Nice mousepad.

That's one nice picture. Where you 'awake' during the surgery?

Nope.. out like a light.. but the nerve block they put in while partially awake.. that doctors was lucky I was still woozy..lol.. that hurt like a bugger.

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So THATS where my old kitchen table went

I swear had the SAME one

Yeah.. I can't get into the office.. so I am at the table... eating off the island for the time being as I have stolen this space.

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There is one universally known cure for a quick recovery from surgery....

Copious amounts of Lutefisk!

Bwaahaaaa!

Seriously Shawn, I am very glad that your surgery went well. Just don't push your recovery too hard.....I know that you are guy that likes to push, but just don't over do it!

One other bit of advice, and you can take this as gospel...

If you are going to spend a lot of time online during the day, take all of the drugs that you can!
The only way to deal with an entire day of dfosterf's inane ramblings is in a drug induced stupor!
I'm guessing that he might even make some kind of sense .....if your brain is fried ::wink:

These pain pills they have today.. at least the ones I have been given do very little. Now that nerve block they put in.. that was wicked..

Seriously though.. I think they may have given me a placebo for pain killers.. little effect.

And yes.. the Lutefisk is on the schedule here.. a wager is a wager. 😉

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Hey, you guys stole my parents' table and chairs! Ha! Must be something about Packer fans being drawn to that set.

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I had same issue with my foot surgery..

I had percs but seemed like it did nothing..Maybe the pain is so great doesnt matter?

Same thing happened in e/r with a kidney stone, got morphine but to no avil, still was screaming like a Bear fan watching Cutler throwing ANOTHER pick

kickass ... i have that same exact mouse!! two of them, one silver and one red 🙂 and another one i had ordered for my work laptop, also silver. 🙂

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I'm always amazed at how little blood there is in a surgery. They do an excellent job of clamping off the blood vessels.

There are different pain pathways, different kinds of pain. Not every pain medication will work for every kind of pain. Also, a lot of pain is psychosomatic: if you don't believe the medication is going to work for you, it definitely won't. Back in the 1970s, they did research in which they would tell patients going through surgery that they had received anaesthetic, even when they hadn't, and patients would report virtually no pain; they would tell other patients that they hadn't received anaesthetic, even though they had, and they would scream in agony through the entire procedure. They came to the conclusion that at least 50% of the effect of anaesthetics is purely placebo.

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