Well, I'M just in... from the day's errands. We picked up our eye-meds at the Cannon Airplane Patch pharmacy, registered for our surgery at Roosevelt County General, got The Green Hornet washed, whipped into the Cannon Class VI for some beer, and just generally gallivanted all over the countryside... not in that particular order, of course. In so doin' we noticed the redbud trees are in full-bloom and they are a LOVERLY sight. We don't have near as many of 'em here on The High Plains of New Mexico as there are in... say... Oklahoma, where everybody and their Mom seems to have a redbud tree or three in their yard. That said, they ARE the loveliest of trees and even give the cherry blossoms a run for the money. One of these days I'll remember to take the camera with me on my various and sundry outings; the picture you see comes from a generic Google image search. It'll just have to do.
I'm thinkin' it may be the 'drugs and alcohol' thang Buck. Not a good mix. Just be careful. We'd miss you, anything were to happen.
ReplyDeleteThe Redbuds bloomed here about 3 weeks ago. And yes...everybody and their grandma have at least a dozen.
ReplyDeleteThey are glorious. When I see them bloom, I know that the satanic Winter will soon come to an end.
Got cold here today, too. Crud...but it's just a passing thing.
So, I can understand the "I'd rather frickin' DIE first" thing when it comes to pleasures that we've become accustomed to. But, would you rather frickin' live forever with bad vision?
That would suck.
So, please make an exception. Inhibit yourself for 24 hours. Be a good boy. Follow Doctor's Orders, and do not be a pain in the ass.
You'll be glad you did. Trust me...I know things.
HA! WV: dadiou Man...I could go so many places with that one...
Follow Doctor's Orders, and do not be a pain in the ass. Ha! Andy do you really think that's gonna happen???? We be 'The Kids' here, 'member?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I member...
ReplyDeleteSigh...
Kids without the restraining influence of parents, too. As for Doctor's orders...
ReplyDeleteNothing to eat or drink after midnite? check.
Up at oh-dark-thirty for the procedure? Check.
No coffee before I go? Check.
No Happy Hour 24 hours before? You gotta be fuckin' kidding me. I observe that which makes sense. The rest of it? Not so much.
Now listen to Papa-Bear gettin' all cranky on us Andy!
ReplyDeleteHeh. You didn't get the "get off my lawn!" bit, tho. ;-)
ReplyDeleteBuck, we're jus askin' ya to be careful, that's all. We really would miss you anything were to happen.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't.
ReplyDeleteJust sayin'...
Oh man...after that comment posted, a new "Leave your comment" block came up.
ReplyDeleteI am screengrabbing this one.
Andy, you cheek. Somebody should beat you with a REALLY big stick.
ReplyDeleteBuck, we're jus askin' ya to be careful, that's all.
ReplyDeleteUnderstand. But we HAVE been around the block a couple o' times, yanno? And it's not like I get shit-faced every night. Two beers is the usual, customary, and quite reasonable Happy Hour fare. I might hold it down to one the day prior, just to keep ya happy. ;-)
Now back to the hockey game...
I should send you an old can of Hamm's. You'll never want to have a beer again.
ReplyDeleteIt's your life...you've made it this far...and you've earned the right to live it however you damn well please...as long as no one gets hurt. And we hope that includes you.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the eye surgery and just don't tell us what you drank the night before, so we don't fret at you.
Good luck. The restrictions are very temporary... just do it for this day. OK? Just for this day.
ReplyDeleteYou could always ask the eye doctor how seriouis the "no alcohol" thang is and what meds it would effect.
ReplyDeleteI'm with everyone else Buck - please be careful.
ReplyDeleteAlcohol is a blood thinner; aside from interactions with meds that could be a very valid reason not to have any prior to or after surgery.
Kris nailed it! We all just want you to come through this with flying colors! Inno mentioned a can of Hamm's, man, that stuff would turn a freight train down a dirt road!
ReplyDeleteGood luck, and keep in mind, no 'mo
eyeglasses, maybe!
Um. Being the woman who regularly carries on with a little wine before colonoscopies, I don't have much cred in this debate, but what Kris said made sense.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a little girl and asked my daddy, "What's the name of that tree with flowers?" he would invariably respond with, "Redbud.". Never mind that it was a dogwood or flowering plum --it was a redbud. Maybe that's why there are so many of them!
Listen to Nurse Towanda and do what the doctor tells you. It's only for one day ... you can do this.
ReplyDeleteI love redbud trees. We had millions of them in Kansas and they lit up the springtime like purple lights everywhere. We have them in Santa Fe, too, but not so many -- and they are at least a month away from blooming.
Well, now. I sure got my ass handed to me on this one, dint I? I appreciate the concern all y'all have, really I DO. We shall take this under advisement.
ReplyDeleteBuck, being near 'bout the same frame as you, I can tell you the one good thing about having your ass handed to you is that it ain't hard to handle.
ReplyDeleteEchoing Kris about the blood thinning effects my wife the RN says that the reason they counsel that Buck, is that you could bleed into your eye. As I've mentioned previously, I've had both done and as an omnivorous reader I treasure my eyes, so REALLY followed all the recommendations. Are they giving you stool softeners so no strains, etc to pop the eye? They also say don't bend your head lower than,iirc, the waist for the first week post-op for the same reason. (Although the latter two are pretty much a hold-over from the old "dark-age" days when they had to cut around the entire eye-socket there-by REALLY weakening the entire eyeball attachment until the healing was complete.)
ReplyDeletePS: Buck I MEANT to say: "...bleed into your eye AND LOSE THE EYE!"
ReplyDeleteSO--BEWARE! And follow the Docs orders, OK? Besides, I'm pulling rank and giving you an order, mister!
(PPS: How come I can never seem to manage to pull rank on my wife? :) )
BLOODY HELL--blogger ate my original comment! In which I echoed Kris on the thinning bit and said that my wife the RN says that you could bleed into the eye post-op and lose it. I also asked if they are giving you stool softners so you won't "strain" and risk popping the eye. Also, did they brief you not to bend your head down lower than your waist for, iirc, a week after the op for the same blood-flow/pressure on eye reason? (Although the latter two admonitions are pretty much hold-overs from the "dark-age" days of surgical techniques when they had to cut around the entire eye-socket, there-by greatly weakening the attachment of the eye-ball until the healing process was completed.)
ReplyDeleteVirgil: As noted elsewhere... Blogger hates you. You're the ONLY commenter who winds up in my spam box... how do you DO that? Noted on the blood-thinning thang. I still don't get how two beers 16 hours before surgery would have any affect, tho. I'm not stoopid and I know how fast the body metabolizes alcohol... I used to be in a space where knowing that sorta info was VERY helpful. ;-)
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