Fingers crossed Beeps... I'm sure all will be fine though

All the best wishes for your mom, Beeps 

Surgical techniques are amazing these days. I think one of the things you have to prepare for with any operation though is the recovery from the general anaesthetic. It affects some people more than others, and can stay in your system for a long time afterwards. I don't know if these are of any use (as always, check with the doctor before taking any supplements before or after an operation) but I know milk thistle is very good in general. 
 
https://www.mindbodygreen...-after-anesthesia.html
 
I've had a general anaesthetic 3 or 4 times in my life and I felt really crappy afterwards each time. Weak as a kitten, nauseous, spinning room etc. The last time, I actually had to drag myself out of bed 2 hours after waking up, check myself out of hospital (against the doctor's wishes), stagger out into the summer heat to flag down a taxi and go home to get ready for work the next day as I didn't have anyone to cover for me. What an ordeal, I don't know how I even got through that! However, other people bounce back really quickly after an anaesthetic so hopefully your mom is one of those. 

Hoping for mumzie to have a smooth op and speedy recovery!

Thanks, everyone. Sorry I have not replied. My back went sideways after I posted this and I've been trying not to aggravate it further (by typing loooong arse posts) but for now the insights and well wishes are appreciated. We had a long talk the morning after I posted this and she seemed to have a good handle on everything so that's good (and more proof of a decent doc). Gonna hit her up again tomorrow (day before she goes in) so she can just talk about whatever then I'll be hanging by the phone all day the day of until I get the call (either from her or her friend who's helping her) when it's done.
 
Anyhoo... I gotta try to get my gimp arse out to do some stuff tomorrow so I gonna go back to moving as little as possible but thanks again, guys and I'll followup.
 
Cheers!

Best of luck to your mumsie Beeps.....hope her recovery is quick as possible.

Prayers and best wishes for your Mom

I hope everything goes well.

Good luck Mama Beepster!
 
 

Jebus, friggen' criminy!! I just now noticed I mispeeled "bladder" in my headline. Hilarious and goes to show how distracted I've been of late over this.
 
I bet that was driving Strumster cray cray. It's okay, ole boy. Mumzie seems to be okay so you can unleash that pent up rage now. lol
 
Anyhoo, it happened yesterday and I guess everything went according to plan aside from some weirdness in the recovery room where she wasn't waking up as she should have and had to stay there for a few extra hours. They don't keep you overnight these days because they're cheap/broke arsed buggers but her friend was there to get her home and is sticking around until mumzie is back on her feet.
 
Due to the extra recovery time I was getting a teensy bit concerned but at about 8pm or so the phone rang and on the other end was an extremely whacked out mumzie. I had told her previously to just let her friend call me and let me know what's up but that's mumzie for ya. Good ole (albeit somewhat silly) bird. She obviously just needed to rest so we cut it short and I called her back today.
 
She was still pretty whacked out and said her ribs were hurting and making it hard to talk so I got her to pass me over to her friend (who is a very nice, caring lady and one of my mumz besties). After thanking her profusely for being there I got the lowdown... and ya, everything went well (aside from the recovery stuff but mum ain't no spring chikken anymore either so I guess that makes sense).
 
Hooray!
 
Thanks for rooting for her, guys. I have no idea whether positive vibes affect the outcome of things like this but it sure helps the nervous ninnies (aka: Beepsoid) to know he's got buds... however virtual they may or may not be.
 
Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go and beat the ever loving crap out of my guitar for a while because I've been too distracted/in physical pain to do even that this past week. But...
 
 
 
Cheeeeeeers!!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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