Got a call from Boston a couple of days ago and it appears that I’ll be having surgery either the 6th or 14th of May depending on how their surgery schedule works out. Yes, that’s May of this year if you can believe it. As for myself, I’ll believe it when they roll me into the operating room or perhaps I should wait until I wake up afterward?
Looks like my new set of buck back teeth came in just in time considering that I’m going to have to be able to chew my food thoroughly for 6 months or so after surgery is done which was downright impossible before. I’d hate to have to be restricted to liquids and non-chunky soups for that long. Can you imagine clam chowder with no clams or potatoes or anything else for that matter?
Now I’m not what you might call a nervous type individual but I find myself somewhat anxious about this. I mean after 50 years, many of which I’ve spent doing some amazingly unique and oft times dangerous things, I still have all my original parts (barring a few teeth mind you) in all their original positions. I think it’s the original positions part of it that’s giving me pause to reflect.
This up and coming surgery is going to rearrange my insides somewhat. Part A has always been connected to part B with part C acting as a valve in between parts A and B-as it were. Come surgery all that’s going to change and although part A and part B will still be connected, part A will now wrap around the lower end of part B since part C went the way of the buffalo several years ago. This is all supposed to keep the contents of part B where they belong which hasn’t been the case for quite awhile now.
And they have move aside a rather important organ of mine to accomplish all this so I do believe the best course of action for me here and now is just not to think about it. Sound good?
And I still think I need a netbook for the extended (diabetes, risk of infection, etc) post-op stay so I can whine and complain to all you folks from my hospital bed. Whaddaya think?
Well aren’t you the exciting one! This sounds like a job for “Joe the Plumber” Really tho,praying for successful overhaul and quick and full recovery. I know all about the apprehension you must be feeling & I’m sorry you have to deal with it for so long.I’m sure you’ve been doing you’re own research on it all(at times that scares the hell out of you even more than not knowing anything)My brother has recently been replumbed and doing pretty good,his was done at the VA hosp.in Illinois.I myself,have parts missing that should still be there,other parts fused together w/others…Ive been irradiated or is it eradicated, hum? Anyway, stay cool & look forward to eventially feeling better & things working better. That day will come. All my prayers are w/you and family,and don’t stop writing. If you feel like complaining and bitching do it o the computor and give the wife a break, we can take it and we care.
Hi Sandra – Funny, I don’t feel exciting.
Thanks for all your well wishes and as far as irradiated or eradicated I figure it’s a bit of both. Might as well be versatile about these things as long as we have to put up with ‘em. Glad your brother came through the re-plumbing okay and strangely enough I have a friend (and fellow vet) of mine who was also irradiated during her time time in the Air Force. She’s going through about the same thing as you are.
As odd as it sounds, it’s comforting to know that none of us are alone in these kind of problems.
Whoa you are one messed up dude! Physically too.
Just make sure the Surgeon has a good GPS to get all the points in the correct order.
Sixty – I hear she has one of the best GPS units going. 3rd generation military unit bought at an Army surplus store for $129.95. I should be glad about this?
Hey you know what? Maybe they will Twitter the operation! Teaching hospitals are doing that when new procedures are being performed, why not yours? Ask for a Twitter surgeon.
Elaine – Hey, what a great idea. I can see it now. There’s this one guy in surgery who has some sort of netbook and is peering over the surgeon’s shoulder saying, “Wait…what are you doing now?”
Maybe they could even make it into some kind of Facebook application? What would they call it if they did?