# Tomorrow I Go Under the Knife **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331 "2002-11-28T13:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/41 "2002-11-30T00:46:49Z")
Good gad, she forgot the gum! ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/42 "2002-11-30T01:01:53Z")
I called her too RT, she does sound good. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/43 "2002-11-30T08:51:54Z")
Much pain. Can’t sleep. They are being very stingy with the meds. No drip at all, just the occassional shot in the butt. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/44 "2002-11-30T12:09:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*…just the occassional shot in the butt. \*\* How do they find it? It must be a tiny target 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/45 "2002-11-30T12:35:51Z")
Hope you feel better real soon, **Opal**. And make them give you lots and lots of morphine, dammit! Thanks, also, **RTFirefly** and **Ayesha** for the quick updates. Keep ‘em comin’ if you can. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/46 "2002-11-30T13:17:17Z")
Here is what my surgeon said when I had Rob call him at 2am to discuss pain meds. He gives everyone the morphine pump, yet I didn’t have one and was only allowed one shot of stuff every 4 hrs and it wasn’t cutting it. He said that the reason was that the anesthesiologist said gthat I had really big tonsils, and that it could make it hard for me to breathe if I was on heavier meds. WTF? So they started giving me better meds provided I put an oxygen thing on. I got almost 2 hours of sleep last night, once they medicated me properly. I’ve currently got some sort of mask on gassing me with damp fog that smells like celery. It’s a bronchodilator. My roommate is feeling a lot better, thankfully. She had a really rough night ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/47 "2002-11-30T13:37:58Z")
> [@](#): > > He said that the reason was that the anesthesiologist said gthat I had really big tonsils Didja explain to the doc that it’s not the size of the tonsils that count, but how you use 'em? 😉 Best of luck to ya, and glad to hear that the surgery went well. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/48 "2002-11-30T15:13:38Z")
So now it turns out that I WAS supposed to have the pain pump. The anesthesiologist on right now is starting to investigate. He seems pretty pissed off about it and says he will call me when he finds out who dropped the ball. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/49 "2002-11-30T17:56:15Z")
Tell him you have lots of friends who’ll come have _words_ with him if he does pull his finger out and make sure you are comfortable. Hope you’re doing better **OpalCat**. Sending tender hugs and best wishes. Washte ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/50 "2002-11-30T23:57:12Z")
Didn’t see this before, but good luck OPAL! I’m glad the surgery went well and I hope you get your pain meds straightened out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/51 "2002-12-01T01:55:05Z")
Happy Healing **Opal**. Keep us posted! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/52 "2002-12-01T02:16:27Z")
Be a squeaky wheel **Opal** , tell them to manage your pain or you will show them what pain really is. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/53 "2002-12-01T02:46:39Z")
Looks like I get to go home tomorrow 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/54 "2002-12-01T03:06:05Z")
Congratulations, Opal. I’ve been keeping up with this thread, and I’m glad you’re feeling better. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/55 "2002-12-01T03:41:09Z")
Hey **Opal** , Sorry, just saw this thread! Glad it went ok, and hope you’re feeling better. Is your internet based 800 number still working so we can call you when you get home? We send our best. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/56 "2002-12-01T03:53:46Z")
hospital pics [http://www.livejournal.com/talkpost.bml?journal=opalcat&itemid=1057860](http://www.livejournal.com/talkpost.bml?journal=opalcat&itemid=1057860) ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/57 "2002-12-01T04:41:13Z")
I hope your recovery goes well. I had surgery last Christmas and it was NOT fun. I wasn’t allowed to eat solid foods for a month. On the plus side though, I did get to play about 8 hours a day of Grand Theft Auto 3. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/58 "2002-12-01T05:16:15Z")
Congrats!!! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/59 "2002-12-02T20:57:13Z")
I’m home now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-i-go-under-the-knife/139331/60 "2002-12-02T21:35:29Z")
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