Just got on here for the first time in a long time. I had the opportunity to lounge around and not do a damn thing for the past week and a half, so I did it with gusto!
What I did learn during this time is that any time a doctor with a really sharp knife comes to see you the outcome is almost always gonna be pain.
Seems like I had what the professionals like to call a "bowel obstruction". Most people I've talked to have just told me this proves I'm full of crap! A word to the wise, if you're wanting to have a little surgery, maybe get yourself a nice little scar to impress the ladies, stick with something like a torn ACL or maybe even a torn rotator cuff. You have no idea what a pain in the ass it is to have a 6" cut in your belly! Put the physical pain aside. I'm not a real wispy little fellow, and when I don't get to eat or drink anything (and we're talking water, don't even get me started about beer) for 30 hours, I get a little cranky! I work hard to maintain my girlish figure, and losing 10 pounds in a week is going to be tough to recover from. Might take me up to 3 weeks to put that back on! When I finally got to have a cup of chicken broth, man you would of thought I was at Ruth's Chris eating a rib-eye!
Funny how when you're in the hospital, every time somebody comes through the door, just before they leave, they all say "try to get some rest". How about stay the hell out of the room for more than 45 minutes and maybe I CAN get some damn rest! Jeesh. Seriously. How many times a day do you really need my temperature and blood pressure? And perhaps this would be a good time to talk to all the nursing professionals and medical techs who work nights in a hospital. When you come in, learn to maybe use a little flashlight, or maybe even plug-in a night-lite that you can turn on. Nothing says "get some rest" better than 9 million lumens of flourescent light in your eyes!
All in all, I couldn't have asked for better care! Better-looking care maybe....but then I probably wouldn't have wanted to leave!
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