Surgery wasn’t mine this time!

I know, I have at least one surgery a year, but like I’ve been saying, I’m a genetic freak.  Each surgery has removed something bad or fixed something awful in me, so I feel justified.  Actually I’m just hooked on that 20 second feeling of being put out, truth be told.

But Marty had shoulder surgery yesterday.  (He sustained injuries 39 years ago as he was the starting quarterback in high school, after all.)  So he finally , since high school, had his broken collar bone parts fixed.  They shaved off the arthritic bone spurs on said collar bone, cleaned up his starting-to-fray rotator cuff, and stitched up a torn labrum.  Poor guy.

Since it was suggested he sleep in a recliner, I joined him downstairs on the couch next to him.  Well, I missed my bed—I am not a couch sleeper, I’ll tell you, but this blog isn’t about me, I forgot.  He’s been remarkably non-babyish which is very unlike a man when it comes to being laid up.  He’s more angry that he won’t be able to golf during Lawyerboy’s bachelor party in the sunshine.  Wait, I’m giving him too much credit, he’s on hydrocodone, no wonder he’s being so amiable.

Except he has these annoying hiccups from the anesthesia, now I know where Sciencegirl gets that from.  I just get the barfs from it.

(This pic may have been a drug-induced approval)

mart surgery

I’M NOT A FREE SPIRIT, THAT’S FOR SURE

The surgery center called today for my pre-op “interview”; you know, where they ask you a million questions to save you the paperwork before hand.  I was very light-hearted in my answers.

GIRL:  Are you on any prescription medications?

ME:  You ready?  I’ve got a list

GIRL:  Have you had any previous surgeries?

ME:  You ready?  I’ve got a list

GIRL:  Are  you allergic to any medications?

ME:  You ready?  I’ve got a list

GIRL:  Do you drink?

ME:  Once a day…

GIRL:  Do you smoke?

ME:  Nope, never have, never will

GIRL:  Any lung problems?

ME: Asthma

GIRL:  Any kidney problems?

ME:  Got a stone in there now

GIRL:  Any reactions to anesthesia?

ME:  Yup, I’m a puker.  And if I puke, my husband makes the anesthesiologist wait with us until I stop puking

GIRL:  Do you have any piercings or tattoos?

ME:  (Laughing) No… but you never know…

GIRL:  Do you have any anxiety or depression?

ME:  Doesn’t everybody?  Curse them if they don’t.  Yes I have both, hence my list of medications

GIRL:  Wait, are you Sarah Berardi, Ruthie’s friend?

ME:  YES!

GIRL:  Oh my gosh, here, the way you were answering and laughing I thought you were some type of free spirit from Jamaica or something! (I can be fun if I want to)

ME: Nope, just the same old , anxietied, depressed Sarah Berardi  from Buffalo.