Thank you all for your vibes and xylos for continued healing. I can only be at the computer for short times. I find myself wanting to do more, but I have to get rest. My surgeon Dr. Galvani who is Argentinian sounds like Lalo Shifrin and looks like an even more compact Jason Statham. Like the Pope, he is partly Italian and partly Argentinian. I was very surprised that the surgery went so long and I was in hospital for nearly a week. I had been lucid only a few times during the hopsital stay and really didn't want to see the surgical area, but Dr. Galvani seemed to me to be a bit insulted that I did not look to see that his audible call to switch from robotic to hand surgery resulted in what will likely be a better scar, and no left-over skin just there waiting for a plastic surgeon's repair. His reaction made me think of Shifrin, that he has put a lot of feeling (no pun) into the work he did on me, like a musician interprets a piece not just with black dots but with feeling.
I have lots more to say, but my hand-eye coordination on the computer is not that good and I can concentrate for short times. So far, the healing seems to be moving along. Since my surgery began as robotic, I have two drains/drain bags that I have to keep watch over. I am in an abdominal binder too, so these limit me a great deal. Probably the painkillers too.
I haven't been able to keep current so I will drop in as I did not have a computer at the hospital. The main nurse who was handling my case said I was a lot of fun as a patient even though I had such a long arduous surgery that was unexpected. I remember that I was in the post-op room and heard loud music and thought we need our rest. Then, who knows how much later, the nurse checked in with me, and I said we need quiet since I could still hear the music and the singing. She took my free hand and placed it alongside my mouth very gently and showed me that I was the one who was singing and that it was to some orchestra performing in my mind's concert hall. As groggy as I was, I had a very good laugh, but not too much because the bandages, the mesh and the binder (and the pain) and reined in my "gut" reaction.
Maybe I will come back later and talk more. I miss everyone. Thank you!
