This might ramble a bit, so be patient.

First off:[rant] Thanks to the miracles of modern medical insurance, I am back a week (or maybe two) earlier than I (or my surgeon) expected! The plan was that after a week or so in the hospital, I would spend a week (or two) in a rehab (nursing) home. BUT, NO!!! My insurance company decided I'm doing "too well" for that. So, here I am 50 Km from the nearest hospital (by helicopter!) with a home health care nurse who will check on me once or twice a week. I could go on about the problems with the health care system of the "richest nation on Earth", but getting banned is not my intent, so I'll [end rant].

Second: Yes, BAUT is my first stop on the web (OK, I did check my e-mail first ) I checked my earlier post and caught up on the replies posted after I went to the hospital. Thank you all for your wishes!

Third: Thanks to several talks with the surgeon, I know a lot more now than I did before about my first surgery. From what I had to go through to clean out my colon this time, it is obvious that the first operation was an emergency!

Once again, thank you all. I'm going to get some sack time. I'll be back in a few hours.

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T. Anderson

Welcome back! That's great! Take care not to over-extend yourself.

Good to hear you're doing okay. If you ever need to continue that rant, my PM box has room, and you're sure to get a sympathetic ear.

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Great to see you're back, Kaptain K! And doing well. When do you start on solid food? Or have you already?

Nice to read some good news for once, especially about a BAUTer!

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Welcome back, Kaptain.

Just don't strain those stiches, y'hear?

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Yeah, Kaptain, try to avoid a certain variety of mike alexander posts. Don't want stitches straining stitches.

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Yeah, I've been on solid food (if you can call hospital food "food" for almost a week now!

As for "stitches", I have a line of metal surgical staples from 10 cm below my sternum to below my waist - it'll make an interesting scar some day. I have a 20-30 cm wide elastic band around my waist to keep tension off of the staples. I also have a "bulb" (a little bigger than a chicken egg) hanging out of the wound that keeps suction on the wound for drainage. When it quits draining, the doctor will remove it and decide when to remove the staples.

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Already...

Great! Thanks a LOT!



Now I'm out fifty bucks...

Will the richest nation on earth really ban you for complaining?

No, but the mods of this board sure could (would) if I went on!

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T. Anderson

Welcome back, Kaptain K. That certainly was quick, but it sounds like it went very well. (Insurance notwithstanding). Good for you.

Should be smooth sailing from here, dude.

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Glad to know you´re doing fine Kaptain. Welcome back!

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Welcome back aboard, Kaptain!
Arrgh!

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Kaptain,

It looks like both you and Discovery beat the 1% odds! Welcome back.

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welcome back kaptain.

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WB to poster #52 from #54

It's nice to have you back. I'm glad all went well.

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Glad to hear it Kaptain!

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Excellent question, Harvey, for a first or second post. Welcome to the board.

I guess this health care question often turns partisanly political, which is rather eschewed on the boards. This is, after all, a site centrally about astronomy, the universe, and science.

I expect there is plenty of science in the study of health care around the world, which would likely be an acceptable discussion....

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You can be banned by Liechtenstein?

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Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song
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Hee-hee...that's Liechtenstein

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