Happy to report that I slept all night. However, when I woke up I found that my incision had bled a bit, possibly because Ray had cleaned it with peroxide and put some Aquaphor on it (per doctor’s instructions) before bed. This morning I rinsed the blood off in the shower and then Ray cleaned it again; this time he covered it with gauze and put a pressure wrap around my head to keep it in place. It is throbbing a little after all that, but not too bad. Ray thinks I should put the ear cup back on, but I really, really hate that thing and would prefer to avoid it if at all possible. So far the gauze is staying on, so I’ll leave it for now.

Edited to add: The doctor’s office called this morning and they don’t think the tramadol is what caused my sleeplessness the other night, but rather the steroids they gave me during surgery. However, since I’m not really in any pain, I still don’t think I’ll take it again. I don’t think my pounding heart was caused by the steroids, since that didn’t start until after I took the tramadol.