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Believe me, if I had a choice, I’d rather be like all you colon-havin’ motherfuckers with no scars. I mean, I’m sitting here tied to this bag full of white liquid, and that has gotten old. But I really don’t see it as a choice. Some people actually have called me brave for that. I don’t get what is brave about that. Brave is saving somebody from a burning building, or you know, something heroic or worthy. All I’ve done is not die.
I’m not a religious man, and we all know that by now. But I have this sneaky suspicion that somebody somewhere is trying to teach me something, but son of a bitch, whatever it is, I GOT IT. I think by now I’ve got all the grace I’m gonna be able to muster, so we can just go ahead and be done with all this shit. ‘Kay? ‘Kay.
I will say though, I’ve been cleared to start eating. And that’s been nice. On Saturday night my first meal in seven weeks was a bowl of Velveeta Shells and Cheese. It really was orgasmic, and I’m not sure that Velveeta Shells and Cheese has EVER been called that. Not too bad though, eating again. It’s so weird though, that because the TPN (the IV nutrition stuff) is about 1,800 calories over a 16 hour infusion, I’m never really hungry. Strange since I polished off two pieces of chicken, a side of mashed potatoes and 2 rolls from Golden Chick for lunch. Hmm, maybe I oughta be pacing myself better…
I can confirm I have not been calling in any holy intervention to fuck you over, promise.
You might be eating better than 20 year old me at the moment (I lived off pasta and peanut butter) Although I will say for sure I considered Velveeta shells orgasmic one day – if they are the same up here as in the GOOD OL’ U S AND A. I tried them one day and honestly they kicked Kraft Dinner straight out the window. It’s always difficult when you’ve got your nutrition tapped in to you but I would imagine your body is very happy to meet some solid food after dealing with all that liquid.
Unless you’re into the whole “Soylent” thing that is basically food paste.
That’s just weird though.
But it’s cheap…The worst part is the way it fucks with your head. You see a commercial for pizza or something and you’re like, “ooh, maybe I’ll have that for dinner”, but you just never get hungry. Really weird.
OK, so here’s the update – on Monday, January 16th, I’ll have another surgery. This one will repair the fistulae again. Since it’s been a year since my last surgery, this should go like the one like two years ago, where I have a quick recovery and stuff. All of my labs have come back super-good the last six months or so, so hopefully that means everything will work out great.
So yeah, when I’m able to, I’ll update.
Bummer that it needs another surgery, but at least this feels like some kind of step forward right? Even if it is a step you’ve taken before at least this upcoming one is better than waiting around for it to not heal on its own.
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That is correct! I’m looking forward to this one, and hopefully it’ll cooperate this time.
I’m SO done with this. A whole year of not being able to really do anything. Ready to get moving again.
Well, I’ve been up and about (thanks to the picture uploaded by my sister, you’ve probably already seen that). I feel really good, guys.
Yeah, was cool to see you back on your feet already Rob.
ONWARD AND UPWARD!!!
- Women sense my power and they seek the life essence.
Yeah, this thing if just kicking ass. Not really having any issues.
I’ve got lots to tell,but don’t have the patience to do this stuff yet.
Getting there. I’m really impatient with this crap. Still getting around 2,000 calories via IV, so I’m not eating much. Probably another 3 weeks or so for the wound to be healed. More to come soon.
That wound had a lot of nerve not being healed yet. If I was that wound I would’ve been healed last Wednesday.
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Funny to read some of this – “3 weeks to go” on 2/2. Yeah, right – it’s still not completely healed. Now it’s close enough – my first day back at work is tomorrow, and the picc line was taken out today. Still have a small dressing to finish up the rest – about 2 inches long in two separate spots.
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