December 28, 2021

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Awake, Yes. Alert, Uh NO! Where the Hell Am I?

“Who’s wine? What wine? Where the hell did I dine.” ~ Peter Frampton I’ve Woke a few times confused about my whereabouts. This was different. Anesthesia does strange things to a guy. Memory loss, paranoia, and hallucinations are all part of the trip. I can honestly say that I know I had recall on waking up from the first two of the three surgeries but today, nothing. I don’t remember them at all. The third time they cut me, however,...

This isn’t a TV Trauma Center

Oh Nurse… I’m in here. On the myriad of TV medical dramas the trauma patient comes in by ambulance and everyone is ready to jump right on his case. He goes to surgery after a split second diagnosis and a skill surgeon from the ER saves his life. That’s TV; its as real as FOX, CNN, or MSNBC news is. Pure Fiction my friends. In real life the man with a crushed back is flown in to the trauma1 center...

Why is it We Only Make Note of First Times

‘I’ll never forget the first time I……” Even as I type this my wife was telling her mom a first time story herself. It seems we hang on those firsts. “I’ll never forget the first time…” We talk a lot about firsts, don’t we. There are pictures we take and stories we tell about them. News makers are often the first to do something. Our parents watch our firsts and celebrate them. Firsts are a benchmark of accomplishment and of...