So Excited...Acute Appendicitis

[thecfarm]

2 weeks, listening to your Doctor, is just like reading the manual.
Both are good things to do.  ;D

[samandothers]

Raise um up, teach um, train um, and what respect do I get?  Treat me like an old man.  

'He' may be thinking once an adult and twice a child.  :   You had doc's orders to wait yet you know better than the doc.   

[B.C.C. Lapp]

I don't blame you Lynn.  When your ready to get back at it its hard to sit around.    I've cut casts off and taken out my own stitches more than once and the wife and then the doc get real cranky about it.   
   Let em crank, I got stuff to do. 8) :D

[Magicman]

There was nothing strenuous about what I did yesterday, minimal lifting and it felt good to be able to get out on a beautiful 78° day.

[Old Greenhorn]

Sorry, I have to stand with Marty on this one. You know better, just relax for a few more days. Marty wants to keep you around as long as possible and in the best possible shape. Luke may be the smartest of the 3 of you, staying out of it, but if you pushed it I bet I know which side he'd come in on.
 Sometimes folks are too dumb for their own good and folks who love them have to step in and set them aright (said the pot to the kettle).
 Maybe you need a hobby like stamp collecting or fly tying? :D

[doc henderson]

I think what magic lacks in youth, is made up for with experience.  do not let them hold you back Lynn!  lol just be careful.  you are not the typical old guy.

[Magicman]

I think that yesterday also loosened up a hitch in my git-a-long.  I know for sure that it released some pressure that had built up somewhere and needed letting out.  Hard headiness?  Maybe, but I know that I can never stop, and I do not enjoy even slowing down.

[Peter Drouin]

Good, you're feeling better. 78° That must be nice. 40° here, almost the same. ;D

[randy d]

I felt the same way with my hernia op it took about two weeks and I had to  get out and move around and do some thing just not over do that is the hard part.

[Magicman]

I have had hernia surgery and mesh on both sides.  This recovery has been nothing compared with the hernia recovery.

[Bruno of NH]

I'm glad your feeling better Sir

[Magicman]

Thank You Jim.  Weather permitting I will probably take on a small sawing job next week.

[gspren]

Just saw this, take it easy for a bit! Just like an "older" truck or tractor you need to eze on to the throttle not floor it. By the way what purpose does an appendix have? I had mine removed while in 7th grade so 11-12 years old. 

[samandothers]

From: Appendix | Definition, Location, Function, & Facts | Britannica

"While the specific functions of the human appendix remain unclear, there is general agreement among scientists that the appendix is gradually disappearing from the human species over evolutionary time."

In MM's case the appendicitis was a slow evolution.

[doc henderson]

we have different qualities to each of us.  the reason for the average age being low like 14 years, is that you may have a bad one, (prone to obstruction and infection) or not.  It does serve in immune function but not missed if gone.  lots of lymphocytes and occ. the spot where a cancer such as lymphoma starts.  when it is inflamed after infection, it may be the source of intussusception in kids.  I had one kid in Hays who had his appendix out over the weekend and they found a very aggressive cancer (leukemia poorly differentiated) , and we had to get him to KU as the tumor load could double every 6 hours.  The surgeon had called the oncologist, and the mom wanted to be discharged back to western Ks waiting on dad who drove a semi over the road.  I got a call from the oncologist (he was my attending in school) who said he cannot wait, where the hell is this kid, fly him if you have to.  It can stutter for a while, and if missed acutely, it can rupture then you have stool organisms like e-coli in the pristine smooth sterile part of the abdomen, instead of the yukky inside of the bowels.

[Nebraska]

Oh that's no good at all.

[Magicman]

I had my "2 week" post surgery followup appointment with the surgeon today.  I got a clean bill of health and was released to do whatever I felt like doing. 

I will let the weather determine my sawing schedule.

[SwampDonkey]

Start off easy, you're not 29 anymore. ;)

[B.C.C. Lapp]

Doc H did that poor kid survive?

[doc henderson]

It was in 1998.  at least while I was his Doc till 2001.  I hope so.  Long term, I do not know.