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As luck would have it, I needed to arrive at the hospital at 5am on Friday however the doctors didn't arrive until 7am and the surgery began shortly thereafter. I do remember waking up at about 10am in my room and the room seemed to be no bigger than what I expect a prison cell to be, for real. The only difference being, there is a small and bathroom with a toilet, sink and shower at the end of the room by the door! The room is wide enough to accommodate the hospital bed and one reclining chair plus some of the "hospital stuff" like the rolling poles that your I.V. bags hang from a small potty chair, because they don't want me walking YET as well as my "walker", you know those metal things old people use that have cut open tennis balls on the leg of the device to allow it to slide better.
For the record, I was able to squeeze in a one hour nap in the afternoon but recovery is tough in the hospital. The guy next door to me is hard of hearing and he's had his television on and on loud for the biggest part of the day. I said something to one of the nurses when they came in at 10:35pm to take my blood pressure and temperature. She mentioned that the man was hard of hearing but I said t was not and the volume was loud. She ducked into his room, noticed he was asleep and turned it off. It's now technically Saturday and 1:47am and he's been awake for more than an hour and his television is back on. And to add insult to injury, the guy across the hall is snoring and I can hear it in my room.
All I can say is that the hospital is not a place where "sick" folks are able to get any rest!
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Boy was I greatly MISTAKEN! What I thought was a small room that I could see from my chair was NOT a full bathroom, it was just equipped with a toilet.
Not sure if I mentioned this, when I was out of surgery and brought to my room yesterday, I noticed it was about 10am. I have had lower back issues for years and the only way I am comfortable is when my legs are elevated HOWEVER, this was not meant to be in the hospital. With that off the table, I was relegated to the recliner probably from noon yesterday and that's where I woke up today. Apparently, they do not want me to stand up because my blood pressure has been low and they are concerned about falling. When I woke up this morning, it was only because this device they have me connected to was beeping and was annoying the crap outta me. Oh, speaking of crap, this is the perfect segue into my next thought..... So it took hospital staff over 15 minutes to get to my room to reset or stop this device from beeping so when she got here, I spoke to her about MY plans to use the authentic porcelain commode instead of the potty chair because I planned on having an authentic bowel movement and I would be damned if I was going to do that in the middle of the room. I want a bit of dignity! Got to the porcelain commode, mission accomplished! That wasn't a complete but scaled down version of a bathroom, the room was no bigger than a broom closet outfitted with a toilet.
I can't wait to break outt this hell hole!
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You don't seem old enough to require a complete knee replacement. Are you fully retired? Never mind. That's a secret that a lady (like you) should divulge only if you want. Hope you get to attend many dances.
Wishing you a good recovery
When you get home, I wish you a speedy recovery.
A tip based on the experiences of my mother in law;
if your knee starts getting less flexible, practice is important.
However, if that doesn't help, there could be scar-tissue growing in places that it shouldn't grow. A small percentage of patients has that and there is no remedy other than keyhole surgery, where they remove the scar-tissue and then have a machine keep your knee in motion. They had my mother in law wait two years, without any improvement, before they finally did that. Then she recovered very quickly and she's now doing great.
It's not meant as discouragement, but just as a precaution.
Get well soon!
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Oops, that was "STARTING" not what I spelled!
If anyone connects with him ( dgraff ), let him know I was thinking about him with every bite I took, smack down to me licking my fingers clean of barbecue sauce! Consuming this annual delicacy was 10 minutes of pure bliss!
BackYard Barbecue. Yea right. Ground buzzard with rotten mater sauce.
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