HNT #5: When u ask them to use ur leg, they just MIGHT!

You'll note where the docs "harvested" one long vein from my right leg even tho' they left traces of 4-5 short scars to get it. Apparently, they cut sections which freed the whole vein to be pulled out as one piece so they could use it for the coronary bypass grafts in 2 or 3 places most efficiently.

Ain't nobody seen this much of me in many a long year, but I've been losing significant corpulence AFTER this pic so I really don't mind the public display much (altho' it seems rather immodest considering my upbringing.) All in the interest of education and scientific enlightenment -- OK, FSU, where's that doctorate I had 95% completed before the ex- bailed on me "no-fault" and still was given my savings intended for the dissertation tuition? (Damned Florida divorce judges & lawyers have ruined the institution of marriage!)

HNT #4, continued:

HNT #4: Be careful what you ask for -- You just might get it!

I'm Baaaccckk! [Sorta] This pic is proof that I reminded my cardiac surgeon (a good guy & US Navy vet of the Korean War era) of my request 2 weeks ago NOT to take the veins for grafting my bypass out of my arms, but to READ MY FOREARM NOTE when I was unconscious (bird notwithstanding, really)! Now, I've been home since Monday, a full week after I had to drive myself to the hospital for my OWN bypass (Yellow Cab never showed up for the hour's drive & their office had no record of my reserving them 12 hours earlier!) Real recovery is just starting here with a Physical Therapist, & an RN doing home health visits 2-3 times each week. This is highly preferable to a rehab hospital right now, and allows me access to my 'puta & my half-nekkid friends!

OK, I'll have to put the rest of this week's post-bypass chest pic in a new post! Check below: The tape covers dressings to absorb ooze from my chest drainage tubes inserted during the surgery for a couple days during ICU. After the holes heal over, I'll show you: 4 half-inch horizontal slits in a row; these rather thick tubes took up space that made deep breathing difficult & painful! Good thing I had the pain meds available then, but I run out in less than 40 hours (I definitely hope Dr. Campbell got the refill prescription faxed to the pharmacy in time to get it refilled this weekend!) I'll post the scar in the next post in a minute.

HNT #3: The Best of The Best @ WingHouse, 2006

This is going up early 'cause I may be too busy this Thursday gettin' ready for Da Bypass Duo (or Trio). It oughta keep you occupied while I'm in recovery for a few weeks, too. If I can reach a computer, I know it will keep ME occupied! And motivated to finish Recovery! HHNT!

(BTW, I not only LOVE most of these girls, I'm FRIENDS with them! A couple are EXCEPTIONALLY special!)