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2 hours ago, UnivTex34 said:

Redhead.

We learned this this summer, as we had our second kid, who has reddish hair, and had to have heart surgery, and the director for anesthesia at Dell Children’s was the Doc keeping him under said the same thing, and that it was very common for redheads to have a crazy high tolerance for knock out meds.  

I am a soulless ginger so that tracks.

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On 12/4/2025 at 9:11 AM, UnivTex34 said:

Redhead.

We learned this this summer, as we had our second kid, who has reddish hair, and had to have heart surgery, and the director for anesthesia at Dell Children’s was the Doc keeping him under said the same thing, and that it was very common for redheads to have a crazy high tolerance for knock out meds.  

My wife is a redhead, and she goes under easily enough, but coming out of it is a long process.  

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2 minutes ago, dcbc said:

but coming out of it is a long process.  

Well, it obviously takes her a long time for her to emerge from the fog of being drugged.  We know this, because y'all are still married after all these years.

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1 hour ago, Sandman said:

We went to my wife's follow up appointment, got the pathology reports. All clear, they got all of it out during surgery (not that there was much to take out). Also the lymph nodes were clear, nothing to see there. No chemo, no radiation. We will have a visit with the oncologist to discuss hormone therapy, but that will be after the reconstruction is done. 

I want to feel relieved but I can't just yet, this whole thing happened so fast. I think I might be on edge for a while. 

When my wife went through breast cancer, I will never forget when the surgeon came out and told me the lymph nodes were clear.  I had been pretty rock steady throughout neoadjuvant chemotherapy and all that entails as a supportive spouse, but when I got that news, I felt like I needed to be mopped off the floor.  Because that really is the big question.

 

Just a bit of advice, as part of the reconstruction process, she'll have drains.  They tell you in the hospital to keep them clean, etc.  But in the US, at least 10 years ago, they tend to leave the drains in for a while (and you get sent home with them).  What they should tell you is you need to keep a sterile field around those things at all times.  Reconstruction was a lengthy process with multiple infections, but we eventually got it done. 

 

Working in your favor is that she didn't opt for immediate reconstruction, i.e., spacers immediately following the mastectomy, and she hadn't undergone chemo prior to surgery, which means her immune system is in much better shape than my wife's was.  But don't sleep on those drains.  You cannot have enough rubbing alcohol in residence based on our experience.  Stock up.  And all the best to you guys.

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14 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, it obviously takes her a long time for her to emerge from the fog of being drugged.  We know this, because y'all are still married after all these years.

And that's fair and probably not the first time someone has considered that possibility. 

 

But now all I can think of is sister in 16 Candles.

 

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16 minutes ago, dcbc said:

When my wife went through breast cancer, I will never forget when the surgeon came out and told me the lymph nodes were clear.  I had been pretty rock steady throughout neoadjuvant chemotherapy and all that entails as a supportive spouse, but when I got that news, I felt like I needed to be mopped off the floor.  Because that really is the big question.

 

Just a bit of advice, as part of the reconstruction process, she'll have drains.  They tell you in the hospital to keep them clean, etc.  But in the US, at least 10 years ago, they tend to leave the drains in for a while (and you get sent home with them).  What they should tell you is you need to keep a sterile field around those things at all times.  Reconstruction was a lengthy process with multiple infections, but we eventually got it done. 

 

Working in your favor is that she didn't opt for immediate reconstruction, i.e., spacers immediately following the mastectomy, and she hadn't undergone chemo prior to surgery, which means her immune system is in much better shape than my wife's was.  But don't sleep on those drains.  You cannot have enough rubbing alcohol in residence based on our experience.  Stock up.  And all the best to you guys.

Oh, the drains. Yeah, she had them after the mastectomy. Yes, I drained them every time she needed it, logged the amount of fluid I took out from each side, and I made sure to swab the fuck out of them with alcohol wipes. She hates the damn things. She got them out on Tuesday but the reconstruction is next Tuesday, so she'll only get a week's worth of relief. She said the drains have been the worst part of this whole thing, by far.

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13 minutes ago, seven said:

All moved in with my mom and her husband. As a very independent 43 yr old who prefers to be alone with my dog, it's actually quite a relief. I had been struggling to feed myself properly and my house was a disregarded mess. I have had an amazing team of friends and family cleaning the old place out for me and it's wild how much crap I've thrown away. I'm well below the American consumerist bellcurve and it's still just so much junk (humorously probably a third of it is gifts I've stuck in closet and never wanted or used but couldn't trash because of some idea of respect). Anyway, it was the right time for this change and I feel much more comfortable. 

Dammit man.   I’m glad you have people there for you and at the same time really sorry you had to call them in from the bullpen. 

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All moved in with my mom and her husband. As a very independent 43 yr old who prefers to be alone with my dog, it's actually quite a relief. I had been struggling to feed myself properly and my house was a disregarded mess. I have had an amazing team of friends and family cleaning the old place out for me and it's wild how much crap I've thrown away. I'm well below the American consumerist bellcurve and it's still just so much junk (humorously probably a third of it is gifts I've stuck in closet and never wanted or used but couldn't trash because of some idea of respect). Anyway, it was the right time for this change and I feel much more comfortable. 

Godspeed sir. It sounds like you have found a peace about all of this and I sincerely hope that continues.
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40 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Going under the knife tomorrow morning. The surgeons PA is a surly 10 and she'll be the one prepping me.

Can’t wait to hear what you said to her once the anesthesia kicks in!

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All moved in with my mom and her husband. As a very independent 43 yr old who prefers to be alone with my dog, it's actually quite a relief. I had been struggling to feed myself properly and my house was a disregarded mess. I have had an amazing team of friends and family cleaning the old place out for me and it's wild how much crap I've thrown away. I'm well below the American consumerist bellcurve and it's still just so much junk (humorously probably a third of it is gifts I've stuck in closet and never wanted or used but couldn't trash because of some idea of respect). Anyway, it was the right time for this change and I feel much more comfortable. 

Godspeed fellow Horn fan from the internets.
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20 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I was happy to wake up with it. 

Got the best possible result with some sweet scars for posterity.

Hey congrats man! Happy for you.

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20 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I was happy to wake up with it. 

Got the best possible result with some sweet scars for posterity.

I am so happy for you man! Keep on healing. 

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11 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

Holey FrankenSurly - congrats on keeping the arm, when do you get biopsy results?
Praying, hard, for you

Be a week or so, but hes confident he got it all.

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8 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Full wound pic

 

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And just like that MIA's dream of "arm model" went out the door.

And was replaced by his dream of "arm model on pseudo-amputee porn sites."  

Keep chasing your dreams, MIA!

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On 12/9/2025 at 9:36 PM, MissingInAction said:

Going under the knife tomorrow morning. The surgeons PA is a surly 10 and she'll be the one prepping me.

Chicks dig scars.  Chicks dig guys who read the thread before posting.

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14 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Chicks dig scars.  Chicks dig guys who read the thread before posting.

If that thread is on Surly, I'm pretty sure that ZERO chicks dig those guys.

 

Except for me, of course.  I'm just different enough to be intriguing and irresistible to the ladies.

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Nice bit of boredom around here. Had the ECHO tech telling me her life story (I asked) as she scanned all up in my heart. She never stopped and said "OH MY GOD."

Continued my quest to use every MRI machine in the UAB area. Sometimes you get a vintage one out in the county where it takes extra time for them to shovel coal underneath the boiler, but in this case I was in the Imperial Headquarters and the unit still had that new MRI machine smell. More importantly, the techno concert lasted ten minutes less than average.

Doc hemmed and hummed a little, but bottom line was there may be things out there (I am certain they are, because the sneaky little bastards are made out of me) but nothing's getting anywhere near big enough to cause trouble. We agree to sit behind our cotton bales and not say a thing.

Oh, and I was taking my blood pressure the wrong way. Instead of high BP, I have low pressure and can make myself dizzy by standing up fast, if I'm like, bored.

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