Pick Me Up!

Worst hangover EVER

Walking through the door, I kicked off my shoes after a long day. Working two jobs was hard, but I loved being busy. I had always been an independent and social person. Even at 17, I had my own house.

I settled down on the sofa and started to relax, thinking of all the plans I could make to see friends over the weekend.

My appendix was being removed soon, it had been giving me a lot of pain, so the best thing was to get rid of it.

I wanted to do as much as possible before the operation because I knew I would be in recovery for a couple of weeks.

Little did I know how much the operation would change.

The removal was scheduled for May 2020. It all went well, and everything seemed to be normal. I just needed

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