Yeah, whatever.
It's still technically morning... for 6 more minutes.
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Yeah, whatever.
It's still technically morning... for 6 more minutes.
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FYIWDWYTM
Peter1469 (09-21-2020)
The NIH sent me an informative piece of mail about perimenopausal depression and addressed it to "Future Research Participant"...
I had a birthday last week, and I am definitely not perimenopausal, but points for a sense of humor.
FYIWDWYTM
The endoscopic laser surgery to remove scar tissue from my trachea that I was supposed to have back in March is happening this coming Monday. I saw my surgeon yesterday and he did that awful thing where they snake a tube into your nose and down your throat to take a movie. (If I was an aspiring actor in Hollywood, I guess I'd be trying to get that listed on IMDB as a film credit.) This time he sprayed lidocaine down my throat, which I hadn't had done before, I guess to numb it or something, and it's had me coughing more than usual ever since. It's 3 in the morning and I just woke up feeling like my throat was more constricted than it usually is - a feeling not conducive to sleep. I'm having a cup of hot mocha with some Evan Williams bourbon, which I think might just do the trick.
My surgeon mentioned that if this doesn't do the trick and get my oxygen intake back to normal the only other measure available would be to actually take a piece out of the trachea, like removing a bad section of pipe, and sewing the ends together. As I told the wife last night, that isn't going to happen. I'm 66 years old and if I have to spend the rest of my life getting winded easily and having to clear my throat a lot, so be it.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
DGUtley (09-23-2020)
Peter1469 (09-23-2020)
Standing Wolf (09-23-2020)
I had it done once in January but some of the scar tissue grew back, which is why I need to have it done again. There wasn't much pain at all afterwards, but I couldn't talk for about a week. I recall trying after a few days and just a croak came out. This time I'm taking an ironclad vow of silence for a solid week with no exceptions.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
How much for the second stamp on the envelope?
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
carolina73 (09-23-2020)
Right now I’m drinking a nice bourbon that was finished in a port wine cask courtesy of Woodinville Whiskey Company. Delightful stuff.
zelmo1234 (09-23-2020)