I'm still alive - not kicking, though - that would hurt too much - just a bit about my second surgery and the aftermath

Boy. Thanks to the second, emergency, surgery, this has

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Home again, might be quiet for awhile

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Lynx pays a visit

Things are getting better.

Pain eased, sleep came

So I got a morphine shot, semi-dozed for a couple of hours, then got another morphine shot plus a couple of pills. This really knocked the pain down, brought my comfort level up and allowed me to get some decent rest up to about 7:00 am.

This should not be interpreted as solid sleep - too many interruptions for that, caused mostly by my roommate who snores loudly and makes other noises through the night and speaks in a gravely penetratin voice.

The drugs helped me bear these noises, but not completely.

I was sleeping pretty good about 1:00 when he suddenly started to sing - i think maybe it was a lullaby to himself, but it was no lullaby to me.

I put on my headphones, pulled up an album of Apache songs on my iphone
and drowned him out.

Still, on the whole, it was a pretty decent night, the drugs carried me through and, except for gas and pressure building up in my bowels, my pain level is much reduced.

Still back in hospital

Instead of a little setback, you could call this a big setback. Doc still says I should be good. For the moment, I am in hell. Talk about your pain! Nurse was able to give me a double dose of morphine just a few minutes ago. I'm hoping it knocks me out for a while. Like, 10 years or so.