shitty end to a shitty year
I thought this one might be better than '04--hoo boy was I wrong! Well, I had my surgery two days before Christmas, and that went well I'm told. Wow, the anesthesia certainly worked, because I don't remember anything after they moved me on to the operating table--the next thing I knew I was lying on a bed with a cute nurse monitoring me, and it was all over. I was able to leave later the same day.
Nevertheless, it still sucks. I can't walk, drive, work, or do much of anything really. Just bathing is a chore. I can't ever get completely comfortable, lying down or sitting up, and I don't ever really sleep well because I'm used to sleeping on my sides or stomache. But then I know it could be a lot worse. I'm surprised to learn how many other people I know have had similar bad breaks, with pins, plates and screws inside them.
Some good side effects are that I've been reading more than I have in a long time, and I've been able to play guitar--although I'm doing a lot more fingerpicking and writing new tunes that way. It's just more of a hassle to strum chords with the way I'm usually situated in bed. One weird thing is that the tip of my right thumb is still numb. After the surgery, my entire forearm and thumb was numb, although now it's just that tip. I'm hoping it'll come back soon, but it hasn't hurt the guitar playing at all.
I've also been watching a lot of second-tier college football bowl games, and I've actually been surprised at how good most of them have been. Makes me worry that the big games will be a bust(go FSU, beat those demonic Nittany Lions!)
Anyway, good riddance '05, and here's hoping that I'll be setting off a metal detector near you in 2006.
Seacrest, out.
Nevertheless, it still sucks. I can't walk, drive, work, or do much of anything really. Just bathing is a chore. I can't ever get completely comfortable, lying down or sitting up, and I don't ever really sleep well because I'm used to sleeping on my sides or stomache. But then I know it could be a lot worse. I'm surprised to learn how many other people I know have had similar bad breaks, with pins, plates and screws inside them.
Some good side effects are that I've been reading more than I have in a long time, and I've been able to play guitar--although I'm doing a lot more fingerpicking and writing new tunes that way. It's just more of a hassle to strum chords with the way I'm usually situated in bed. One weird thing is that the tip of my right thumb is still numb. After the surgery, my entire forearm and thumb was numb, although now it's just that tip. I'm hoping it'll come back soon, but it hasn't hurt the guitar playing at all.
I've also been watching a lot of second-tier college football bowl games, and I've actually been surprised at how good most of them have been. Makes me worry that the big games will be a bust(go FSU, beat those demonic Nittany Lions!)
Anyway, good riddance '05, and here's hoping that I'll be setting off a metal detector near you in 2006.
Seacrest, out.
posted by michael at 10:14 AM
2 Comments:
Happy new year, Michael. I hope 2006 will me be a much better year for you. In fact, I'm certain it will. :) I'm glad the surgery went well, and I hope you'll just feel better and better every day.
cute nurse?? wooooo!!
j.
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