A handful of people told me “You should be Frankenstein’s monster for Halloween! You’re already, like, halfway there!”
It’s true, part of my costume would have been preinstalled. But that may have been the only benefit to having staples in my head. (Well, that plus the fact that they’re doing an excellent job of holding the skin on my head together.)
Consider: I live in Minnesota. When I woke up this morning, it was 35 degrees outside. My head currently has very little hair and pieces of metal in it, which means my head has minimal insulation and pieces of metal that suck the heat out of my scalp when exposed to low temps and cold breezes. There’s no way I would have gone trick-or-treating without wearing something to keep my head warm, thus covering up what would make my costume already, like, halfway there!
And cold weather isn’t the only reason why I’m looking forward to having these staples removed. Using the wand that uploads seizure data into the cloud requires putting pressure on those staples against my scalp. I have some over-ear headphones that are currently sitting in the closet because they squeeze against my head that has metal pieces in it and almost no cushioning. I also have sleep apnea and the straps on my CPAP press against the staples on both the top and side of my head all night long.
Are these first-world problems? Perhaps. Are they really problems? Perhaps not. But we all have our struggles in life and one of mine involved not bowing to peer pressure even though my costume was already, like, halfway there!