# I no longer feel like a lobster **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831 "2000-12-30T22:18:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/1 "2000-12-30T22:18:49Z")
I’m sure i’ve already talked way too much about this, but i had heart surgery a couple months ago and have been getting back to “normal” ever since. Yesterday at 1:30pm i was 8 weeks post op, which means my chest bone is now officially healed and i no longer feel like a Lobster (see, they crack it open when they’re fiddling about in there, i worked in a seafood restaurant all summer, i never liked lobster but i understand their plight all the better now…) Last night i enjoyed such novelties as: Using my Arms, Lifting things Heavier Then 5lbs, being allowed to Drive Again and, the finest of all, **SLEEPING ON MY STOMACH** Anyway, seeing as this is MPSIMS and this falls under all of those i figured i’d let the whole world know. I celebrated by roasting weenies in the woods (we’re strange ducks us East Coaster Kanucks…) Anyway, all Zipper Chest jokes are welcome Have fun ya’ll, while you’re still young (i’ve been feeling all of my 19 years lately and DAMN but it’s good) Later later Upham ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/2 "2000-12-30T22:24:19Z")
Congrats, Upham! While I’ve never had heart surgery, I’ve been pregnant a few times, and I know how it feels to not be able to sleep on one’s stomach for weeks at a time. Glad you’re getting back to your old self! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/3 "2000-12-30T22:25:02Z")
Well, it’s good to hear you’re feeling better **Upham**. And yes, sleeping on one’s stomach is one of life’s more subtle joys that could easily be taken for granted. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/4 "2000-12-30T22:50:14Z")
Congrats! Now you can really kick your little brother’s heiny in a snowball fight! ---
**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/5 "2000-12-30T22:54:10Z")
As good as i feel now, i dont think i’ll ever take the little guy and his band of hoods… and as far as being back to my old self… well that may not be much of an improvement haha ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/6 "2000-12-30T22:57:14Z")
_holds up an NO-LOBSTER transparent_ Go Upham! Let the evolution start… so you ve already been a lobster… soon you ll be a… dog? dodgy who clearly has a cheap sense of humour ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/7 "2000-12-30T22:58:46Z")
PS… you could also sleep on somebody elses stomach… now… that WAS cheap… ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/8 "2000-12-30T23:06:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BornDodgy \* > \*\*PS… you could also sleep on somebody elses stomach… > \*\* Yeah, but, like a former boyfriend of mine (who had also been sawn apart and reassembled) Upham may have been warned to avoid “contact sports”. Heh heh - what a lonely ex-lobster.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/9 "2000-12-30T23:07:33Z")
Congrats on the recovery, **Upham**! Glad you’re feeling better, tummy-snoozing and getting around. To be honest, I hadn’t realized you’d had heart surgery. I thought your thread was going to be about recovering from a sunburn. (Sharp as a marble, hmmmm?) Glad you came through fine and are gettin’ your old piss and vinegar back! Veb ---
**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-longer-feel-like-a-lobster/47831/10 "2000-12-30T23:34:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BornDodgy \* > \*\*PS… you could also sleep on somebody elses stomach… > > now… that WAS cheap… > \*\* Is that an offer? cause i’m feeling **way, way** better then i was… And as far as “contact spots” well, i dont know of too too many, but i’d love to learn… Upham