The Colon Club

Just finished my port removal surgery a few hours ago.
Piece of cake in comparison to all the other surgeries/procedures.
Took all of 20 minutes or so once the Doc got all situated. Being in 1.5 years, my body had really locked it in place.
So gave the Doc a little more work than the norm. Stitched me up and put some glue on it. 5 minutes later I was putting on my shirt and walking out the door like nothing happened.

I certainly hope I won't need another!

Congratulations! You've been "deported"!

Now go and enjoy your life!

Congratulations!

A little less you'll be packing on you next hike benben.
Could use a couple of pics of the Tri-Cities area or the Great Columbia Gorge over on the Pics Thread to show off to the folks. Haven't been there in years.

Congratulations, Best Wishes
BS

Absolutely fantastic!

Awesome for you, I hope to get mine removed in April.

Congrats! You're braver than I am. I insisted that they knock me out for it!

Congratulations!

juliej wrote:Congratulations! You've been "deported"!

Now go and enjoy your life!

Will do. I try to treasure each passing moment .

bitchslapped wrote:A little less you'll be packing on you next hike benben.
Could use a couple of pics of the Tri-Cities area or the Great Columbia Gorge over on the Pics Thread to show off to the folks. Haven't been there in years.

Congratulations, Best Wishes
BS

Thanks BS. I will send some pixel love over on the PIC thread in a bit, when my current work load gets resolved.

Ksiemonsma wrote:Awesome for you, I hope to get mine removed in April.

It's a nice step forward. I hope April comes with that granted wish for you .

horizon wrote:Congrats! You're braver than I am. I insisted that they knock me out for it!

I was concerned about how I'd fair to be honest. I mean I used to be really squeamish with just a shot or blood draw, but after 1.5 years of treatment - figured I'd toughened up a bit.
It wasn't bad. It did feel weird. I did have a mental sensation that he was cutting into me like a rough steak with a butter knife at times. LOL.. I did feel some pain and he could see the grimace on my face and applied some more local anesthetic, which did the trick. I saw lots of bloodied up gauze pads, but he did a great job distracting me as most of the time we were engaged in a discussion about family trips to Universal Studios, Disneyland, and puking while snorkeling in 10 ft swells vs scuba diving.


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Best wishes to ALL.

Yip! Yip! Yip! Congratulations. My Dr want me to keep mine 18 month -2 years. It does not give me any issues. But I feel like it will be a big release when they take it out!

benben wrote:I was concerned about how I'd fair to be honest. I mean I used to be really squeamish with just a shot or blood draw, but after 1.5 years of treatment - figured I'd toughened up a bit.
It wasn't bad. It did feel weird. I did have a mental sensation that he was cutting into me like a rough steak with a butter knife at times. LOL.. I did feel some pain and he could see the grimace on my face and applied some more local anesthetic, which did the trick. I saw lots of bloodied up gauze pads, but he did a great job distracting me as most of the time we were engaged in a discussion about family trips to Universal Studios, Disneyland, and puking while snorkeling in 10 ft swells vs scuba diving.

You would think that I would have toughened up by now but I still can't handle needles or blood. I have to keep my eyes closed through everything. So pitiful!

I like those distraction topics but now I want some butterbeer!

Sweet and congrats! Time to move on out