Dept. of Tearing Hurry

[kaffy_r]

I Am Running Around in All Directions

I am not quite acting like a chicken with its head cut off (and yes, children, that was a thing in the days when one might dispatch a chicken for dinner), but whatever I'm doing is very close to that. I shall search for a simile when I have time

Comments

[liadtbunny]

I hope the universe aligns itself so you can get everything done!

*hugs* for being poked about by doctors.

[kaffy_r]

Being poked is an extremely accurate term, unfortunately. Luckily, I'm told I'll be out (either completely or twilight sleep) for most of it, which I can deal with.

Thanks for the hugs!

[lost_spook]

Aw, good luck with getting it all done - and most of all, good luck with all the medical excitements. *sends hugs*

[kaffy_r]

medical excitements

I like that turn of phrase! Although I have to admit, they're something south of excitement, and more "gritted teeth live-throughs." Heh.

[lost_spook]

Aww. Be thankful for anaesthetics and modern pain relief?? (Sorry, I keep spending way too much time in the past!) *hugs again* Yikes.

[kaffy_r]

Oh, definitely! I'm old enough to remember being put under by extremely unpleasant ether (slick square of rubbery material placed over one's nose, followed by a sort of cage-like thing attached to your nose above the square of rubber, terrible smell, and pinwheels in front of your eyes as you sort of fall away into darkness) - not the best thing for an impressionable four-year-old.

Today's sedatives, put into you quietly via intravenous line, are much nicer. (I do remember, for one of my other childhood operations, getting something put over my nose that smelled like cherries or strawberries. That was much nicer than the ether.)

Oh, and your icon reminds me, I watched some of Shadow of the Tower via YouTube, and I think the acting in it (other than James Maxwell) got better as the episodes went on. The actress playing his wife was a little "stagey" at first, but improved vastly, in my not very humble opinion.

And oh, Maxwell's voice! There was something about the way he presented Henry VII!

[flowsoffire]

Ughhhhh. Good luck, I hope everything goes well ♥

[kaffy_r]

Thanks for your thoughts! I'm sure things will be all right; it's just the schedule crunch that's really worrying me.

[flowsoffire]

*fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly*

[kaffy_r]

In the end, things didn't go completely smoothly, which did, for a while, threaten to make me unhappy, but things evened out by the end of the day.

[eaweek]

Good luck with the procedure, and my fingers are crossed for a happy outcome (i.e., not needing another one for 10 years).

[kaffy_r]

Heh - I hope so, too, although my last procedure was only five years ago. Having both done at the same time is, as my very good doc says, getting all the unpleasantness dealt with at once. Unfortunately, once this is done, we have to consider whether I get a hernia repaired. Gosh, it's fun being an almost-senior-citizen!

[eaweek]

My mom had a hernia fixed, and it wasn't bad at all. She was very glad she had it done! She had some post-op problems, but that was from being put on Percocet, which didn't agree with her. When they switched her to Vicodin, she was fine. My sister also has had hernia repair (twice). Both of them said that once they healed, they wondered why they didn't have it done sooner.

Best of luck to you with everything. And I agree that having everything done at once makes so much sense--why go through the prep (ugh) twice?

I'm due for my first one next summer, after I turn 50. The prep worries me less than the food restrictions and fasting. I can deal with going to the bathroom a lot, but not being able to eat? Not so much. : (

[kaffy_r]

In the end, my doctor said after the procedure that the hernia was small enough that she didn't want to go in and fix it. I'll trust her for now, although I suspect we'll end up having to fix it, perhaps in a year or so. Yesterday wasn't altogether successful, medically, but we did at least discover a couple of things that completely surprised both of us, at least in terms of the endoscopy. We'll see where we go, once the results of her biopsies come back.

[a_phoenixdragon]

Bless you, darling...hang in there! I'm pulling for you...always!

*HUGS*

[kaffy_r]

Thank you, my dear. Hugs back to you - birthday hugs!!

[a_phoenixdragon]

Thank you, thank you, sweetie!!

*Twirls you joyously!*