Thanksgiving vacation had a surprise...

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 3:32 am

The day after Thanksgiving, I started having pain in my lower abdomen.

The next morning I checked into the hospital for a laparoscopic appendectomy. What fun!

Of course I'm 500 miles from home in Chico, CA, but it's my old stomping grounds and I have friends and family here.

Surgery went fine, I'm up and around and the pain is almost bearable. I'm still planning to go Wednesday and Thursday and jam with my old band from 40 years ago, and finish my vacation as planned, it'll just be a few days later...

Anyone that ordered valve seals or cam holder bolts, barring any other surprises, I'll be home and shipping by next Monday as notified by email, sorry for the delay.

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 3:40 am

Dang Bro!!!! Had to add some excitement to the vacation huh? Get better man and don't over do it or you'll be back in there....glad it went well for you....

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 4:00 am

Hey Gene - glad you're going to be ok. Heal up fast!

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:30 am

Get well soon.
Better off without your appendix anyway.
I parted company from mine with a lot of ill feeling.

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:13 am

Thanks guys.

I really got off easily I suppose. I walked into the ER on Saturday AM, it was empty, they took me right in, by late that afternoon the bleeding was over, and everything was smooth sailing.

That wing of Enloe Hospital was rebuilt, added to and updated within the year, so it was quite nice actually. Same hospital my dad was born in, in 1930.

I'm not missing the appendix, we weren't on good terms there towards the end. Time to move on...

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:38 am

genesound wrote:

I'm not missing the appendix, we weren't on good terms there towards the end. Time to move on...

Despite how long you have been together, some times its just better to go your separate ways.

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:42 am

thx113 wrote:

genesound wrote:

I'm not missing the appendix, we weren't on good terms there towards the end. Time to move on...

Despite how long you have been together, some times its just better to go your separate ways.

At least it didn't take the house, the car or the dog when it left ...

Regards,

Max

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:50 am

glad it all worked out

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 12:48 pm

Good to hear you're ok. My buddy had a helluva time with his. Post op infection........It was a bad deal. Keep an eye on the incision and like Wayne said don't overdue it.

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 6:00 pm

Glad to hear you are OK.. 40 years ago I had a friend once that drank a beer that had about two inches of beach sand in the bottom of the bottle. He did this on a bet for about six dollars in change that was piled on the cooler. Well, he guzzled the beer and won the bet.

Later that night, his appendix burst and he spent a week in the hospital with peritonitis.

The night he got out of the hospital , it was nickle beer night at a local pub where "The Good Rats" played later in the night.....

I still remember him holding the stitches together with his hands( no laparoscopic appendectomy then), while muttering something about "adhesions" while he vomited 5 cent beers out in the parking lot before the band started.

I miss hanging out with him, as he was a fun guy...

That's my appendix story ..Glad to hear yours is in order now..

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:36 pm

Heal quickly!

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:37 am

Gene, glad to hear that you are okay!

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:42 am

Was there any good looking nurses to keep your mind off the pain?
Glad to hear the recovery is gong well.

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 2:16 am

Get well Gene, as well as wishing you for your own sake to get your health back to square one, there are people here that will need you for your knowledge and experience.
Best.

Captain

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 3:34 am

I am very glad to hear things "came out" well. Wink

Heal up soon Gene.

Dave

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:26 pm

Get better soon Gene!