JohnW63
Enlightened Member
Um...I don't think I want any of the above fixes. I don't want to find out of I'm a screamer. I don't think I would. I might be a "curser" though. I got colorful when I had kidney stones.
Anytime, like this week, that I've been asked to "rate" pain level? My first question is always, "With 10 being a kidney stone?"Um...I don't think I want any of the above fixes. I don't want to find out of I'm a screamer. I don't think I would. I might be a "curser" though. I got colorful when I had kidney stones.
Thank you Charlie. Outstanding surgeon, 4 minute surgery.........what could go wrong?Good luck on Friday, Jim!
The Doc said they knock you out just like during a colonoscopy. You're out, but not for long and no big deal.Nothing to eat or drink sounds like full knockout stuff or mostly. 4 minutes. Dang. Wonder what the full recovery time will be. Connective parts have less blood flow and heal a lot slower. If you tell me 4 days, I'm going to fall off my guitar stool.
Thanks Shelby, I appreciate that very much.Thinking about you West and smooth and easy surgery your way!!!
Thank you Miss Cynthia, and I'll report back after I get back home. It's not far though, about an hour's drive.I hope it goes well and the next update will be all good news!
Yes sir. IV in both arms, one for antibiotics, the other for the happy juice. They inject you with something that keeps you awake and you don't have a care in the world, wheel you though the OR waiting area in the back, then give you the full knock out treatment.Well, I must admit that was the shortest surgery expected time I've ever heard of. Did they knock you out and IV you and the whole bit?
Yes they do Effin. I have been able to play a few minutes a day these past few weeks, so yesterday it was the DV72. It had been a while, but she's still got it. I need to do a wholesale string change on all of them, but not this week I don't think.Hope you heal quick, West! Those Collings need some love!
I'd never heard of it until about a month ago. I finished a round of golf and my left index finger was absolutely killing me. Killing me to the point that I can no longer fret with that finger, and it's really got me down.
My son in law, who is an outstanding PA in Tyler diagnosed it as "trigger finger", which apparently is an inflammation and swelling in the tubes that our tendons run through in order to extend and retract our fingers. he sent me to a hand specialists/surgeon there. The surgeon confirmed what my son in law had said. Last week the surgeon injected it with cortisone and told me he wanted me back on the 20th for an evaluation. He wanted to give it a couple of weeks to heal and told me to play golf and guitar and to even do it in excess to see if the cortisone helped. Apparently it hasn't, as this sucker hurts like hell. I'm afraid the next step is surgery.
I know some of us are older and wondered if any of you had even had a similar experience, and what your outcome might have been?
West