bill horne wrote:
> Lone Haranguer wrote:
>> bill horne wrote:
>>> Lone Haranguer wrote:
>>>> bill horne wrote:
>>>>> Lone Haranguer wrote:
>>>>>> It's snowing not too far north of us. Been in the 70s for
>>>>>> days, this
>>>>>> morning 39, overcast, winds NW at 25+35.

>>>>>> We could see snowflakes any minute.

>>>>>> Running to the doc again for another last minute blood
>>>>>> check before
>>>>>> surgery tomorrow. The pills the VA gave me for muscle
>>>>>> spasms are
>>>>>> causing my kidneys to fail.

>>>>>> Now is a poor time to find that out.

>>>>>> I'm ready to sign any kind of waiver just so the surgery
>>>>>> takes place
>>>>>> tomorrow.

>>>>> Good luck, old man. Don't forget to stop talking when they
>>>>> start
>>>>> cutting so that you don't distract them.

>>>> Thanks.
>>>> They tell me I will by lying on my stomach and unconscious.
>>>> They don't
>>>> want the patient shaking when they start up the chain saw.

>>> Wait...that's different - you want to be awake then to make sure
>>> they don't have the chain on backwards.

>> And to make sure they follow the dotted line.

> To err on the side of caution, you should get a magic marker
> and have your wife write on your back, "L2, 3, 4, 5 and S1 Only".