Going under the knife tomorrow

[Annie Oakley]

I'm going for my brain transplant in the morning........:Dou: OK, just kidding.

I'm going in to have my total elbow replacement (done June, 2006) REPAIRED. The metal piece in my forearm is no longer attached to the bone in my forearm. They will remove the metal piece, and a good chunk of my bone. Replace my bone with a piece of donor bone, and insert a new (longer/stronger) metal piece. About a 2 or 3 hour surgery

Should be there a couple days, if all goes well. I'm not feeling it right now, close to having an anxiety attack. Have to be there by 5:30 in the morning - which means I have to leave here around 4:15 or so. Don't think I'll be getting much sleep. :shock: Doesn't help that my local support system is gone on vacation this week. :Dou: Bad timing, but at least I made it to Norwalk first!

Any :pray: :pray: and thoughts appreciated. Thanks!

[rex362]

I hope all goes well for you Annie .....and it will


In the meantime don't get all worried about it ...let the medical experts handle that (easy for me to say uh? )


have a small drink and go rent some blue movies and get to bed early ....your done !!! and we will see ya on the rebound with good news :TU:

[Dana/Beth Andrews]

Ann,
You have our thoughts and prayers. Hoping this is the permenant fix for your elbow.

:beers2: to a speedy recovery.

Beth & Dana

[Stage1 Jeff]

:pray: :pray: prayers from Me coming!!

[bob k. mando]

hope all goes well. you've got House on standby, yes?

[Poppaluv]

Good luck Annie!

Trust me I know full well your anxiety. My surgury will finally happen Thurs., barring any more weirdness.:ball:
Pretty soon you'll be a full cyborg and get a "hand gun". The "leg gun" is a lil' bit impractical:laugh:

I'm sure you'll come out the better for it.:)

Brandy and I will be thinking of you...:beer

[ric]

Our prayers are with you. Hope you have a speedy recovery:TU:

[12lives]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

- Bill

[Sergeant Major]

We are with ya Annie!!!

[Roberta]

Hey kid, you'll be ok, think about racing and I'll have some wheels for ya when you are ready to go back at it. Love Ya! :beers2: :TU:

[70 Skylark Conv]

Hey girl! We haven't talked in a while! We need to catch up once you are feeling better! :beer

You've got your support system right here, anytime you need it, from lots of knot-heads and friends here on the board.

Hope this is the last surgery you have, ever....or at least for a very long time. :TU:

I'll be thinking of you and praying lots for you! :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:

PS Trying to send you an e-mail.

[Annie Oakley]

No drinking Rexxy - 48 hours beforehand! :af: House on standby? Sounds interesting......

#1 issue - live through the anesthesia. Last year, I had apparently stopped breathing during the surgery.

#2 issue - avoid an infection. I've already had one, and if it comes back and won't behave, they send the Arm Nazi (think "Soup Nazi" from Seinfeld) and then.......No Arm for You!!!

#3 issue - they expect me to "do less" for a YEAR! :Do No: What's that mean?? No more bales of hay?? :ball: Anyone wanna be my Stable Boy? How about my dedicated pit crew?

Last year, I went in on Monday, and the following Thursday I went to Indy......so I'm hoping for a similar 'recovery' time!

Thanks all!! :pp :pp

[Roberta]

:Smarty: Annie, when you find a stable boy or a pit boy, make sure he has an older brother or uncle, cause I need one too! I can alway be your pit beetch in a crunch, call me if you need anything, you know how. Be Cool, and will be thinking about you lots tomorrow, wishing for all the best.:TU: :TU: :TU: :TU:

[snapper]

Make sure you have lots and lots of "PMA" [I]Positive Mental Attitude[I] And the rest of us will keep you in our thoughts and prayers...An unbeatable combination!

Val

[kshrek]

:ball: Anyone wanna be my Stable Boy? How about my dedicated pit crew?
:pp

Be careful what you wish for......

But seriously folks: best thoughts and wishes to you.....

[GS Shari]

I will have lots of apendages crossed for you (get your minds out of the gutters, guys!). Good wishes and prayers are heading your way, too.

Good luck with issues #1 and #2. And taking it easy for a year??? Are they nuts? Maybe a pool boy will offer to change jobs for you.....


Take care, Ann!

Shari

[GSMuscle]

Lotsa luck kiddo.

[Mike Sobotka]

Good luck to you and hope you have a speedy recovery. Will remember you in my prayers--no hay bales for you!!

[Steve Reynolds]

GOOD LUCK ANNIE!!!!

I know we haven't typed at each other for a while and I really didn't take the time to talk much in Norwalk, as I've been incredibly busy (again!), but I certainly do wish you all the BEST in your surgery and your speedy recovery!

Take care and be sure to type at me when you're able!!

Steve

[bob k. mando]

STEVE!

street sign! i'm getting desperate!

and i'm likely to be up in the area within the month. don't make me take drastic measures. :af:

:laugh:

[Steve Reynolds]

Bob,
I searched and there's not one to be had! I believe they stopped putting them back up because they were always being hiested. Someone probably has a small collection of them, but to find that person may be impossible!

I'll keep trying, but short of "fabbing" one up for you, you may be out of luck!

Steve

[71GSX455-4SPD]

Best of luck, Annie! :TU:

[bob k. mando]

I believe they stopped putting them back up because they were always being hiested.

damnit man, that means i can't get my own. :ball:

bust the county or whoever is responsible for signage about this, would you? i think they're missing out on a great revenue opportunity.

[bob k. mando]

Androgynous!

[jeff bullock]

Good luck tomorrow Annie.I know you'll do just fine with the surgery,it's the healing part that sucks like hell.You got lots of support here so yell if there is anything we can do for you.Hang tough !!!:beer :moonu: :bla: :TU:

[Roberta]

I will have lots of apendages crossed for you (get your minds out of the gutters, guys!). Good wishes and prayers are heading your way, too.

Good luck with issues #1 and #2. And taking it easy for a year??? Are they nuts? Maybe a pool boy will offer to change jobs for you.....


Take care, Ann!

Shari

Oh Shari, you mentioned pool boy, there's a story there from BG about 4years ago, when 3 of our best Michigan GS boys, stayed in the same room at the Fairfield Inn, and we called them every morning for Raoul, the pool boy and got a different one every day, what fun!
Annie wasn't around for that, we'll have do have a redo, someday!
:3gears: :spank:

[Skwee-G]

Wishing you all the best! Hope you are able to travel again by August, there is tent water yet to be spilled!!

(Our Lady of Perpetual Spectation/Pixels)

P

[faster pastor]

Prayed for you today!

[Floydsbuick]

I hope all went well Annie. Thoughts and prayers for your recovery:TU:

[Annie Oakley]

Got 'released' this afternoon. Everything went well, technically, and I am not in a ton of pain (perhaps I have just become accustomed?)

I am on a 5 LB weight restriction with this arm. Seriously?????? Geez, my jeans weigh 5 lbs!!!

Not really sure how all the pool/stable/yard/cabana boy stuff will work out. Right now, the grass is so high that I can barely see the truck. My local support (the older couple down the road who adopted me) are gone on vacation until next week.

Oh well. Worst part was they gave me a nerve block beforehand. Supposedly to limit the amount of anesthesia and keep the pain away. That did work - but I freaked as they were administering the nerve block, while I was completely awake, and the guy was threading stuff into my neck and detailing the procedure to the intern in training. :shock: :ball:

Then we went into the O/R. My entire right side is completely numb. They put the mask on me and I immediately can't breathe, talk, etc. :eek2: I freak again. Then it all goes black.

That was all pretty harrowing. Otherwise, it went well.

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. They really helped!! :TU:

[gsxbuildernut]

Glad all went well Annie, praying you have a quick recovery.

Steve

[GS Shari]

I'm still keeping them coming for a quick and complete recovery. And a stable boy....

:Brow:


Take care,

Shari

[Dana/Beth Andrews]

Glad all went well, thoughts & prayers still coming from here too :TU:

Beth & Dana

[bob k. mando]

but I freaked as they were administering the nerve block ... I freak again.

well damn. if i had known it was going to interfere with the operation i wouldn't have yelled "Androgynous".

and i should have posted this pre-op:

[Annie Oakley]

but I freaked as they were administering the nerve block ... I freak again.

well damn. if i had known it was going to interfere with the operation i wouldn't have yelled "Androgynous".

and i should have posted this pre-op:
Not really sure about your androgynous comment.........:confused: :confused:

Thanks for the kitten....but I have enough animals here now. 2 dogs, 2 horses and a mule on it's way (yes, an actual long-eared mule). And I'll bet there may be some barn kittens up in the hayloft if I went looking for them. But I won't......

I also have a set of twin fawns running about and a rooster pheasant who believes he owns the place. It's a regular menagerie around here.....but none of these ungrateful animals will mow the lawn!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nick]

Good luck with your sugery, I like your car, looks a lot like mine

[bob k. mando]

Not really sure about your androgynous comment.......

garsh, i hope they didn't get some of your brain cells. i'm quoting you....
http://www.v8buick.com/showpost.php?p=965652&postcount=82

Thanks for the kitten....but I have enough animals here now.

nonsense. noone can resist teh kittay:

[Annie Oakley]

garsh, i hope they didn't get some of your brain cells. i'm quoting you....
:Dou: Now you want me to be responsible for the things that come OUT of my mouth!! One way discretion is difficult enough. Remember, right now I only have one hand to place over my mouth as a block.....

ANDROGYNOUS peeps aren't allowed to be lumberjacks.

nonsense. noone can resist teh kittay
Ok, send the dang thing. But when I have to SHOOT IT OUT OF A TREE after the dog trees it, I don't want to hear no :ball: :ball: :ball:


actually the reason for all the freaking is due to the fact that if they kill me......I haven't gotten my will in order.........and I keep procrastinating it. I want to make sure you get custody of all the aminals, Bob. :TU:

[bob k. mando]

ANDROGYNOUS peeps aren't allowed to be lumberjacks.

but transvestites are just fine? i'll let Truzi know....

Remember, right now I only have one hand to place over my mouth as a block.....

hold that pose, i'll be right up....

I haven't gotten my will in order.........and I keep procrastinating it.

i get it ... they're not allowed to kill you because you don't yet have your 'affairs' in order. elegant logic, that. :idea2:

I want to make sure you get custody of all the aminals, Bob.

i like aminals. they're mighty tasty bar-b-qued over some mesquite.

after the dog trees it

never fear, i send you a badass kittay, he take care of himself:

[Poppaluv]

Glad you're oky-doky Annie. :TU:
They were gonna sedate you for the 'block? when I went in a few years ago for the block, 1: I was totaly awake. :( 2: The "doctor" tried to insist that I watch the procedure on TV :Dou: 3: ONLY the general anathesia (sp?) (local injection)numbed my back. That is until that 8 in needle hit my spinal nerve. :ball: Boy I would've jumped through the ceiling if I thought that needle wouldn't break! 3 hours later it all came back. Never again :TU:


"I am on a 5 LB weight restriction with this arm. Seriously?????? Geez, my jeans weigh 5 lbs!!!"

Then now my dear is the Puuuurfect time to go "anatural":TU:
You may get you a stable boy yet:shock: :laugh:

[65specialconver]

glad too hear your ok.i hate hospitals...im sure you do too.take care hun:beer

[Annie Oakley]

Got my splint off today and all the staples pulled (20+). Everything looks great. I was in the Dr's office from 1 until nearly 4.

About a mile from the office, I rear-ended a truck at the immensely busy corner by the mall. Stopped at the light: a car first, then the Dakota, then me. Light turns green – car goes, truck goes, I go – car stops, truck stops, I don’t. :spank: Must have been a blond moment. :spank: There is a perfect trailer hitch hole in the Regal’s bumper. No other damage visible.

Got a ticket for "failure to stop within a safe distance" blah, blah. I'll find out tomorrow how much that will cost me. :dollar: :dollar:

Did I mention that this morning I awoke to find doggie doo on the carpet? I guess that should have told me how the day was going to go!!


"I am on a 5 LB weight restriction with this arm. Seriously?????? Geez, my jeans weigh 5 lbs!!!"

Then now my dear is the Puuuurfect time to go "anatural":TU:
You may get you a stable boy yet :shock: :laugh:
Quite the opposite effect, I'm afraid. :laugh: :laugh: :Dou:

[bob k. mando]

A fun update for Bob K. Mandowoohoo. party on Garth.

Must have been a blond moment.

that's what you get for using a fast accellerating Buick as your daily driver ... no time to stop. :Brow:

[rex362]

Annie .........Welcome back woman


what kind of boy are you looking for ...?

[Annie Oakley]

woohoo. party on Garth.
Party on Wayne! Excellent! Sch-WING!!!

that's what you get for using a fast accellerating Buick as your daily driver ... no time to stop.

Yeah, you know how uncontrollable those 2001 Regal LS granny mobiles can be!! It ran a steady 16.3 at the track! Should run faster now that I have new forced air ventilation through the bumper. :spank:

Needless to say, I think I'll stay at home today - it's safer this way!! :pp

[Dana/Beth Andrews]

Glad to hear you got the splint off & staples out Ann, sorry to hear about the accident.

Take care,
Beth :beers2:

[UNDERDOG350]

Hi Anne,
Glad to hear the operation went well, mostly. Allways a scarry thing.
Good luck finding the pool boy.
Will you be ready for Pure Stock? Are you going to the FAST race this weekend?

[Annie Oakley]

Annie .........Welcome back woman

what kind of boy are you looking for ...?
Hardworking and willing to work for cash!

[Annie Oakley]

Glad to hear you got the splint off & staples out Ann, sorry to hear about the accident.

Take care,
Beth :beers2:
Thanks Beth (and everyone!) :)

[rex362]

Hardworking and willing to work for cash,fuel or cat nip !



oh ...one of those types :Dou: ...

anesthesia hasnt worn off yet maybe ...:)

[Annie Oakley]

Hi Anne,
Glad to hear the operation went well, mostly. Allways a scarry thing.
Good luck finding the pool boy.
Will you be ready for Pure Stock? Are you going to the FAST race this weekend?
I will be at Martin on Saturday to watch. I thought I'd give the arm at least a couple weeks before becoming TOO active. After that, I'm free to do anything that is 5 lbs or less (pushing/pulling/lifting). No problem to shift the automatic. Will definitely be at Pure Stock and some points in between!

:3gears:

[Annie Oakley]

oh ...one of those types :Dou: ...

anesthesia hasnt worn off yet maybe ...:)
Fuel and cat nip??????????? :confused: :confused: Nope, just need a business only, for-cash relationship.

I have about 1 mile of fenceline that needs to be cleared, sprayed and repaired.......and that's just the FIRST project............there's another mile's worth out back......and so on and so forth........

Lots of work here at the mansion on the plantation.........

[bob k. mando]

Annie Lennox sings a song just for Annie Oakley:
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