Subj : Re: moving or not was: C To : NANCY BACKUS From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Aug 11 2019 11:32:00 Nancy, NB> DS> mascot for our ham radio license exam team (they work with me on it), NB> DS> and we've named him Zeigfried. He's holding a sign that notes "I am NB> DS> already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth"...reminding us as NB> DS> examiners to BE QUIET while the examinees are taking their tests. NB>Cute... :) They said when they saw it, they felt "we just had to have it". NB> DS> Folger's got it wrong. The best part of waking up, is being able to NB> DS> go back to sleep, after you get up to pee. NB>Agreed. :) If you have a UTI, and/or on Lasix, that makes it worse. :P NB> DS> Or, it's like the picture of the cat, who notes "Finally in bed!!"... NB> DS> and the next picture, he's lamenting "I have to pee". NB>There are some nights that is a familiar scene... That may be one reason I never get a solid sleep anymore...except during sedation for a medical procedure, which I'll undergo in the morning. NB>Headaches certainly don't help at all..... Being the victim of 2 indirect lightning strikes and a severe concussion over the years doesn't help matters, either. I think they're also hereditary...my late father had them, especially related to tension, but I think they're also prevalent if your blood pressure is elevated. I'm on medication, and it tends to keep it under control. It was 124 over 79 when I went to the cardiologist for an EKG, and pre-surgery clearance. I discovered he had signed the form, but forgot to check "CLEARED". Then, it turned out they never sent it, but I had a copy of it, and took it to Arkansas Urology instead. NB>So your friends are able to get you to the hospital for the earlier NB>date, then...? That's good.... :) Living with stones (kidney or NB>gallbladder) isn't fun.... Well, the original date they wanted to do the surgery was back on July 22, but I had to be there at 5am...way before sunrise. I felt that was unfair to my friends, so I declined that date. The date is in the morning, August 12 (I'm typing this on August 11), and I have to be there at 8am. Since the time is in the middle of morning rush hour, there's an alternate route we can take to avoid the majority of the traffic on one of the main roads in southwest Little Rock. Besides nothing to eat or drink for me after 12 midnight tonight, I have to be there 2 hours before the procedure to: 1) Fill out the paperwork (naturally), and make any insurance co-pays. Thank goodness for financial assistance!! 2) Get totally disrobed (naked), and put on that poor excuse for a hospital gown (apparently, it's a tongue in cheek graduation gown for med school students -- and why it's called ICU (I See You -- meaning your butt crack and cheeks in all their glory). :P It doesn't bother me a bit for the medical folks, especially the females, to see me naked. It's just another day at work for them, as they've seen it all before. When it comes to certain procedures, you have to leave all modesty at the door. At childbirth, the girl isn't coming out in a white satin dress, and the boy isn't coming out in a nice tuxedo!! Yet, as I've noted before, some folks will NOT go to the doctor, as they don't want to be seen naked. To them, when you've seen one set of breasts, genitalia, and buttocks, you've seen them all...it's like it's not even there. 3) Get an IV started, and your vital signs checked. 4) Possibly get blood pressure medicine with a SMALL sip of water. 5) Consult with the surgeon and the anesthetist beforehand. 6) Get anti-nausea medicine with the IV beforehand (I've never done well with anesthesia, and my blood pressure plunges under sedation). Those gurneys and exam tables are so darn hard...that with not much insulation in the backside (never mind tiny hiney ), it gets very uncomfortable after only a few minutes. Not to mention it's so cold, you start looking for the meat hanging on the hooks...or wonder if it's going to start snowing!! I've got to update, and print up my 12 page med list today. It lists all my doctors, surgeries, contact information, medications, etc. It basically is "everything you wanted to know about me medically, but were afraid to ask". The only things it doesn't have are full frontal and full rear nude photos of my body. :P That makes the tagline below, appropriate. Daryl === þ OLX 1.53 þ A nudist wedding makes it easy to identify the best man. --- SBBSecho 3.08-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .