Serious confessional

[scaeagles]

Home now and quite sore. Although I am sucking down a jamba juice which is actually entering my stomach. Some discomfort, but the mechanics are working better than I can remember in about 2 years. I'll be on liquids for the next week or so. Thanks again for the thoughts and prayers and mojo and PMs. The doc says everything went exceptionally well, and the pictures of my innards were interesting, to say the least.

Some post surgical observations:

I am quite thankful that my catheter was both inserted and removed while I was unconscious. Peeing hurts like hell after a catheter is inserted and removed.

After having all the hair shaved off my stomach, I realize it I need more sun. It is white and pasty looking and pretty much disgusting.

I prefer pain to nausea. The pain medicines were making me sick to my stomach, so I abandoned pain medicine and am actually not doing too badly with pain.

I have it a whole lot better than any other person I saw in the hospital and have a hell of a lot to be thankful for. Some mighty, mighty sick and hurting people. And lonely - many had no one there with them ever that I saw.

Happy, smiling nurses make patients feel a lot better than cranky, frowning ones.

That would be about all for now, I guess.

Thanks again, and know that I am doing pretty well.

Leo