The good news—and the important part—is that I had no trouble sliding the ring back into the piercing, not quite a week after taking it out for the surgery. The bad news is that neither I nor
cattitude has the right sort of dexterity to get the captive bead back in. So, for the time being, I'll just be wearing a pair of dangly earrings. In a bit, I will either get help from a friend who does have that sort of dexterity, or go to someplace that does piercings and get them to reinsert it for me.
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