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What????? No photo of the pisiform bone? I kept scrolling waiting to see the giant blueberry sized rock!

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I debated whether to put that in but I decided I'd lose too many subscribers. I didn't want to deal with the max exodus.

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Sounds reasonable to me

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Sep 20, 2022Liked by James Breakwell

Glad you’re on the mend and intending to stay that way! Wishing you much success in that endeavor.👍🏻😊

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Hey, I'm also all for getting completely knocked out, or at least far enough under that I don't hear, smell, see or feel anything. I've even gone that route for several dental procedures because I'm a big chicken and the dentist doesn't want me to hit him. And yes, my 40-yr-old daughter had a hip replaced without gen'l anesthesia, which totally made me shudder just thinking of hearing that drill. I was hoping that you were a total romantic while coming out from under like my husband is. He says 'I love you' enough in recovery to last a lifetime. It's cute for a while but then honestly gets kind of embarrassing - but so far he hasn't said anyone else's name at the time, so guess I can't complain.

"He died as he lived: As stupidly as possible" would make a fabulous and unique inscription on your tombstone, but until then, glad to hear all went well and hoping you heal quickly.

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Sadly, there's not a romantic bone in my body. Or maybe there is, but it's the one they pulled out.

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You still have a spleen and a gallbladder!

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True. I'll add them to the list.

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James, you are a wuss! I had ortho surgery on my ankle with only a nerve block. I had a non union fracture and got screws and bone taken from my shin to help me heal. I get super forgetful after general anesthesia although my family can't tell the difference as I'm super forgetful anyways ;o) The drill noise on my ankle was a bit disturbing but the anesthesiologist was so impressed that he talked to me most of the surgery. He probably has no one to talk to when the patient is asleep.

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I want to see the bone the size of a blueberry!🥺

I will say this regarding the future: don’t ever break your femur on the leg you had knee surgery 2 months ago😱

Good luck on your recovery!

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You. Poor. Thing! I can’t even imagine. Hope all is well now.

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Thanks! ☺️

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I'm glad the surgery went well but I do think you're a bit of a wimp for getting knocked out. I had eye surgery last year where the surgeon had to scrap off a bump on my retina by opening up my eyeball. I just got a local and a block on my optic nerve. I was talking to the surgeon the whole time he was working. Good times.

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That is literally my nightmare.

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Almost time for a knee or hip replacement. I would strongly recommend the hip first, it's a lot easier recovery. Oh and never let them touch your shoulders. Says the 59 yr. old who has had 26 surgeries in the last 20 yrs

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That was my big fear with the wrist surgery. I figured that once they started operating on it, they'd never stop. That's why I was so happy they just pulled the bone out. There's nothing to go in there and fix again because it's gone.

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Thanks for this encouragement on the hip-I had it yesterday and, being the female that I am, I put it off too long and was in horrible pain. However, one day out, I can say with certainty that the post-op hip pain this morning is nothing like the pre-op pain yesterday morning.

And you’re right about the shoulders: I had rotator cuff surgery in 2003 and thought I might die during rehab. When I had my first knee replaced in 2016, the doc looked at my history and said “well, you had rotator cuff so this knee replacement will be nothing to you” and he was right.

You poor thing, 26 surgeries?! I’m assuming you have osteoarthritis….

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Yep osteo and a weird genetic makeup that does weird things like make my gallbladder be upside down and backwards (or it was when it was in me LOL) Played soccer (goalie) catcher in softball and baseball and quarterback in football. That when we weren't playing kill the man growing up.

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So either you are copying me or I’m copying you: I had a bout of sepsis in August due to a UTI. But I don’t think you have to worry about future sepsis from UTI, if you get my drift.

The hospital stay with sepsis postponed my hip replacement, which was done yesterday and I, too, feel pretty great for being one day out; but, the pain from the hip was so bad before that this replacement is a definite improvement. So it’s all relative. At least after joint replacements you get the GoodStuff, which can be somewhat enjoyable. Quick recoveries for us all!

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I’m certain they are used to repeating conversations while you’re in recovery. After I had my gallbladder out, apparently I had a whole conversation with the nurse about my kids, and insisted we call my husband. Woke up again 20-30 minutes later, again insisting we call my husband, having no idea I’d just talked to him.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

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I had the twilight sedation twice and slept through the procedures both times. It might as well have been general anesthesia! The first time I had it, they warned me that I would get irritable when the drugs wore off. They weren’t wrong.

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I start off irritable, so who knows how I'd end up. Maybe a double dose of irritability would cancel out like a double negative and I'd be happy.

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