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The Morning of Surgery

The morning of the surgery wasn’t bad really.  Ok, there are parts to the morning that were bad.  The worst part, for a while, was not being able to drink anything.  More specifically, not being able to drink coffee!
I’m thinking part of that was a mind over matter issue.  The command, “Don’t drink anything after [...]

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Waking Up Is Hard To Do

CRASH! CRASH! BOOM! PFFSSHHTT!
“SCOTT!”
Beep. Beep. Beep.
“Carful he’s pulled out his IV!”
“SCOTT! WAKE UP!”
“I’M ALIVE!!!”  That was the first thought that came to me as I awoke looking up into the bright lights of what I assume was  from the the operating room.  I only assume because I was barely coherent.
I had been dreaming while I [...]

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Countdown – 8

Eight days until surgery.  A watched pot never boils.  I get it.
After stopping and starting and stopping one of the medications I’ve been taking, I’m once again on the starting side of that see-saw.  Sunday and Monday were absolutely horrible days when it comes to my pain level.  Sunday was off the charts and Monday [...]

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