Miscellaneous Discussion Thread II
Quote: SOOPOOArrived in The Villages house. We hired a lady to ‘watch’ the house while we were in Buffalo. Flushes toilets, feeds bromine to hot tub, picks up (useless) mail. Last week called to tell us fire alarm was chirping; battery needs changing. 2 of the 6 alarms. She gives me a phone number to call so THE FIRE DEPARTMENT will send someone over to change the batteries! I just have to have new batteries for all 6 fire/smoke detectors. So arrive on Friday. Call the number around 4. Told the regular guys who do this end at 4:30, so it’s too late for the ‘regular guys’. Gives me a different number to call for after hours. I call. They tell me they will send over a fire truck in the next five hour window of 5:30-10:30, unless they are at an emergency! No one comes. Call again in the morning at 9. Told ‘it was impossible’ that no one came or called! Anyway, now told they would do the same process. Ring on doorbell around 1/2 hour later and beautiful red fire truck is outside my house. 2 guys and a gal in fireman garb come in, and politely and efficiently change the batteries. I have high ceilings. I guess the concept is they don’t want us elderly villagers to be climbing ladders, falling, and breaking hips.
They REALLY sent a fire truck to my house to change smoke alarm batteries!
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Of course, they heard who you were a rich retired doctor. Did they nod politely and not make eye contact? Just like you request?
Quote: billryanThe Mineola FD used to do that for my mom and the seniors who requested it, but they didn't just send a truck when requested. The Junior FD did it, and it was done block by block, the weekend they changed clocks.
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Changing batteries with clocks was a clever thing fire departments came up with.
Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: billryanThe Mineola FD used to do that for my mom and the seniors who requested it, but they didn't just send a truck when requested. The Junior FD did it, and it was done block by block, the weekend they changed clocks.
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Changing batteries with clocks was a clever thing fire departments came up with.
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Selling special $20 detector batteries that last 10 years was a brilliant thing battery companies did.
Now the smoke detector companies seem to want a piece of that pie; sealed units with a 10 year battery life are available. No changing batteries; just replace the unit every decade (probably when most people paint).
Irans newest, most modern subway station opened this week, and it looks more like a Catholic Church than a subway station. The name translates to Holy Mary Station and is dedicated to the mother of Jesus. Even though Shiite Islam is the official religion of Iran, Jesus and his mother Mary are well respected, as are figures from other faiths. Located down the street from Irans largest Orthodox Cathedral, the station has multiple statues and murals depicting Mary and her Son.
Iran allows freedom to practice one's religion but forbids missionary work, and it is illegal to convert from Islam. Several large parks are named after religious figures of other faiths, with one of Tehran's busiest parks also named after Mary, the mother of the Prophet Jesus.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: SOOPOOArrived in The Villages house. We hired a lady to ‘watch’ the house while we were in Buffalo. Flushes toilets, feeds bromine to hot tub, picks up (useless) mail. Last week called to tell us fire alarm was chirping; battery needs changing. 2 of the 6 alarms. She gives me a phone number to call so THE FIRE DEPARTMENT will send someone over to change the batteries! I just have to have new batteries for all 6 fire/smoke detectors. So arrive on Friday. Call the number around 4. Told the regular guys who do this end at 4:30, so it’s too late for the ‘regular guys’. Gives me a different number to call for after hours. I call. They tell me they will send over a fire truck in the next five hour window of 5:30-10:30, unless they are at an emergency! No one comes. Call again in the morning at 9. Told ‘it was impossible’ that no one came or called! Anyway, now told they would do the same process. Ring on doorbell around 1/2 hour later and beautiful red fire truck is outside my house. 2 guys and a gal in fireman garb come in, and politely and efficiently change the batteries. I have high ceilings. I guess the concept is they don’t want us elderly villagers to be climbing ladders, falling, and breaking hips.
They REALLY sent a fire truck to my house to change smoke alarm batteries!
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Of course, they heard who you were a rich retired doctor. Did they nod politely and not make eye contact? Just like you request?
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Quite the opposite. All 3 of them loved petting and playing with my Parti Yorkie. The girl like talking with me about medical stuff once she found out I was an anesthesiologist. She’s a paramedic who does emergency intubations in the field. She was proud she was credentialed to use those drugs to help. The worker guy was so polite. We chatted about his military service, as I mentioned he must be military by the number of times he called me sir. The boss guy was not as chatty, but certainly was friendly and polite.
My house is on the part of the cul de sac without direct golf course or turtle preserve views. Hence, this rich retired doctor is not as rich as a bunch of his neighbors!
Wifey just went and bought a Corvette today, so I guess I’m not struggling. I’m happy with my Tiguan.
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Wifey just went and bought a Corvette today, so I guess I’m not struggling. I’m happy with my Tiguan.
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Hopefully that is not because ladies down there are bringing you casseroles....
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Quite the opposite. All 3 of them loved petting and playing with my Parti Yorkie. The girl like talking with me about medical stuff once she found out I was an anesthesiologist....
Did you really tell people "You'll be back" in a Terminator voice before they went under? I've never been put under but if I was going to be, my sense of humor is perverse enough that I would learn everything I could about the procedure from the surgeon's perspective beforehand and try to convince him I was fully awake and remembered everything he did afterward.
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Quite the opposite. All 3 of them loved petting and playing with my Parti Yorkie. The girl like talking with me about medical stuff once she found out I was an anesthesiologist....
Did you really tell people "You'll be back" in a Terminator voice before they went under? I've never been put under but if I was going to be, my sense of humor is perverse enough that I would learn everything I could about the procedure from the surgeon's perspective beforehand and try to convince him I was fully awake and remembered everything he did afterward.
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Never used that phrase! But if asked ‘will I die’ my answer was ‘not on my watch. Do you know how much paperwork that would entail?’ Usually got a giggle.
Interesting about your plan. Of course there are lawsuits claiming ‘awareness during anesthesia’. They can cost big $$$.
I’ll relay one anecdote. From late 1980’s. Patient for back surgery. Obese lady. She’s put to sleep, intubated, then has to be flipped face down. Surgeon bemoans having to flip ‘the fat cow’. Surgeon sees lady next day post op, and while chit chatting asks her how she’s doing. She says ok, but her feelings are hurt because he called her a fat cow! He of course at the investigation blames the anesthesiologist, who apparently answered succinctly that it wasn’t him who called her a fat cow. Best I can remember there was no lawsuit and just a pile of (insincere) apologies from the surgeon.
I’m not sure it wasn’t a pissed off nurse (surgeon was a dick) that informed the patient, versus an actual Intraoperative awareness event. In my career, I never had a patient complain about intraoperative awareness. Doesn’t mean it never happened.
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Quite the opposite. All 3 of them loved petting and playing with my Parti Yorkie. The girl like talking with me about medical stuff once she found out I was an anesthesiologist....
Did you really tell people "You'll be back" in a Terminator voice before they went under? I've never been put under but if I was going to be, my sense of humor is perverse enough that I would learn everything I could about the procedure from the surgeon's perspective beforehand and try to convince him I was fully awake and remembered everything he did afterward.
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Never used that phrase! But if asked ‘will I die’ my answer was ‘not on my watch. Do you know how much paperwork that would entail?’ Usually got a giggle.
Interesting about your plan. Of course there are lawsuits claiming ‘awareness during anesthesia’. They can cost big $$$.
I’ll relay one anecdote. From late 1980’s. Patient for back surgery. Obese lady. She’s put to sleep, intubated, then has to be flipped face down. Surgeon bemoans having to flip ‘the fat cow’. Surgeon sees lady next day post op, and while chit chatting asks her how she’s doing. She says ok, but her feelings are hurt because he called her a fat cow! He of course at the investigation blames the anesthesiologist, who apparently answered succinctly that it wasn’t him who called her a fat cow. Best I can remember there was no lawsuit and just a pile of (insincere) apologies from the surgeon.
I’m not sure it wasn’t a pissed off nurse (surgeon was a dick) that informed the patient, versus an actual Intraoperative awareness event. In my career, I never had a patient complain about intraoperative awareness. Doesn’t mean it never happened.
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So, if the anesthesiologist used only the drug that causes paralysis this could happen? Right?. Seems like an immediate blood test afterwards could detect lack of a sedation drug.
She looked at me and said "Clearly delusional." True story.
Quote: rxwineQuote: SOOPOOQuote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: SOOPOO
Quite the opposite. All 3 of them loved petting and playing with my Parti Yorkie. The girl like talking with me about medical stuff once she found out I was an anesthesiologist....
Did you really tell people "You'll be back" in a Terminator voice before they went under? I've never been put under but if I was going to be, my sense of humor is perverse enough that I would learn everything I could about the procedure from the surgeon's perspective beforehand and try to convince him I was fully awake and remembered everything he did afterward.
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Never used that phrase! But if asked ‘will I die’ my answer was ‘not on my watch. Do you know how much paperwork that would entail?’ Usually got a giggle.
Interesting about your plan. Of course there are lawsuits claiming ‘awareness during anesthesia’. They can cost big $$$.
I’ll relay one anecdote. From late 1980’s. Patient for back surgery. Obese lady. She’s put to sleep, intubated, then has to be flipped face down. Surgeon bemoans having to flip ‘the fat cow’. Surgeon sees lady next day post op, and while chit chatting asks her how she’s doing. She says ok, but her feelings are hurt because he called her a fat cow! He of course at the investigation blames the anesthesiologist, who apparently answered succinctly that it wasn’t him who called her a fat cow. Best I can remember there was no lawsuit and just a pile of (insincere) apologies from the surgeon.
I’m not sure it wasn’t a pissed off nurse (surgeon was a dick) that informed the patient, versus an actual Intraoperative awareness event. In my career, I never had a patient complain about intraoperative awareness. Doesn’t mean it never happened.
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So, if the anesthesiologist used only the drug that causes paralysis this could happen? Right?. Seems like an immediate blood test afterwards could detect lack of a sedation drug.
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99.999% chance that the patient was put to sleep appropriately. She didn’t complain about ‘the big tube being put down my throat’. Those initial drugs can wear off relatively quickly. But ‘the gas’ would have been turned on to keep the patient asleep. It’s probably not enough time/not enough initial drug/some combo….. If the patient was just paralyzed and not anesthetized at all the last thing they’d be complaining about is what the surgeon said.
You can put a patient to sleep with NO drugs that would be found on that blood test. It’s called inhalation anesthesia. It’s done for younger pediatric patients occasionally. Not so common for adults.
As an anesthesiologist, I recently had one tell me that in the future I need to let all of my future anesthesiologists know that I have a very small mouth opening. Apparently there was some complication during my procedure and they needed to add/change/adjust the intubation tube and they had a problem because it was too big to get into my mouth. Apparently my mouth opening is only about 2 cm, how unusual is that? He said they ended up using a tube they generally only use for children.
It's the best sleep you will ever have.Quote: AutomaticMonkeyI've never been put under
Quote: AxelWolfIt's the best sleep you will ever have.Quote: AutomaticMonkeyI've never been put under
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I didn't find it restful at all.
I got wheeled into the OR, they talked to me a minute, then I got "switched off". (It wasn't an instant off... more like dimming a lamp.)
After what felt like a minute (but what I was told was around 7 hours), I woke up in another room with my wrists tied to the bed, unable to speak around the pipe shoved down my throat.
Where normal sleep is restorative, being under was just absence.
Quote: DieterQuote: AxelWolfIt's the best sleep you will ever have.Quote: AutomaticMonkeyI've never been put under
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I didn't find it restful at all.
I got wheeled into the OR, they talked to me a minute, then I got "switched off". (It wasn't an instant off... more like dimming a lamp.)
After what felt like a minute (but what I was told was around 7 hours), I woke up in another room with my wrists tied to the bed, unable to speak around the pipe shoved down my throat.
Where normal sleep is restorative, being under was just absence.
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With no dreams. (At least with me). When I woke up, it kind of feels like time has passed, but it’s strange.
I prefer the pre-sleep state, where they add the narcotic first. Sometimes they use the Michael Jackson’s doctor special — milk of amnesia.
Quote: rxwineFrench police release pictures of suspects in Louvre heist.
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Silly French… They’ve only identified 5 of the 11 perps?
Quote: billryanI was put under for a dental procedure, had the craziest dream, and was groggy most of the day. With my medical procedures, I've woken up with no sense of time and no memory of any dreams.
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I had some crazy dreams but thought you were not supposed to. Once I dreamed I was a subject in a benevolent nazi medical experimental facility. I was having all kinds of dreams on most nights so I think I must have been really messed up at the time.
Quote: DRichSoopoo, thank you. I had no idea the fire department performed those services.
As an anesthesiologist, I recently had one tell me that in the future I need to let all of my future anesthesiologists know that I have a very small mouth opening. Apparently there was some complication during my procedure and they needed to add/change/adjust the intubation tube and they had a problem because it was too big to get into my mouth. Apparently my mouth opening is only about 2 cm, how unusual is that? He said they ended up using a tube they generally only use for children.
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That is a VERY SMALL mouth opening. Not even 4/5 of an inch!?! Story is suspect though. Haven’t you had dozens of surgeries with no issues? Unless you think something has very recently happened to decrease your oral opening ability? It is not uncommon after radiation for oral cancers.
Anyway, I would DEFINITELY request the anesthesia record from your ‘problem’ surgery. And did they give you anything in writing or just tell you about this issue? Let me see the record and I think I’ll be able to ‘translate’ for you.
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That is a VERY SMALL mouth opening. Not even 4/5 of an inch!?! Story is suspect though. Haven’t you had dozens of surgeries with no issues? Unless you think something has very recently happened to decrease your oral opening ability? It is not uncommon after radiation for oral cancers.
Anyway, I would DEFINITELY request the anesthesia record from your ‘problem’ surgery. And did they give you anything in writing or just tell you about this issue? Let me see the record and I think I’ll be able to ‘translate’ for you.
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Thank you. I did not get anything in writing he just said to let future anesthesiologists know ahead of time. I have been under since and that doctor didn't seem to think it was a big deal (maybe because he knew ahead of time and didn't get caught off guard). I have another surgery scheduled in six weeks that requires general sedation so I will let him/her know also.
As I child I did have some mouth trauma, 32 stiches in the lip and chin but no broken bones. It would not be shocking if I had some oral cancer because my mouth is a mess but it has been attributed to a drug I take high dosage of called nifedipine.
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Quote: DRichI am excited to announce that surgery number 26 or 27 (I lost count) is scheduled.
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Thanks for the picture. Is this your best feature?
Quote: DRichI am excited to announce that surgery number 26 or 27 (I lost count) is scheduled.
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DRich,
Wow! Having that in your bladder must be very uncomfortable. I am glad you're having it removed surgically, as passing it "the natural way" sounds like torture to a guy who has passed a number of kidney stones.
If you will excuse my morbid curiosity, what are the units of measurement in that picture? For the linear dimensions, I am guessing millimeters, but then the volume couldn't possibly be mm³. Maybe the volume is in cm³?
Dog Hand
DRich -
wishing you the best with your medical issues - hoping you have a complete recovery
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Quote: DogHandQuote: DRichI am excited to announce that surgery number 26 or 27 (I lost count) is scheduled.
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DRich,
Wow! Having that in your bladder must be very uncomfortable. I am glad you're having it removed surgically, as passing it "the natural way" sounds like torture to a guy who has passed a number of kidney stones.
If you will excuse my morbid curiosity, what are the units of measurement in that picture? For the linear dimensions, I am guessing millimeters, but then the volume couldn't possibly be mm³. Maybe the volume is in cm³?
Dog Hand
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My assumption was millimeters but I did not do the math.
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DRich -
wishing you the best with your medical issues - hoping you have a complete recovery
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Thank you, I do appreciate it. It is a minor surgery so I do not anticipate any issues.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI am excited to announce that surgery number 26 or 27 (I lost count) is scheduled.
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Thanks for the picture. Is this your best feature?
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Sadly, yes it is.
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My assumption was millimeters but I did not do the math.
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That would be almost 2 inches across. Ouch!
Here's hoping it goes well.
Man, you have been through it. Hoping you emerge into a hospital-free period and have all the best that life can hold.
Quote: DRichQuote: lilredrooster.
DRich -
wishing you the best with your medical issues - hoping you have a complete recovery
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Thank you, I do appreciate it. It is a minor surgery so I do not anticipate any issues.
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A surgery is minor when it is on someone else. Best of luck.
Perhaps it is different with humans, but my vet advised against a procedure on my dog, saying he'd already had four bouts with anesthesia, and more in a short period wasn't good.
Quote: gordonm888I am reminded of the rom-com movie "27 Dresses." Should we look forward to the documentary film "27 Surgeries"?
Man, you have been through it. Hoping you emerge into a hospital-free period and have all the best that life can hold.
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Thank you.
At one point I projected my date of death as January 23, 1989. Obviously, I have surpassed that so I feel fortunate considering my prior health experiences. Most of the surgeries have been minor like tonsils, appendectomy, gall bladder removal, hernias (3), etc. Now I am just getting somewhat common things that older people get. They are considering combining this surgery with one other so hopefully they can get both done at one time.
Quote: rxwineI think it's a dinosaur egg.
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I thought it looked like a big gold nugget. At the price of gold now around $4000 an ounce I wish it was.
Quote: rxwineQuestion, how many parts of the human body can be removed and someone can still live?
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Would a leg count as one or would you say 5 toes, an ankle, a shinbone, ect, ect?
Humans can be tough. A person with the will to live can survive tremendous damage, while other people die from slight wounds because they are at peace with going to heaven.
Quote: billryanQuote: rxwineQuestion, how many parts of the human body can be removed and someone can still live?
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Would a leg count as one or would you say 5 toes, an ankle, a shinbone, ect, ect?
Humans can be tough. A person with the will to live can survive tremendous damage, while other people die from slight wounds because they are at peace with going to heaven.
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It’s not really a counting test of how many times you can split the same part, just total removal. So, 2 legs, 2 arms gone. All limbs gone. Same with every other part externally or internal.
Quote: rxwineQuestion, how many parts of the human body can be removed and someone can still live?
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I had my right kidney removed and I'm still alive.
Quote: billryanQuote: rxwineQuestion, how many parts of the human body can be removed and someone can still live?
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Happy to be in the second group. I don’t get people going thru all kinds of pain just to stick around a little longer
Would a leg count as one or would you say 5 toes, an ankle, a shinbone, ect, ect?
Humans can be tough. A person with the will to live can survive tremendous damage, while other people die from slight wounds because they are at peace with going to heaven.
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Quote: FatGeezusQuote: rxwineQuestion, how many parts of the human body can be removed and someone can still live?
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I had my right kidney removed and I'm still alive.
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I had my left kidney removed and I believe that I am still alive.
Do you currently have any renal issues? I am in stage 3 kidney failure.
Quote: rxwineQuestion, how many parts of the human body can be removed and someone can still live?
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How about adding parts? I’ve been torn a new a****** many times!
