Question Surgery tomorrow

At O-dark-early, I report to the hospital pre-op ward to prepare for surgery to repair my shoulder. I'll be out of action for a while. EE will know what's happening. Meanwhile, the usual request stands. (for some reason, I'm nervous about this surgery, which I've never been before. Good thing i'm not a precog.)

Chin up, old son, you'll be all right!

Prays and well wishes with you, elrod.

Best of skill to your surgical team.

Good luck and best wishes.

Elrod's wife informs me that Elrod is out of surgery and doing well. His arm will likely be in a sling for 6 weeks, so it's probably a good thing he is such a fan of DragonDictate, otherwise you lot would go into withdrawal!

Thanks to everyone for their prayers and well wishes!

Yay!
Hope the healing goes well

Hope you heal quickly!

Excellent, enjoy your recovery and get well soon...

Prayers for a swift and complete recovery!

at home, resting, woke up some more so my posts should be more coherent, but typing one-handed is a PITA

You made it!




We'll get you a secretary and you can dictate new stories and forum posts.

elrodw wrote: at home, resting, woke up some more so my posts should be more coherent, but typing one-handed is a PITA

spoken like somebody who doesn't have a pornstar- looking girlfriend with facecam.

Rose Bunny wrote:

elrodw wrote: at home, resting, woke up some more so my posts should be more coherent, but typing one-handed is a PITA

spoken like somebody who doesn't have a pornstar- looking girlfriend with facecam.

only because we don't have a rotflmao emoticon

those of you who want coherect, angst-free (or reduced-angst) stories don't want me trying to write now - not until pain and med levels go down :slly:

elrodw wrote: those of you who want coherect, angst-free (or reduced-angst) stories don't want me trying to write now - not until pain and med levels go down :slly:

Glad you're through the surgery and recovering.

Does sound like a good time to get a head start on an April 1st story, though...

Prayer sent even if it is just retroactive.

i still have weeks of rehab, si the challenges aren't over. i appreciate more than words can express the good wishes, thoughts, and prayers,

For some reason, that started the Amy Winehouse song going through my head.

May your recovery be both swift and complete! And any medicine-induced wild dreamwalking be not only story-inspiring but also fantastically fun!

elrodw wrote: at home, resting, woke up some more so my posts should be more coherent, but typing one-handed is a PITA

Your one-handed semi-coherent drug-induced posts are still better than a lot of best selling authors books.

Get well soon.

elrodw wrote: those of you who want coherect, angst-free (or reduced-angst)

If we cared all that much about that we would never have started coming here.

May your news be better than that of Mrs. Davenport.

Rose Bunny wrote: For some reason, that started the Amy Winehouse song going through my head.

Elrod Winehouse?

Elrod, how's your singing voice?

Nagrij wrote:

Rose Bunny wrote: For some reason, that started the Amy Winehouse song going through my head.

Elrod Winehouse?

Elrod, how's your singing voice?

you do NOT want to hear the horror that is my singing voice.
at church, they only permit me to sing when an emergency evacuation is needed

'Harmony' is any note your neighbor isn't singing. (paraphrased from Peter Seeger)

Gahh!! Mentioning ear-worms reminds me of the one I just got rid of!

♫♪ Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme ♪♫

It was the Swansong used in Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu Ka.

Dpragan wrote: Gahh!! Mentioning ear-worms reminds me of the one I just got rid of!

♫♪ Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme ♪♫

It was the Swansong used in Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu Ka.

Because I'm evil...

Even though one shoulder is pretty immobilized and I can't type two-handed, and typing one-handed really sucks, I do have a copy of DragonDictate and so I'm able to do quite a bit using that. I got a bunch more done on a story today, and if my family leaves me in peace and quiet while I'm rehabbing, I should get quite a bit more done on at least two more stories – including a couple of fun little surprises.

And if I get a little too loopy on pain meds, the plots might get really kind of mind blowing

in that case, do NOT read the Tansy/Danny thing going on in the Bad Ideas topic.

too late

Rose Bunny wrote:

Dpragan wrote: Gahh!! Mentioning ear-worms reminds me of the one I just got rid of!

♫♪ Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme ♪♫

It was the Swansong used in Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu Ka.

Because I'm evil...

This version actually, more haunting, especially when she is fighting monsters in a doomrush.

elrodw wrote: And if I get a little too loopy on pain meds, the plots might get really kind of mind blowing

Hang on, how are we supposed to tell the difference from normal?

You could always turn the loopier plot elements into an extended dream walk section...
... or ask Drunkfu if you can 'borrow' E. Mason...

status update - got to take off sling to shower - mixed blessing. feel clean but almost ANY motion hurts like hell. using dragon dictate - finished up the second part of a 2-parter, and started a new one (it'll be a surprise). typing one-handed sucks, btw.

going to hit the rack now - pain makes me sleepy. by end of holiday weekend, i hope to have 2 new projects done, one of which might be an absolute hoot!

night.

Sorry i haven't said anything here, I never know what to say with these things other than that I appreciate the update, the body heals at its own rate, sometimes trying to force it makes it take longer, but doing nothing can slow it down too, when you made the announcement, a small less rational part of me thought about a tragedy that happened to one of the greatest animators ever February 1st of 2015, but living in a suburb of Hospital City (otherwise known as Cleveland, Ohio - the majority of the city not counting homes and apartments or food, restaurants and gas stations probably serves some kind of medical practice, not to mention all the buildings owned by University Hospitals and the Cleveland Clinic) I know that kind of thing is rare, and getting rarer.

So fun fact, if you guys ever want to base a story in Cleveland, Ohio, we locals jokingly call it the number one place to get sick or hurt, as almost everywhere you are, excluding the bad parts of the city, there's a medical facility down the street,

Probably related to the Hellmouth.

had my first dose of physical therapy today for my shoulder, and i'm kind of in agony. thought i'd at least get some writing ideas down but not with this pain. and typing one-handed is tough and slow

elrodw wrote: had my first dose of physical therapy today for my shoulder, and i'm kind of in agony. thought i'd at least get some writing ideas down but not with this pain. and typing one-handed is tough and slow

I can sympathize. I'm on my second rehab stint due to my seizure and stroke problems. nothing quite so fun as learning to walk for the third time.
doing the pool therapy portion.

Ooof. I hope it goes well for both of you.

elrodw wrote: had my first dose of physical therapy today for my shoulder, and i'm kind of in agony. thought i'd at least get some writing ideas down but not with this pain. and typing one-handed is tough and slow

Channel the pain and agony! Sear it into your mind!

Apply it to a paragraph about Kayda's ribs.

Katssun wrote:
Apply it to a paragraph about Kayda's ribs.

[homer] mmmmmm ribs[/homer]

Rose Bunny wrote:

Katssun wrote:
Apply it to a paragraph about Kayda's ribs.

[homer] mmmmmm ribs[/homer]