nail biting finished

i had my nail removed last night. the first surgery, no matter how minor on my body. the doctor asked me whether i want to keep the nail. i took it- the first artifact on a future wall of rejected body parts that i have planned for the house. but last night (and right now) was awful. for tonight i was a connoisseur of different kinds of pain. the searing heat tearing through tendons as a background upon which throb like heavy drum beats where blood still pumps beneath a non existent nail. it hurts still as i type with my one left hand still uninjured.