Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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The wheelchair ride to the car feels like winning the Olympics. Go get your medal!
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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Glad to hear you're out and ok, man. You are one tough bastard.
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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Hospital denying you twice-a-day sponge-baths given by hot nurses is unacceptable. Explain this is part of your belief system and they are discriminating unfairly against your religious practices!
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Wow... Just now catching up on the AN events of this past year... All the best to you Curiousburb, and praying for a speedy and Complete recovery!!
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Unknown
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Sorry to hear that you've been having such a rough go of it. Keep up the spirits (I'd suggest imbibing a few) and keep getting better! Do you know where children get all of their energy? - They suck it right out of their parents! |
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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Home more than a week now (amazing to be discharged 4 and a half days after such major surgery), and thought I'd post some more gory details.
Scar Redux! Bigger, better, and in 3-D! -- click each for big -- Continues around to front, too. 3 new drains below existing ones. Swelling of layered muscles at seam make it feel like I'm sleeping on a rope. But dissolving stitches means no staples this time, Yay! And for those who prefer the deeper X-ray view... Before After removal of top 5 ribs (with drains in) You can see a mouse and menu popup near one drain tube After (zoom view) Still got collar bone and shoulder blade, but otherwise only muscle on left side at top. Feels odd. Some vestigial stubs of rib still visible, but I'm not sure if they're front or back... will have to wait for next CT slice for visual proof. Side still massively sore, but I've upped my opiates until it's tolerable. Huge list of things to take every day... liquids, pills, patches, and injections. Some definite loss of sensation due to nerve removal and/or damage. L nipple and surrounding chest almost completely numb. Moob sagginess ain't my fault there. Left hand has lost grip and some motor control. My signature doesn't match anymore, and in fact looks like a child's writing as motor and sensory nerves seemingly aren't back in sync yet. Luckily my typing isn't affected as noticeably. Curiously the ring and pinky finger are controlled by nerves that run from brachial plexus down underside of arm (still numb in my case), while thumb and first two fingers have nerves that run separately down top of arm. Weird evolutionary quirk. Got squeezy ball to help left hand, then hoping for some physio (nurse suggested pilates). Doc said be careful with overhead stretches because the scapula could slot inside sixth rib and get wedged. Thanks for that mental image. But improving every day... waiting for histology/pathology results to know if they got everything. Fingers crossed... at least the ones that still respond like they used to. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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You are DEFINITELY going to have to put some neosporin on that booboo, mister. I had a pyogenic granuloma removed from a finger last week and it freaked me out to have a numb finger - different from coming back from the dentist with a numb mouth... I know you'll adapt, it's a fair exchange! Heal it up, buddy.
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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You are officially the toughest sumbich I have ever seen in my life. I bow to your powers of manliness and resiliency. Holy....
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@kk@pennytucker.social
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Holy hell.
That is crazy. All the best to you Burb. It really is amazing what medicine can do these days. That scar is crazy and those x-rays....just wow. Again, all the best Burb. No more Twitter. It's Mastodon now. |
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9" monochrome
Join Date: May 2004
Location: 🇦🇺
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Good to see you up and about 'Burb.
That is incredible. Hope the histology/pathology reports are clear. Praying that it is all good news for you. |
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Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Denmark
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Radical surgery is radical! Burb, you are a tough mofo and I salute you! |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Unknown
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Great Giggety Schnitzels! (as my son would say)
From this day forward, any time you are around women who complain about childbirth and how men can't handle pain, it is incumbent on you to rip your shirt off and say "let's see your scar b....." So real question - do they put some kind of fake ribs in there for structure and torso protection? And if so, is that done already, or do they wait for this to heal first? Do you know where children get all of their energy? - They suck it right out of their parents! |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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You, Sir, are a fucking badass.
Chicks dig scars. |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
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I am very glad to see you up and about and posting, Burb.
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geri to my friends
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Heaven
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Wow major stuff going on, take care and I hope the healing process is smooth and trouble free.
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: State of Flux
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This is all very fascinating, 'burb, until I realize again the suffering involved. You're hard as a rock, which I imagine exists much beyond fine humor in a post. I wish for your speedy and enduring recovery!
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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Buddy, I haven't seen this thread since my last post in it... I don't even have much to add other than the fact that you are the toughest bastard I've seen in a long while. The fact that you can deal with this and come in here with a "hey, check this shit out, boys" attitude about it is just... awesome.
Brass ones. For sure. Good luck with the recovery, man. |
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I shot the sherrif.
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Holy shit. I somehow missed this threads continuation. It's horrible to read, but what an ending now!
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Ice Arrow Sniper
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Keep kicking ass, burb.
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Banging the Bottom End
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Hope things keep looking up for you. Glad to see you still posting.
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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Hoping to get good pathology results at my GPs tomorrow.
Apparently the decalcification of bones is required for complete testing. At least 2 weeks for elderly folks, but because I'm younger and might have supercalcifragilistic bones it's taken longer. They took quite a slab of ribs, so I'm visualizing the brontosaurus ribs tipping over Flintstone's car... Still damn sore (and still popping opiates), but considering I'm home celebrating the one month anniversary and the surgeon's pre-op worst case estimate was that I might still be in hospital at this point, I'm pretty chuffed. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. Last edited by curiousuburb : 2011-03-10 at 14:32. Reason: clarified? |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Awesome! Did they have you cathetered during any of this? I just woke up, can't remember if you had drains/plugs. Am wondering what kind of "gacky" biological oozes you have to tend. It's weird how they stop being gross and just turn into something you "just do". Been wondering how you're sleeping... which side, or on your back. Suppose the opiates help. Anyway, glad you're home! You're a badass!!
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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Clarification: Op was Feb 2, I was home Feb 6.
Pre-op, surgeon said "Hospital stay might be days, might be weeks or months", so I was out at the low end, and toasted the 1 month anniversary with what-if amazement. Catheter was first 2 days, 2 of 3 drains were out by day 2, the other day 3. Still really only comfy sleeping on my back. Can handle non-surgery side for short periods. Surgery side probably not for many more months. Opiates FTW! All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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We've got our collective good karma working for you, Burb. Keep us posted!
(And I'm not accepting "I was high" as an excuse if you lose in the first round of the playoffs. ) ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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That's great recovery time. Let's hope it means the sucker is on the ground - kick it while it's down! (it's not like there's any sportsmanship to keep up here anyway )
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: london and københavn
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When will that stupid cancer get the message?
YOU DO NOT FUCK WITH THE BURB. You, my never-met friend, are a fucking monster and for my part I respect you more than I can say. gibberish |
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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Haven't read details myself yet, but my GP called with pathology results (4 pages), which basically said...
Margins clear! Woohoo! Somewhere in the 14 x 9 x 3 slab of chest wall they took out there was apparently some active tumour that Chemo and Rayguns hadn't killed, so the surgery was justified... (I'd have been pissed if it was for nothing)... but clear margins is the big news. Thanks again for all the support from folks here... wherever you are in meatspace, it's great to think there's planetwide good vibes emanating from the tubes of 'Nova. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. Last edited by curiousuburb : 2011-03-11 at 20:03. Reason: units might be inches |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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That's great news!
Do forgive my ignorance, does clear margins = remission? |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: State of Flux
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Hell yeah! Enjoy the weekend, burb.
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