Just FYI, I survived surgery.

OldAgePensioner · 01-22-2006, 07:02 PM

Walked the 4 blocks home in icy Chicago this aft, after I survived the 8 hour Wednesday operation and 11 overall operation room stay. Should have taken 2-5 hours or so, but there were complications.

I had a great doctor. He worked on me for 8 hours and then came back on his day off to confirm that pathoglogy confirmed cancer and what type.

I feel lucky. I finally asked him how many of these operations he had done, "60 ish". My Emergency Contact said he seemed to genuinely care about doing a good job for me.

Thanks to all who passed on good thoughts. It really helped.

**REWahoo** · 01-22-2006, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldAgePensioner

Walked the 4 blocks home in icy Chicago this aft, after I survived the 8 hour Wednesday operation and 11 overall operation room stay. Should have taken 2-5 hours or so, but there were complications.

I had a great doctor. He worked on me for 8 hours and then came back on his day off to confirm that pathoglogy confirmed cancer and what type.

I feel lucky. I finally asked him how many of these operations he had done, "60 ish". My Emergency Contact said he seemed to genuinely care about doing a good job for me.

Thanks to all who passed on good thoughts. It really helped.

OAP, it's great to hear from you. And it's a relief to know they left enough of you to still be able to post.

But Holey Moley, why not treat yourself to a cab ride home? Or were you so happy to get out of that place you would have walked 4 blocks in the ice and snow to...er, nevermind. I guess you did just that! Anyhow, welcome back and here's wishing you a speedy recovery.

REW

BUM · 01-22-2006, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldAgePensioner

Walked the 4 blocks home in icy Chicago this aft, after I survived the 8 hour Wednesday operation and 11 overall operation room stay.

Horrrrray OAP!

I knew you could do it. Wishing you a speedy and complete recovery,

BUM

yakers · 01-22-2006, 07:53 PM

Glad to hear of the good medical services. Hope you recover soon.

Yakers, originally a Chicago boy and knows what that cold & wind can do.

OldAgePensioner · 01-22-2006, 07:58 PM

REW, Thanks.
I was walking along holding my abdomen like it might fall off, so I decided not to try to struggle into the back seat of a cab. *Funny how the body feels like it could rip open when you are in pain.

BUM,
The recovery better go quickly because I want a glass of chardonnay and some rich food.

Yakers,
I kept looking down at the sidewalk and hoping no to slip.

JPatrick · 01-22-2006, 08:16 PM

Glad you are on the mend OAP,* I'm sure that first "real meal" is going to be great!
And may you have thousands more

**Martha** · 01-22-2006, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldAgePensioner

The recovery better go quickly because I want a glass of chardonnay and some rich food.

Well if you want the wine and food, you must at least be feeling pretty good!

Glad you are home. I advise you not to read the Funny Joke Thursday thread until you can safely laugh.

Eagle43 · 01-22-2006, 08:36 PM

Way to go, OAP. Hope the elevator only goes up. And you walked 4 blocks. I know 20-year olds who won't/can't do that. Good luck!

Jarhead* · 01-22-2006, 08:45 PM

Hey OAP: I was going to tell you a "filthy" story to cheer you up, but Martha's probably right,
don't want you popping your stitches.

Hope all goes well in recovery. (No fun, huh?) :P

bruce1 · 01-22-2006, 08:45 PM

Hip hip Hooray. That was a long surgery! Hope all goes well from here on.

Bruce

mb · 01-22-2006, 08:52 PM

Good luck with your recovery OAP.* I can't help feeling that it is a good sign that you decided to walk home.

MB

OldAgePensioner · 01-22-2006, 09:13 PM

Thanks for the good thoughts one and all.

Got to say this and you had to be there to understand. I had more women looking at me naked in the last 4 days than in the past 40 years. But the catheter was duly marked x-large.

I had doubts on Wednesday night about whether I would survive the night. My heart was having a very hard time taking the trauma to my body. Thursday was a drug induced survival but by Friday, I realized how well the surgeon had performed and how many others on the ward were having a very hard time of it.

One lucky due.

73ss454 · 01-22-2006, 09:16 PM

OAP

Glad to hear from you and hope your recovery is swift.

Regards,
Joe

Brat · 01-22-2006, 09:32 PM

Great to hear all went well. For heaven's sake don't be hesitant to ask for visiting nurse services . I have a "old beau" who is a general surgeon with a cancer focus. He too really cares about his patients but surgeons really focus on the mechanics, not the total picture.

Because you live alone it is important to assure that you have folks checking in on you several times a day.

sgeeeee · 01-22-2006, 10:48 PM

Glad to hear things went well, OAP. DW and I are relieved and wish you a speedy recovery.

Sheryl · 01-22-2006, 10:49 PM

I'm glad to hear that's overwith and you're back home OAP!
Take care, and heal fast!

MJ · 01-22-2006, 11:12 PM

I glad to hear from you. I pray for your 100% recovery. Soon it'll be just another war story, you'll be telling friends many years from now.

MJ

Lancelot · 01-23-2006, 12:42 AM

OAP, happy to hear that you are ok. Chok dee krap! (Good luck!)

Lance

Outtahere · 01-23-2006, 06:56 AM

Wonderful news OAP, sounds like you were well cared for and have a dr that most of us hope to have if we need one.

Dawg54 · 01-23-2006, 07:47 AM

Glad you are doing well. I must have missed an earlier post about surgery as I didn't realize you were sick. Will any treatments be required?

01-22-2006, 07:02 PM	#1
OldAgePensioner Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,352	Just FYI, I survived surgery. Walked the 4 blocks home in icy Chicago this aft, after I survived the 8 hour Wednesday operation and 11 overall operation room stay. Should have taken 2-5 hours or so, but there were complications. I had a great doctor. He worked on me for 8 hours and then came back on his day off to confirm that pathoglogy confirmed cancer and what type. I feel lucky. I finally asked him how many of these operations he had done, "60 ish". My Emergency Contact said he seemed to genuinely care about doing a good job for me. Thanks to all who passed on good thoughts. It really helped.

01-22-2006, 07:53 PM	#4
yakers Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,611	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Glad to hear of the good medical services. Hope you recover soon. Yakers, originally a Chicago boy and knows what that cold & wind can do. __________________ A slave is someone who waits for someone else to free them

01-22-2006, 07:58 PM	#5
OldAgePensioner Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,352	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. REW, Thanks. I was walking along holding my abdomen like it might fall off, so I decided not to try to struggle into the back seat of a cab. *Funny how the body feels like it could rip open when you are in pain. BUM, The recovery better go quickly because I want a glass of chardonnay and some rich food. Yakers, I kept looking down at the sidewalk and hoping no to slip.

01-22-2006, 08:16 PM	#6
JPatrick Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,503	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Glad you are on the mend OAP,* I'm sure that first "real meal" is going to be great! And may you have thousands more __________________ If you do what you've already done, you'll get what you've already got- - - -<

01-22-2006, 08:36 PM	#8
Eagle43 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,653	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Way to go, OAP. Hope the elevator only goes up. And you walked 4 blocks. I know 20-year olds who won't/can't do that. Good luck! __________________ Resist much. Obey Little. . . . Ed Abbey Disclaimer: My Posts are for my amusement only.

01-22-2006, 08:45 PM	#9
Jarhead* Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,373	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Hey OAP: I was going to tell you a "filthy" story to cheer you up, but Martha's probably right, don't want you popping your stitches. Hope all goes well in recovery. (No fun, huh?) :P

01-22-2006, 08:45 PM	#10
bruce1 Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 323	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Hip hip Hooray. That was a long surgery! Hope all goes well from here on. Bruce __________________ I wish I was half as good as my dog thinks I am!

01-22-2006, 08:52 PM	#11
mb Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 720	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Good luck with your recovery OAP.* I can't help feeling that it is a good sign that you decided to walk home. MB

01-22-2006, 09:13 PM	#12
OldAgePensioner Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,352	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Thanks for the good thoughts one and all. Got to say this and you had to be there to understand. I had more women looking at me naked in the last 4 days than in the past 40 years. But the catheter was duly marked x-large. I had doubts on Wednesday night about whether I would survive the night. My heart was having a very hard time taking the trauma to my body. Thursday was a drug induced survival but by Friday, I realized how well the surgeon had performed and how many others on the ward were having a very hard time of it. One lucky due.

01-22-2006, 09:16 PM	#13
73ss454 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,758	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. OAP Glad to hear from you and hope your recovery is swift. Regards, Joe

01-22-2006, 09:32 PM	#14
Brat Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,834	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Great to hear all went well. For heaven's sake don't be hesitant to ask for visiting nurse services . I have a "old beau" who is a general surgeon with a cancer focus. He too really cares about his patients but surgeons really focus on the mechanics, not the total picture. Because you live alone it is important to assure that you have folks checking in on you several times a day. __________________ Duck bjorn.

01-22-2006, 10:48 PM	#15
sgeeeee Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mesa Posts: 3,588	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Glad to hear things went well, OAP. DW and I are relieved and wish you a speedy recovery.

01-22-2006, 10:49 PM	#16
Sheryl Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,461	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. I'm glad to hear that's overwith and you're back home OAP! Take care, and heal fast!

01-22-2006, 11:12 PM	#17
MJ Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,995	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. I glad to hear from you. I pray for your 100% recovery. Soon it'll be just another war story, you'll be telling friends many years from now. MJ __________________ I look to the present moment because that's where I live my life.

01-23-2006, 12:42 AM	#18
Lancelot Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 439	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. OAP, happy to hear that you are ok. Chok dee krap! (Good luck!) Lance __________________ If you think you can, or you think you can't; either way you're right... Henry Ford

01-23-2006, 06:56 AM	#19
Outtahere Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,677	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Wonderful news OAP, sounds like you were well cared for and have a dr that most of us hope to have if we need one. __________________ Dogs aren't our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. - Roger Caras

01-23-2006, 07:47 AM	#20
Dawg54 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mississippi Posts: 3,225	Re: Just FYI, I survived surgery. Glad you are doing well. I must have missed an earlier post about surgery as I didn't realize you were sick. Will any treatments be required? __________________ The born loser.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode