Pulling stitches

This morning I had a very difficult/painful dilation session. It was painful enough to contact Marci which resulted in sending her a snapshot. I noticed a blood blister, she asked me to pop it. So I serialized a needle and popped it, no pain, fair amount of blood. She then said, I see you still have some stitches, please pull them out. I had tried several days ago but did not put much effort into it. Today I did and got them (four) out. The hard part is working tweezers with a flashlight and mirror, not easy but I got them out thank goodness.

Yet another thing to look forward to after surgery.

In regards to pain, I am retreating to the mid-size dilator for the morning tomorrow then the next day try it again. Just finished my afternoon dilation with the larger dilator, zero pain. So I am not sure why and neither is Marci why this morning was so painful but she has no concerns.