About noon today I will be having some mild surgery. It seems the incision (a new seam I didn’t have previously) from my heart surgery over a year ago needs some repair. A hernia has appears at the bottom of the incision just below my sternum. I have no pain with it but it is getting larger. So, about noon today they will knock me out, add another scar to my chest, and charge me for doing it, all while I’m asleep. It will be outpatient but anesthesia will be used so I may have some shallow depth of field and blurry vision for a few hours. Sort of like the image above. I will be back on line as soon as possible.
8 Comments
Cedric
All the best with it Monte. And don’t think of it as blurry vision, think of it as bokeh vision 😉
Monte Stevens
Absolutely, bokeh vision! All went well and now at home. Laying down with an ice pack to keep swelling down. Grateful I’m not in too much pain.
Tom Dills
Too bad doctors don’t warranty their work, or you would be able to get it fixed for free. 😉
I hope all went well and look forward to hearing from you soon!
Monte Stevens
Everything went well. Good nurses and surgeons who made it a good experience. Glad I’m home and will see how I do with the pain to come. They stress that we keep ahead of it.
Cedric
Wonderful news. I hope you are now pain free Monte. All the best.
Monte Stevens
Well, the coughing, laughing and sneezing cause pain! Can’t get too excited.
Earl
Wonderful to hear all went well, Monte. Maybe you just over did your floor tumbling routine. Cut it back to only two and a half rotations for a while. 😁👍
Monte Stevens
You’re right, I probably shouldn’t have tried it. However, it was not on the doctor’s not-to-do list.