# I'm getting morphine. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783 "2000-04-02T16:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/1 "2000-04-02T16:03:00Z")
I know I don’t post all that often, but it will be a while longer before I can post again, or even lurk around for that matter. I’m going to be going to the hospital tomorrow for hip surgery. It’s something called a periacetabular osteotomy. I have a hip dysplasia and what they are going to do is cut my pelvic bone and reposition it. I expect to be in the hospital for about a week, and out of commission for a lot longer. I’m hoping that when I get home I can continue lurking around the SDMB but I’m not really sure if I’ll be able to sit at my computer desk. Unfortunately I don’t think my husband will consider moving the thing so I can have better accessibility. Feel free to e-mail him about his lack of compassion. Don’t let him get away with it. Just because he is taking a month off to help care for me and the kiddies is no excuse ; ) I’m going to miss everyone here. Wish me luck. ## Tina I have great faith in fools, self-confidence my friends call it.— Edgar Allan Poe ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/2 "2000-04-02T16:11:00Z")
Ouch, Tina! Good luck. And your topic title nicely pointed out the high point of your upcoming experience. (Pun intended.) * * * **Don’t bring beer to your job interview.** – Sig courtesy of **WallyM7** ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/3 "2000-04-02T16:11:00Z")
Best of luck to you, hope your recovery is a speedy one!! * * * Give your children these two things: One is roots, the other, wings - Wally Wally He’s our Man ---
**Author:** ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/4 "2000-04-02T16:11:00Z")
Quisp, Ouch … Hope the operation goes well and that you are back up to speed ASAP. Maybe your husband could get you a laptop for a coming home gift. * * * A point in every direction is like no point at all ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/5 "2000-04-02T16:28:00Z")
Here’s hoping for a speedy mend. The thought occurs that if you mainly lurk, you really need only the mouse most of the time, so it might not be that hard to get the machine next to the bed where you can see the monitor and move the mouse(?). ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/6 "2000-04-03T05:04:00Z")
I had an aunt that had a hip replacement. She went from barely hobbling with a cane to chasing youngsters around the yard. May everything go well for you, and may your morphine drip flow freely. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/7 "2000-04-02T18:54:00Z")
Good luck and best wishes for a speedy recovery. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/8 "2000-04-02T19:01:00Z")
Heal quickly, mend completely and return to us the same. [spurious smiley] * * * Voted **Best Sport** And narrowly averted the despised moniker **Smiley Master** Forward deployed until 18AUG00 ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/9 "2000-04-02T19:30:00Z")
qwisp, All my best and a speedy recovery. You’re going to love the morphine. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/10 "2000-04-02T20:22:00Z")
I agree, morphine is wonderful. I’m sorry you have to go through that to get it, though. Good luck, heal soon. * * * Drink up, dear. I made it just for you. _sig by_ **WallyM7** ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/11 "2000-04-02T20:26:00Z")
wish you a speedy recovery. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/12 "2000-04-02T20:38:00Z")
A sig for Tina: The operation? Well, now I walk like a duck, but I won’t sue 'cause I’m getting a lot of laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/13 "2000-04-02T20:39:00Z")
Best wishes for a quick recovery, Tina, maybe you could show your husband all of these responses, and he’ll feel sorry for depriving you of the SD company! 😃 ## Have him post, when the operation is all over and how you’re doing, okay?? Judy * * * “Um, according to who? Nothing more than a high brow troll, though occasionally the bi polar personality swung in a constructive direction on innocuous topics.” Omniscient ---
**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/14 "2000-04-02T20:58:00Z")
I hope you have a minimum of discomfort, a maximum of benefit, and a lightning-quick recovery. * * * I’ll stop procrastinating tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/15 "2000-04-02T21:05:00Z")
What Scarlet said! Best of luck, Tina, and enjoy the nice legal high 🙂 Catrandom, recalling fondly her post-knee surgery Demerol ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/16 "2000-04-02T21:12:00Z")
Good luck. And, hey… when you _are_ back on your feet, post more often! 🙂 * * * You should tell the truth, expose the lies and live in the moment."-Bill Hicks “You should tell the lies, live the truth and expose yourself.” - Bill Clinton ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/17 "2000-04-02T21:34:00Z")
Get well soon. (I have to confess… I thought this was a spinoff from the “Guy Stuff” thread.) Good Luck. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/18 "2000-04-02T23:12:00Z")
Thanks all for the well wishes.I’ll be thinking of everyone whilst I’m in the throes of a legal high. * * * The operation? Well, now I walk like a duck, but I won’t sue 'cause I’m getting a lot of laughs. Sig courtesy of **Wally the Great** ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/19 "2000-04-02T23:15:00Z")
I almost forgot. Thanks for the sig Wally!! I hope I have the formatting fixed this post. * * * The operation? Well, now I walk like a duck, but I won’t sue 'cause I’m getting a lot of laughs. Sig courtesy of **Wally the Great** ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783/20 "2000-04-02T23:20:00Z")
Get well soon, and I hope you are on your feet and able to chase your hubby around the room soon. He is so nice to take the time off for you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-morphine/15783.md?page=2)