back and when we were exiting the plane I thought for sure they were going to hit my head; and i kept imagining all of the luggage in the over head compartment falling right on my freshly planted precious. Not to mention running a bit late for a flight and having to jog to catch your plane.
Your Head is Numb-your head is LITERALLY numb. It's a lot easier to bump your head on something when you can't even feel it. You also have a hat sitting four inches too high on your head so as to not damage the grafts, you don't wear it 'snug' on your head like a normal hat. Extending your height & physical parameters by this much is something your not used to and it's quite easy to hit something.
Given the total sum cost one pays for a ht (monetary, finite donor supply, down time) -AND-the vulnerability of grafts the first few days, i would feel much more comfterable sitting in my hotel room watching movies and ordering room service until I knew the grafts were LOCKED in my head.