AUG 11 TUESDAY

I CAN TYPE A LITTLE WITH BOTH HANDS NOW. I CAN'T DO IT FOR LONG, SO HEAR IT GOES.
THE DAY OF THE OPERATION, WE ARRIVE AT 5:30AM AT THE HOSPITAL AND THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE WAITING TO HAVE OPERATIONS. IT'S LIKE, GET IN LINE DUDE.
ONCE IN THE SURGERY PREP ROOM I MET MY FIRST "DR???" AS IT TURNS OUT HE IS AN INTERN FROM GUESS WHERE "COLLEGE OF ST. GEORGE" THAT'S IN GRANADA. SHARON AS HIM WHY HE WENT THERE, I SAID, THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE HE COULD GET IN. HE LAUGHED AND SAID THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TRY TO STICK ME FOR AN I.V. NO LUCK ON THE FIRST STICK, AND YOU GOT TO KNOW WHAT I TOLD HIM ON THE SECOND SECOND BAD ATTEMPT. GET OUT OF HERE, GET YOUR F++++++ BOSS IN HERE. WHEN HE DID ARRIVE HE EXPLAINED THEY ONLY ATTEMPT ONCE. I THEN TOLD HIM TO STICK MY PORT. HE SAID HE WOULD IN THE OPERATING ROOM.
SO NOW I'M IN THE OPERATING ROOM AND THEY ASK ME IF I WANT A NERVE BLOCK. I HAD TOLD THEM BEFORE THAT I DID, BUT THEY ALWAYS ASK TWICE I GUESS IN CASE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND. THE NEXT THING I KNOW THERE IS SOMEONE AT MY NECK WITH A NEEDLE TRYING TO FIND MY NERVES. HE TRIES TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT TIME AND HAS MY ARM JUMPING, BUT CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE THIRD NERVE. THE SURGEON FINALLY SAYS SOMETHING TOO HIM AND HE STOPS. I THEN HEAR THE OTHER DR. ASK IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO STICK A PORT. NO ONE ANSWERS, SO HE FINALLY TELLS SOMEONE TO GO GET SOME NURSE. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG A LADY'S VOICE SAYS, OK I'M GOING TO STICK YOU SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND IT WILL BE GOOD NIGHT.
THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER IS WAKING UP IN RECOVERY. THE SURGEON IS ASK ME HOW I FEEL AND I SAYING I HURT REAL BAD IN MY LEFT ARM. HE ASKS ME TO MOVE MY LEFT HAND BUT THE ONLY THING I COULD MOVE WAS MY THUMB. HE SAYS THAT'S NOT GOOD, HE THEN SHOWS ANOTHER DR. THAT I CAN STILL MOVE MY THUMB. APPARENTLY THEY DIDN'T EVER GET THE THIRD NERVE DEADENED. SO HE SAYS WE WILL HAVE TO GIVE HIM PAIN MEDICATION FOR THAT SITUATION. I NOW KNOW WHAT THAT SITUATION MEANS. A CERTAIN PART OF MY LEFT ARM HURTS LIKE HELL. PART IS NUMB, AND I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH MY SKIN AT THAT POINT, IT HURTS SO MUCH. AS YOU ALL KNOW MY SAYING "THEY PRACTICE MEDICINE, AND IF YOU LET THEM, THEY WILL PRACTICE ON YOU". WELL GUESS WHAT, AT A TEACHING HOSPITAL, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.
OH YEA,, WHEN THEY TRIED TO PUT IN A CATHETER, THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE URETHRA. THEY MADE THEIR OWN PATH. ONCE THEY SAW THE BLOOD, THEY HAD TO CALL IN ANOTHER EXPERT TO SOLVE THAT LITTLE PROBLEM. GUESS WHO GOT TO WEAR THAT LITTLE PLEASURE FOR THE NEXT WEEK. THE ONLY GOOD THING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT EXPERIENCE WAS THAT I GOT TO MEET A NEIGHBOR I HAD NEVER MET, HE WAS THE DR. THAT TOOK IT OUT, AND I HAVE THE BEST STREAM I'VE HAD IN YEARS.

I AM FEELING MUCH BETTER, I'M ONLY TAKING PAIN MEDICATION AT NIGHT AND I'VE STARTED TO GO TO THE BATH ROOM AGAIN. HAY, THIS IS ABOUT GETTING BETTER, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE CREATURE COMFORTS, DON'T READ THIS PART. I'M GETTING BETTER ONE PART AT A TIME. IT'S ALL GOT TO WORK OR YOU ARE NOT BETTER. THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRAYERS.
TOM