tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post1358532899264345669..comments2023-10-17T02:47:38.574-06:00Comments on In Palinode's Palace: getting better.palinodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-19182640508759205182007-12-15T11:37:00.000-06:002007-12-15T11:37:00.000-06:00Fortunately for me, not only was my injury was loc...Fortunately for me, not only was my injury was located right on the spine, it was more or less symmetrical. So even if they'd reversed the images, I'd still be okay.<BR/><BR/>I'm amazed that such a thing is possible - scans are covered in text. It should be a simple matter of checking the text for the correct orientation.palinodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-23870662425916862782007-12-15T11:31:00.000-06:002007-12-15T11:31:00.000-06:00Surgery is scary stuff. I just read an article on...Surgery is scary stuff. I just read an article on the New York Times site about the frequency of "wrong side" surgery. All it takes is for your x-ray or CT scan films to be popped into the viewer facing the wrong way. It shouldn't be that easy to get it wrong!Sparkling Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799366562472325812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-13343188765713720652007-12-15T06:00:00.000-06:002007-12-15T06:00:00.000-06:00Gosh, now I'm realizing I really am a freak becaus...Gosh, now I'm realizing I really am a freak because this all sounds kind of fun.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe I just love the suspense involved in surgery. Like: Oh, sometimes there's a y'know...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307555875892482262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-41317349051973690102007-12-14T13:58:00.000-06:002007-12-14T13:58:00.000-06:00I think the waking-up part is kind of cool. One i...I think the waking-up part is kind of cool. One instant, you're lying on the operating table with the anaesthesiologist and nurse hovering over you, and the dozen or so other human beings who are necessary for surgical proceudres milling about in the background. The next instant, you are in another room, on another bed, and hours have somehow disappeared into perfect nonexistence. The whole thing makes me less afraid of death, actually. But then, I had a good experience, and not everyone does...Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073607323741202543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-80221303432792561482007-12-14T13:00:00.000-06:002007-12-14T13:00:00.000-06:00blackbird - I think I may start chanting yooogahhh...blackbird - I think I may start chanting yooogahhh as a substitute for actual yoga.<BR/><BR/>witchypoo - That was two hours of my life snipped out of the timeline. Strange business.<BR/><BR/>butterfly - I'm sorry to hear that your experience of waking was so unpleasant. I was pretty lucky - no nausea, no hallucinations or uncontrolled behaviour. I was just awake all of a sudden. When they wheeled me back to my ward, I started to get a little giddy, and I kept falling asleep while I was trying to talk to my wife.palinodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-71421513998746714062007-12-14T12:44:00.000-06:002007-12-14T12:44:00.000-06:00Jeez, it is amazing that it has already been a mon...Jeez, it is amazing that it has already been a month! And getting better all the time, I imagine? ;-D<BR/><BR/>I hated the waking up from a surgery (I've only been under once in my life) because I was shaking and moaning -- I think I even threw up?? Not sure -- but it is a very out of control feeling. Plus, I think the nurses were telling me to shut up (as if I had control of myself!) which was not very nice of them, but then again, that may have been a post-anesthesia hallucination...butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022798806599342864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-48289513537306799752007-12-14T11:18:00.000-06:002007-12-14T11:18:00.000-06:00Yes! This was really interesting.Funny how anaesth...Yes! This was really interesting.<BR/>Funny how anaesthetic just up and steals a part of your life.witchypoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744180792471581518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-52245276407375475592007-12-14T06:03:00.000-06:002007-12-14T06:03:00.000-06:00Yooogaaaaaaah. I may start chanting that through t...Yooogaaaaaaah. <BR/>I may start chanting that through the holidays.<BR/>Looking forward to part 2.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.com