Under The Knife
Apr. 26th, 2009 12:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torraThey've moved up Dad's surgry date. He's now going under the knife this Tuesday.
No worries, this is a good thing. Joe's had increcingly debilitating arm pain for more then a year now, with half a dozen difrent diagnosis, everything from pinched nerves to bone cancer to Carpel Tunnel.
In the end, more people diagnosed him with a sever case of Carpel Tunnel then anything else, so that's what they're going with.
Joe does not deal well with medical shit, at least not when it's his own. He's pretty freeked out about this, despite knowing how safe it is (and damnit, Krista, for telling him he could research the surgry online! ::facepalm:: Why do you think I was working so hard to make sure he DIDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT?!). Thirty years of sobriaty means he can't crawl into a bottle to deal with it, and fear of that desire to crawl into a bottle means he's reluctant to take enough medication to controle the pain. So surgry to finish things? Very much of the good.
So, the new plan is for Joe to get surgry on his right arm on Tuesday morning. Simple surgry, they won't even be putting him under, just giving him a local. ...Which, yeah, probably a mistake, considering my explanations in the above paragraph, but... ::shrugs::
Anyway, if anyone thinks of it, happy thoughts for him on Tuesday would be very welcome. He always does better, knowing people are thinking about him when he needs it. He's a strong believer in the power of thoughts.
In totaly unrelated information you don't really need, this is my first test of the new DW Crossposting Platform. Let me know if it comes out wonkey for anybody.
ETA: Hmmm, everything works just fine on crossposting, including the tags, but not the Icon. The crosspost on LJ goes to Default. Eveything else works just fine. Odd...and the HTML code looked fucked up on LJ when I go to edit, but it works fine, just looks fucked up. Odd.
No worries, this is a good thing. Joe's had increcingly debilitating arm pain for more then a year now, with half a dozen difrent diagnosis, everything from pinched nerves to bone cancer to Carpel Tunnel.
In the end, more people diagnosed him with a sever case of Carpel Tunnel then anything else, so that's what they're going with.
Joe does not deal well with medical shit, at least not when it's his own. He's pretty freeked out about this, despite knowing how safe it is (and damnit, Krista, for telling him he could research the surgry online! ::facepalm:: Why do you think I was working so hard to make sure he DIDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT?!). Thirty years of sobriaty means he can't crawl into a bottle to deal with it, and fear of that desire to crawl into a bottle means he's reluctant to take enough medication to controle the pain. So surgry to finish things? Very much of the good.
So, the new plan is for Joe to get surgry on his right arm on Tuesday morning. Simple surgry, they won't even be putting him under, just giving him a local. ...Which, yeah, probably a mistake, considering my explanations in the above paragraph, but... ::shrugs::
Anyway, if anyone thinks of it, happy thoughts for him on Tuesday would be very welcome. He always does better, knowing people are thinking about him when he needs it. He's a strong believer in the power of thoughts.
In totaly unrelated information you don't really need, this is my first test of the new DW Crossposting Platform. Let me know if it comes out wonkey for anybody.
ETA: Hmmm, everything works just fine on crossposting, including the tags, but not the Icon. The crosspost on LJ goes to Default. Eveything else works just fine. Odd...and the HTML code looked fucked up on LJ when I go to edit, but it works fine, just looks fucked up. Odd.