Hey Patrick, good luck with surgery. I work in a hospital and the 2 things I would be concerned about would be theft and privacy policy of the hosptial. It's not uncommon for a patient to go for a test and have their room assignment changed while you are gone. And I don't trust the numerous people that pop into your room all hours of the night. Best John
--- Patrick Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone: > > A thought just occured to me a couple of hours ago > (I know...Such a > thing IS scary, isn't it?). > > Anyhow, what I thought of doing is (Assuming I get a > private enough > room in which to do it) taking my Mustek DV5300SE > along with the $10 > tripod I just bought from Radio Shack, my iRiver > with my cliptie mic > (The latter for better audio quality and the iRiver > alone to capture > PT sessions and because I'll no doubt need it for > other things related > to my surgery anyway), and a decent supply of > batteries to last me the > entire time I'm in the hospital (Which they're > talking would be > overnight, but you know how overly-optimistic > doctors like to make > things sound). > > Question is has ANYONE ever tried this AS A PATIENT? > Now mind you, > I'm NOT talking about violating someone else's right > to privacy here. > I mean it's not like I'm gonna be recording while > someone is talking > to their doctor or nurse or whatever as that would > CERTAINLY be a > privacy issue. But WHAT IF I'm put in MY OWN room > where the bed I'll > be in IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM? > > If need be, I'll forego the tripod and hold the cam > in my hand. > > Of course, I won't be able to edit and upload till I > get home, but at > least it'll give me something to do after I catch up > with all the > email you guys post to the list. :) > > BTW....As things stand now - Pre-Op for my lap band > now appears to be > set for Dec. 6th with the surgery itself a week > later. > > Thoughts & comments anyone? > > Cheers :D > > -- > Pat Cook > Denver, Colorado > PODCASTS - > AS MY WORLD TURNS - Blogger Page - > http://asmyworldturnstv.blogspot.com/ BlogTV Page - > http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/20453 > PAT'S REAL DEAL VIDEO BLOG - > http://patsrealdeal.livejournal.com/ > PAT'S HEALTH & MEDICAL WONDERS VIDEOCAST - > http://patshealthmedicalwondersvideocast.blogspot.com/ > YOUTUBE CHANNEL - http://www.youtube.com/amwowttv/ > THE PAT COOK SHOW - > http://www.livevideo.com/thepcshow > THE PAT COOK SHOW (Video Podcast) - Blogger Page - > http://thepctvshow.blogspot.com/ - BlogTV Page - > http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/19924 > Jimmy CraicHead TVVideo Podcast about Sailing, Travel, Craic and Cocktails www.jchtv.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs