The shy smile of Alissa emerged from the blurry distance, and I raised a hand as well I could to wave back that I was okay. I couldn't tell if I even moved my arm at all. All I knew was that I was going home soon.
(Home is where the unproductivity is.)
Article comments
1 - Joe
Get well! The only experience I've had with gall stones was when a guy I carpooled with started passing one on the way to work. It's a good thing I was driving.
2 - Mark Saleski
get well soon tom. i had this done a few years back. a surreal experience for sure.
it's interesting that you went from the little bit of mask gas to waking up. i actually got to experience about the first 15 seconds of the anesthetic taking effect (no mask, but IV)...i noticed that i felt simultaneously very heavy and 'floating'. i said "is that the real thing?" somebody replied "yes, that's it...have a nice nap". i looked over at my arm and tried to lift it...no dice. then i woke up.
at least now you'll be able to eat something withuot worrying about your insides exploding on you.
3 - Tom Johnson
Thanks guys! As for the pain of gallstones, it's unlike anything I've ever experienced - and I read somewhere that women rank it as #2 just under childbirth. I can't say whether that's true or not, but the handful of full-blown gallstone attacks could easily rank up that high. The surgery and pain of recovery have so far been a mere fraction of what I suffered during an attack - that's a good return on my investment, I say!
4 - Jim Carruthers
Isn't that what Ashcroft had? So you're like brothers under the skin?
If you've felt a compulsion to cover up naked statues, you just might be an Ashcroft! (you can use that one in your standup act).
Since I get the willies just going to the dentist for a cleaning, I can't even imagine somebody rummaging round my insides.
So good luck, and check the warranty.