Dick in the Abstentia, The
Join Date: May 2004
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<Bullwinkle>Nuthin' up my sleeve!</Bullwinkle>
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Okay ladies, the window is closing for photos of your hindquarters... I'll be going in for the DaVinci procedure in the wee early hours on Thursday morning.
If everything looks good they release you to go home the very next day, but we'll see if I'm in any mood to get online on Friday, as I may be in some discomfort... not from the incisions, but from the gas. You see, part of the laparoscopic surgery requires that they inflate your abdomen with carbon dioxide gas, to provide more working room... sort of "raising the roof". Most of the gas escapes from the body during/after the surgery but upwards of 10 percent of that gas is absorbed by the body and must be purged. There is apparently a 72-hour period after the surgery in which the "processing/outgassing" of the CO2 causes pain in the diaphragm, which is mirrored to the shoulders since their nerves share the same "board" going into the spinal column. It turns out that a colleague from the film industry had this same surgery a year ago, by the same surgeon, and he gave me his thoughts about the healing period and it'll just be annoying, not painful... not very painful anyway. So get's to taking pictures of your end-bits, or your refrigerators, or your ceiling fans... I'll need something to look at while I'm puttering about the house.... ... |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Best of luck with it all, Drew. Eleventy zillion good wishes headed your way from 90 minutes north of Atlanta.
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feeling my oats
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Best Wishes Cap't...
You get to be a gassie lassie (or laddie, but that don't rhyme) for a day or two... g |
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M AH - ch ain saw
Join Date: May 2004
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Hope all goes well, and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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Good luck big guy. We're all pulling for you.
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Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Denmark
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Best of luck, drew. And remember that no matter how carbonated you might get, you haven't suddenly acquired the ability to urinate orange juice. soda.
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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Keep your pecker up, dude!
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
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Does this mean the poo log is taking a hiatus to be replaced by the poot log?
Best of luck, man. We'll keep our fingers crossed. |
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Avast!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: New York?
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I smell a blockbuster.
This summer... Capt'n Drew is... DaVinci Man. This film not yet rated. Best wishes! "How could you falter / when you're the Rock of Gibralter? / I had to get off the boat so I could walk on water. / This ain't no tall order. / This is nothing to me. / Difficult takes a day. / Impossible takes a week." |
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9" monochrome
Join Date: May 2004
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Best of luck Drew. I hope the procedure is a complete success for you.
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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Good luck, Cap'n and may the good fortunes of slugs and salt shakers everywhere be with you.
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Aye! Best of luck, Captain Drew, ye' salty sea slug!
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I shot the sherrif.
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good luck man.
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BANNED
I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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thar be a drink raise'd to ya tonight!
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Formerly “adambrennan”
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northern Ireland
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Best of luck
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skates=grafs
Join Date: May 2005
Location: New York
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Good luck man. I'll grad me a big bottle of apple juice and I can guarantee I will be able to outgass you. At least over an 8 hour period.
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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Have a speedy recovery and hope all goes well for you.
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Stallion
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Milwaukee
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Best wishes. I hope everything goes as well as it can.
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Best of luck and a speedy recovery
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What's your pain level?
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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My pain level?
I'm not sure how to answer that... you may mean after I'm back from surgery. If you mean my general tolerance for pain, I can handle it pretty well. I think that Kickaha and I discussed the oddity of pain and sensation for redheads in a thread many moons ago. Basically, the way I understand it, redheads tend to be more aware, more "sensitive" to pain, due to having a physically higher count of nerves, but are also able to "handle/deal-with" pain better as we can dull it down.... somehow. This explanation is probably ENTIRELY INCORRECT, but it's the only way I can remember it right now... it would be great to have a reference paper to consult.... or a dissertation from Kick. Or something. Anyway, I feel fine today, day-before-surgery. Have a slight worry-sore on the side of my tongue, from stress... haven't had one of those in years~ ... |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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Have a lucky bum surgery, Captain. *salutes*
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Paris, France
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All the best for the surgery, drewprops. I'm sure you won't need that red-headed pain tolerance. 'Tis no longer the sixteenth century: they have anaesthetics and stuff now, at least for landlubbers.
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Veteran Member
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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Back from my lung biopsy with no major complications, so I'm sending residual good hospital mojo your way, Cap'n.
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
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Did I miss something... Burb I had no idea you were going in for a biopsy. Hope you're doing OK / keep us posted on the results.
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
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Haven't wanted to hijack threads or jinx things in advance.
Still leery of posting too much med info in publicly searchable pages, but thought I'd ship some fresh Irish luck to Drew. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
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Roger that, matey. Argggh! Cap'n Drew surely appreciates it.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Got this bum sketch done by a local artist just for you... Do you recognize me?!?! (I tried to strike a sexy pose for you!)
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