Surgery is a mad crazy...

[MC Moot]

I went "under the knife" for the first time 12 day's ago to repair my achilles tendon...the whole experience has had a profound impact on me...from the pre-op anxiety,during which I got very sick/scared,to the white hot searing pain while waking up in the recovery room,anoymous masked,melting face hovers in streaked light and inquires..."do you know your name?...do you know where you are?...do you know why you're here?"...a morphine kitty for a day...the whole hospital experience in general,so foreign to me,lacking dignity,exposed,weakened...I'm completley reliant on friends and family now...getting stronger with the crutches but everything requires soooo much effort...like i've been stratigizing on making some coffee for 30mins now...you have to commit...so lame to be lame...and percocet,man that stuff is poison!...if anyone has some savy advice on post surgery recovery tactics,scar care,diet,anything,something funny to read or great magazines to pick up I'd be appreciative,ya'all...

[Adam]

Did you get one of those self administer morphine pumps?

They are so cool - I want one on my bed at home.

[MC Moot]

Did you get one of those self administer morphine pumps?

They are so cool - I want one on my bed at home.

naaa...no pump...needle in the I.V bag,a pinch of pain and sweet relief...I actually only had morphine in the recovery room and I took as much as I was allowe at one point they switched to another narc because I had reached a limit...after that it was 10 mg of oxycet every 4 hours for the first 3 day's...it was nut's at one point I kept asking my nurse if I had had the equivalent amount of morphine that would be delivered to a soldier,like you see in the war films,through a surette....she just laughed and said "oh yes honey MUCH more than that"...

[Nuzzolese]

You may be constipated. The drugs, plus the inactivity, can lead to that. If so, try placing a warm wet towel on your lower abdomen.

[MC Moot]

You may be constipated. The drugs, plus the inactivity, can lead to that. If so, try placing a warm wet towel on your lower abdomen.

Oh yeah,I've rediscoverd dried prunes ...(y)...and had some lentils last night but I didn't move,so to speak, for 3 days post-op...that was ill...:(

[AceFace]

i hope you heal quickly. i've missed you around here.

i've never had surgery, but your description sounds so strange!

[MC Moot]

i hope you heal quickly. i've missed you around here.

i've never had surgery, but your description sounds so strange!

Thanx Ace...you do realize,you'll have to take me to Star Trek in a wheel chair now...right?...plus I want popcorn and glosette peanuts...no one say's no to me these days!

;)

[AceFace]

i have no idea what kinda peanuts those are, so no. you can't have them. only twizzlers.

[MC Moot]

i have no idea what kinda peanuts those are, so no. you can't have them. only twizzlers.

fine then,I knew you'd be strict...I will use the twizzlers as edible straws to drink down the bucket of pop you will also buy for me...because sick people get everything they want!...(not unlike 2yr olds)...(y)

[MC Moot]

I forgot to add that during my morphine haze I had a epiphany or vision while I was out...have you seen Superman when Brando sends those dudes to the Phantom Zone which is like a pane of existence hurtling through space?...well I had a similar type of experience...I was in a undefinable space other than to say it consisted of 2 "rooms" one of which had no "windows" and the other that was open on either end completley to space...while in the room without windows there was no sense of motion but when in the open ended room it became apparent that I was turning end over end,in complete circles,past the surface of the moon coming closer and closer to it,skiming the surface...moon surface,horizon,then black space...friends believe you me when I tell you I SAW the moon...like I mean I really saw it from orbit...amazing in detail and scope...it was absolutely beautiful and terrifying at the same moment...at a point I was sure I was going to crash into the surface I skimmed out and over back into clear space like I was coming over the top of an arc and lo and behold there was Momma earth that I was flying towards...end over end...I then knew I had to go into the room without windows....there floating in what I can only assume was zero G were 32 pyramid like objects with undeciphrable signs on them,I immediatley understood that I had to arrange these in the shape of a greater pyramid floating above me...I knew that this was critical to enter the planets atmosphere...then I laid down like I was in stasis,when i came to the rooms were filled with intense light and the pyramid had come apart but was floating still above me...I recognized that this was not good and a "inner" voice started to warn me of atmosphere aproach and critical rates of descent...then the Earth started to do the same thing as the moon spilling over and round again...I got very close to the surface,landscapes passing by and then it stopped...yep...so basically I think I've seen how humans came to the earth...I can't tell you how incredible this "vision" was...just freakin amazing...(y)

[b i o n i c]

I forgot to add that during my morphine haze I had a epiphany or vision while I was out...have you seen Superman when Brando sends those dudes to the Phantom Zone which is like a pane of existence hurtling through space?...well I had a similar type of experience...I was in a undefinable space other than to say it consisted of 2 "rooms" one of which had no "windows" and the other that was open on either end completley to space...while in the room without windows there was no sense of motion but when in the open ended room it became apparent that I was turning end over end,in complete circles,past the surface of the moon coming closer and closer to it,skiming the surface...moon surface,horizon,then black space...friends believe you me when I tell you I SAW the moon...like I mean I really saw it from orbit...amazing in detail and scope...it was absolutely beautiful and terrifying at the same moment...at a point I was sure I was going to crash into the surface I skimmed out and over back into clear space like I was coming over the top of an arc and lo and behold there was Momma earth that I was flying towards...end over end...I then knew I had to go into the room without windows....there floating in what I can only assume was zero G were 32 pyramid like objects with undeciphrable signs on them,I immediatley understood that I had to arrange these in the shape of a greater pyramid floating above me...I knew that this was critical to enter the planets atmosphere...then I laid down like I was in stasis,when i came to the rooms were filled with intense light and the pyramid had come apart but was floating still above me...I recognized that this was not good and a "inner" voice started to warn me of atmosphere aproach and critical rates of descent...then the Earth started to do the same thing as the moon spilling over and round again...I got very close to the surface,landscapes passing by and then it stopped...yep...so basically I think I've seen how humans came to the earth...I can't tell you how incredible this "vision" was...just freakin amazing...(y)



a dream?

[MC Moot]

a dream?

no,no...much,much more I think...not even comparable...

[Adam]

dude paragraphs - use them!

I felt critted by a wall of text, had to res and start again.

You sure you didn't go into cardiac arrest and they didn't tell ya?

And yeah, dude take all the free stuff you can get. Get a crapple badge for parking if you can. Get all the discounts. Write to your MP about the stuff thats pisses you off. Make the best of being cropped.

[MC Moot]

dude paragraphs - use them!.


You need to be wary when offering advice to extraterrestrial entity's...we're all ready frustrated that your kind still engages in such rudimentary forms of communication...we just have to think it and it's heard amongst us...you glorified talking monkey's have no idea how far you've yet to come...;)

[Adam]

yeah, I'm a simple form of life. I need small baby steps. Nothing that complexes the mind into concentrating.

FAR

TOO

ADVANCED!

[Nuzzolese]

Polyvore is a great time-swallower, if you're a girly girl and like to pretend to go shopping.

The Kingdom of Loathing is good too. Internet game.

Rent an entire TV series and watch it straight through. Rent something that goes in depth like Lost or The X-Files. Take notes.

Get a friend to bring you some self-help books from the library, preferably with evaluative quizes inside so you can take this time to really think about who you are and your motivations in life. When this causes depression, you've already got plenty of drugs on hand!

Pretend you've been hobbled and held captive by someone so you can imagine different, elaborate ways to escape or call for help.

Try to see how few breaths you can manage to take in one minute. Can you get down to four?

[MC Moot]

Polyvore is a great time-swallower, if you're a girly girl and like to pretend to go shopping.

The Kingdom of Loathing is good too. Internet game.

Rent an entire TV series and watch it straight through. Rent something that goes in depth like Lost or The X-Files. Take notes.

Get a friend to bring you some self-help books from the library, preferably with evaluative quizes inside so you can take this time to really think about who you are and your motivations in life. When this causes depression, you've already got plenty of drugs on hand!

Pretend you've been hobbled and held captive by someone so you can imagine different, elaborate ways to escape or call for help.

Try to see how few breaths you can manage to take in one minute. Can you get down to four?


Nice,mucho gracias...I can dig it...

I don't know of this Polyvore you speak of but I've been hanging about Etsy a bit more than usual...

I'm think I will rent "The Wire" Season 1 this week...

I've never been much on the self help thing but I do need a library pick up of books on lucid dreaming,Taoism and human physiology...right now I'm re-reading "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett because it's a laugh riot...

I get it! I'm gonna hide in the broom closet and clobber my girl when she comes through the door tonight because she's my captor!...even though I have Stockholm syndrome it's gonna be like Cato vs Inspector Closeau!

Oh! I've allready been working on deep brathing because the surgeon said oxygen supply to the limb is critical for wound healing...

I got a bitch'n movie based crossword book that I'm rellay enjoying as well...

(y):)