My last one they used a different anesthetic....a block which did not affect my bowels I don't think. I was in overnight but out next day. ...and the block lasted three days.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I had a heart ablation last summer. They run a tool of some sort into my heart through a vein at near my crotch. They cut a nerve in my heart to stop two chambers from beating simultaneously rather than sequentially. It was done on what they called an out patient basis, but they kept me overnight as they did not trust me to go home alone due to the anesthesia.

My mother had two hip replacements in the late 1980s or early to mid 90s; the second one was 3 or 4 years after the first one. Both times, she was in the hospital for four days. She was 84 or 85 when the second one was done.

wife goes under at 830 am.Her doc want 2 night stay,because of so much dead bone,and tissue.

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Hope it all goes well for her and for you.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

thanks T,my deppersion has left,without a goal people perish.My new goal,to get my grandson thru college.

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we think her ureatha pain,is from the hip.Nerves run from there to ureatha.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

That is an excellent goal...something to live for indeed!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

sucess one hour,had to remove a bunch of dead bone.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

What, they made you leave the room?

Glad to hear the surgery went fine AND you are no longer in your depression.

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― Brian P. Cleary, You Oughta Know By Now

thanks mike,grief is something hard to figure out.but now I've ordered a enzyme to clean out my veins,and arteries.www.amazon.com/SERRAPEPTASE-QUAD-STRENGHT-CAPSULES-Delayed-Bioactive/dp/B003DCEAWG

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People perish or they find life not worth living from what I have observed without something. Mental and physical decline is common in those circumstances. . At seventy five I can be gone anytime. Yet I have absolutely no concerns about it.

I too would like to live long enough to see the youngest grandson through his education. I do not really expect to make it with what he may do. We set up an educational fund to cover a good portion of an average higher education for him. Actually the wife did. I think now it is seriously underfunded.

Not long ago with his high academic marks and various aptitude tests. It seems a medical degree might be in his future. Well we will do what we can of course. I will also talk to some other members of our direct family. Since some of them have financially done well.

Actually as I sit here thinking that one daughter and son in law lost their only son. Although he was a stepson to the daughter. They might seriously help out as the plan his father and our daughter had. That was to leave the bulk of their estate to the boy. His unfortunate suicide this year has changed everything for them. Today it was decided by the wife to further support them through their declining grief especially through the Christmas season.

Yet this policy of really assisted higher education in my opinion. That is of real value to a society took more of my attention. I think it will occur here eventually in Canada. Unfortunatly well after the need in this case. Many countries have much better arrangements than both our north American societies have in this area.

Do not get me wrong. The wife and myself never look for a free ride. I will expire and the wife later in all probability. The total cost today for a medical education is substantial. The cost may even increase as he pursues it. It is of course a little too early to tell for certain he will as well. Yet I at the same time suspect he will.

As for a personal goal and something to provide the motivation. For some years mine has been an attempt to get everything done on an endless list. There almost always is something that temporarily delays things. As some examples. The wives back operation is coming up. So I had to get a crew in to get the house in shape for the Christmas season this week. First thing tomorrow get her snow tires on her car. Minor but endless tasks she otherwise when in good health takes care of. I was really lucky I suppose she originally chose to victomise me all those years ago. She just had to be slumming at the time.

With the painful back she has been somewhat seriously limited in what she can do. Plus our generation in general are not addicts to pain pills. Usually taking as few as we can get away with and leaving some pain. Probably as much pain as can be reasonably tolerated. l also am guilty as the heavier housework just has never been my thing. Plus it is a fairly large house. She could have had the operation earlier but I convinced her right or wrong to wait for the guy that overall produces the best results on back operations.

Naturally he is booked much heavier than the others so you wait. Our family doctor suggested the same thing as well. We had a choice of five convienient local guys that do back surgeries. His rates of success are just too much better than the others to ignore. Not that the others specialists in that field are really bad. This guys patient reviews just make him seem like a god in comparison.

The poster I am responding to primarily. I have no ideal if I could or could not become depressed. Although if the wife expired before me there is probably a strong possibility. Certainly if not actually depressed in great general distress. I can only hope she will have an easier time when I depart. Women are for some reason far more able to cope with fatalistic type events fortunately. I think us men live with perceived realities where women live with and have better ability to deal with the actual realities of life.

Even with some pressure at times to get things done. Seems to eliminate depression as an option. I am seventy five now and my energy level is starting to drop at last. Overall I just look at others in my age group and instantly are grateful of my abilities remaining at my age. At the same time totally cognizant that many if most others are not so fortunate. My limited mind is also still partially or primarily still present. This has been the greatest and unexpected item. The vast majority of people at my age of seventy five are in a much more pronounced state of mental decline.

I used to think it was just social convention. When someone was aware of my age. For them to state you do not seem to be anywhere as old as that basically in one form or another. I have slowly come to the realization that the were just not being kind. Perhaps in some ways I am like an acquaintance of mine who resides in Boston. He was still flying his large twin engine aircraft yearly into my area in his nineties. Not only that the field he chose was vastly tricky to use and he appeared to be about fifty years old mentally to me. We are talking a larger ten or twelve passenger twin engine aircraft as well. Much comes down to genetics and some factors we do have control of. For years I told guys to get off their posteriors and do things as they aged. The risks of not doing it are just too high.

Our family doctor just awhile ago told me he cannot retire. He said unlike me he would have nothing to do. Where you are still so heavily engaged in many things. I simply told him the truth is you need the patients more than they need you to feel and remain totally functional. So there is nothing wrong with your decision. You made medicine the focus of your total life. That is why you are an excellent doctor and are semi trapped by it. Doctors in the future may be technically better. It is unlikely they will have the dedication that you and many of the doctors of your generation had. I suspect you still work about 75 hours a week. As you slow down just cut the working hours back.

As a couple we also work with children with problems. Mostly the wives vocation. . We have to continue as it provides a healthy balance in our lives. Without this we would probably rapidly decline. The money is almost irrelevant. There is far too much focus today in just having enough money to retire. As much or more effort should be getting set up to have a good remaining function. That you can sustain as long as possible. Basically it amounts to enabling efforts that will keep you in a state of decent mental health. In most cases it is something that you have to enable. It usually will not happen otherwise.

Situations and circumstances can pose some barriers. Just in my opinion though the real issue is the vast majority of the population are just not aware in general. Simply because it is not yet convention. In earlier times you generally retired because you were basically worn out. Living conditions and a better diet plus improvements in medicine etc. Especially the predominance of body breaking jobs declining. Vastly increased the usable lifespan. Yet for all practical purposes the ideals around retirement stayed the same. People still accept that they are put out to pasture. Rather than continue on or get a new career. Making sure that it is something you enjoy if you did not enjoy the previous situation. If an average couple like us could do it. Obviously most probably could. . Sadly it just does not occur to many that it is actually an option. Now forced to keep working because of financial need or circumstances is not the same or has the possible mental health benefits involved.

brought wifey home yesterday,she's real sore.I get to nurse her back to health.I love it.

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Great to see it over and done with. Basically in many ways the same applies to us about the wives back issue. It will be good to see it done. Keep your spirits up.

I kid around a lot. At the same time in what I do. I see situations that have to be hard for people almost all the time. I had a conversation with a guy just yesterday. He was trying to get along on 650.00 a month on a disability allowance with a sick wife.

While being defined as and really disabled medically. There are all kinds of ways to suffer out there tragically. I told him to approach welfare. They have to arrange for them to get more. Until you are old enough in a few years your automatic pensions start. Those you can get by on.

He had thought that if you got a disability cheque they would not qualify. Just ask them to either top up your cheque or get them to explain how a couple can live on that amount of income was my advice. Welfare provides at least a survivable income here by law. He was unaware off that. I must admit the welfare system makes no attempt to make this well known.

Even in our early years when we as a couple were struggling. It was never as bad as some things I observe today. Only some of my functions prevent us from being almost totally isolated from what we see. Our dogs are living better than some people. It is a social nightmare. Every excuse in the book is used to enable this enormous spread of wealth today.

someone abandoned her a dog like this at my home yesterday

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