Wal Had laproscopic. It failed. Regular is no more painful
Joel On Wednesday, June 24, 2015, Wally Bryant via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > No I mean it was really funny. > > The surgery was actually fun, but the recovery was brutal. If I could do > it again I probably would have tried the laparoscopic procedure. > (Intuitive Surgical was actually one of my clients for years...) The > surgeon told me that there was less chance of nerve damage with the classic > procedure. Ha. Besides, the whole thing was an out-of-pocket expense. > Welcome to cruising outside of the US and Canada. > > They definitely do things differently down here. The nurses were a lot of > fun. I was totally out for the actual surgery, but the preparation was > wild. Those nurses just walked in, pulled up the gown, held my arms down > to the table while they stuck the IV in my arm (it took five tries, because > she wasn't looking at my arm...) and while they wrapped my legs up with > tape kept staring at the shaved area. Apparently there aren't that many > natural blondes down here. > > That should have been humiliating, but they kept giggling and trying to > make conversation. "Are you married? (no) Divorced? (no) Why aren't you > married? (no quiero una esposa) Tienes una novia? (no al momento) > <giggles> Quieres una novia? (si, porque no) Tienes ninos? (no) Porque no? > (obviously not because I *can't*)" > > Post Op was brutal. I had pain killers, but stopped taking them after a > day because they worked too well and I was afraid I'd forget, try to pick > something up or jump off the boat and rip myself back open. So for a week > or so I literally had to crawl on and off the boat. And the rest of the > story will remain untold until I find a way to make it funny. > > Wal > > > > you wrote: > >> Wal, >> Funny stuff. >> >> <snip>Everyone is different but I had the Hernia operation at 58. <snip> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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