The Numbness Paradox

How numbness is full of feeling.

I had carpal tunnel release surgery on my right wrist this Monday. These procedures are so common and streamlined now that I barely had time to sit down before I was back out in the wild with a snip and a wrap. My hand had been pumped full of lidocaine and epinephrine—the first to knock out the nerves, the second to knock out the bleeding. It all went beautifully. Quick, efficient, and by all accounts, successful.

But I hate the numbness so much. God, I hate it.