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Dave Hunt

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  1. Today has been one of dodging hither and thither. With Jill being icky I've been chief cook, shopper and bottle washer and in between times I've tried to get some tidying up done in the shed followed by photographing the layout for an article in MRJ. Sadly my photography skills are right up there with cycling goldfish so for every twenty shots taken, maybe one is usable. I did manage to do a bit of work in the shed as well, finishing off some fire buckets and wall mounting brackets and a horse dray. In amongst all of this a friend phoned to ask me if I could go over and witness some legal signatures and in so doing I was offered a beer and a cheese scone - well, it would have been rude to refuse wouldn't it? Hence I am somewhat knackered so after a session on RMW a bit of overnight eyelid inspection will probably be on the cards.

     

    It's a rich, full life providing you don't weaken.

     

    Dave  

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  2. 8 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

    re needles for spinal anaesthesia.


    Now, something for those NOT of a nervous disposition (and more than the average layman/person would wish to know) a review article on spinal anaesthesia!


    I have had three orthopaedic operations using spinal anaesthesia and would go for it every time instead of generals but since my upcoming operation is a spinal decompression on three discs and vertebrae it has to be a general - I did ask the surgeon if it could be done with local anaesthesia but he said that since I would be flat on my front for several hours and if I moved a millimetre during the procedure it could leave me paralysed the answer was no, it has to be general. Ho hum....

     

    Dave

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  3. One of the euphemisms I hate is when a needle wielding nurse says, “You might feel a slight scratch,” to which I usually reply, “Oh, it felt like someone sticking a needle in my arm to me.” (Other parts of the body are available)

     

    Dave

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  4. Well, who’d’ve guessed it? Just as my streaming cold is receding, Jill’s is starting so all thoughts of offspring and their offspring spending Easter here have been cancelled. At least I should be OK for my operation on Tuesday so there is a silver lining of sorts.

     

    Dave

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  5. I think that anyone who would find Afternoon Delight offensive would probably be a direct descendant of Mary Whitehouse and/or make sure that their piano and table legs were hidden from view. The thought of sha**ing in daylight would send them skyrocketing, never mind Saturn launches.

     

    Dave

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  6. 12 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

    I think a couple of words have been removed by the censor system. 

     

    I've now filled in the gap with the words 'make l0ve'. I find it mind blowingly, stupidly futile that the system regarded the original as offensive.

     

    Dave  

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  7. 27 minutes ago, Northmoor said:

    Be sure not to mix them up. 

     

    Unlike the chap who emigrated to Northern Canada and went to a lumber camp asking for a job. The camp boss decided to have a joke with the chap and said that to prove himself he'd have to shoot a grizzly bear then make l0ve to the old witch who lived nearby. The chap walked into the woods and was gone for several days before returning with his clothes in tatters and his body covered in bloody wounds. He walked up to the camp boss and said, "Right, now where's this old witch I've got to shoot?"

     

    Dave 

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  8. 49 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

    That was our neighbour calling on my behalf.

     

    We've had a glitch in the system and until it's sorted, your IFF transponder transmissions might not get picked up, with unfortunate consequences as you penetrate the Hippodrome's MATZ.


    It’s OK, my Klingon cloaking device is working.

     

    Dave

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  9. 23 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

    That seems a bit premature.
     

    When I had bilateral knee protheses inserted, i had a disinfectant shower the night before surgery and the morning of surgery (IIRC it was a povidone iodine based liquid soap). Once you have been anaesthetised, the surgical site will be prepped with a povidone iodine solution - which is applied in circular fashion working outwards from where the first incision will be made (you always go from clean to dirty), sterile drapes will be clipped around the incision site and then the surgeon begins. Depending on the surgeon’s preference you might have the surgical site irrigated with a wide spectrum Abx (which I think is pretty unusual for orthopaedic surgery - which is what most back surgery is).

     

    Post-op you’ll be getting an anti-coagulant of some kind and you’ll need to wear anti-thrombotic stockings (to prevent DVT), your surgeon may prescribe a wide spectrum Abx and you should get some pretty decent analgesics (it is likely you will have received fentanyl and propofol [or similar] perioperatvely, so they are likely to titrate you off the “good stuff” to less potent analgesics). DON’T BE RETICENT IN DEMANDING ADEQUATE ANALGESIA! Numerous studies have shown that early and frequent analgesic intervention results in less overall use of analgesics and less pain during the recovery period.

     

    According to the blurb that came with the pre-op pack, the shampoo and nasal cream are to get rid of any MSSA (not MRSA) bacteria.

     

    Dave

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