well, not tomorrow... today (as in monday) between 7am - 3pm

i will most likely be the one that intubates/LMAs you

just thought you should know

1/21/2008 4:35:35 AM

making plans to go to Rex. thx.

1/21/2008 4:36:33 AM

hey evan, have you ever had to insert a chest tube? Of all the things that could happen to me in a Trauma Bay or ER, that is probably my biggest fear.

1/21/2008 4:40:07 AM

LMA lol


i call it the airway vagina


cuz well it looks like a vag on a stick

1/21/2008 4:40:23 AM

chest tubes really aren't a big deal.. i mean, in terms of what they do, they are indeed a big deal... but functionally they're very simple

also if you're in a state in which you need a chest tube, you won't care about the pain from that, the pain in your chest and the fact that you can't breathe will greatly overpower that

1/21/2008 4:41:12 AM

Quote :

"i call it the airway vagina cuz well it looks like a vag on a stick"

lol and i thought i was the only one that noticed that

1/21/2008 4:41:34 AM

nah


i think everybody notices it



they just dont talk about it

1/21/2008 4:43:04 AM

wierd, i'll actually be there.

1/21/2008 4:44:08 AM

i wouldnt mind getting surgury if it made me a stronger human

1/21/2008 4:44:15 AM

next time i use one i will make it a point to mention it

1/21/2008 4:44:23 AM

Quote :

"wierd, i'll actually be there. "

whatchoo getting done? i'll make sure to stop by

1/21/2008 4:44:50 AM

I'm not worried about someone's ability to insert one....and while I'm sure my lack of breath will trump the pain of a chest tube, the idea of someone cutting open an area between my ribs, and sticking their fingers/tube inside of me all while being awake without pain meds, sounds horrific to me.

1/21/2008 4:46:02 AM

the alternative is dying :\

i'd take a chest tube over death any day

1/21/2008 4:46:35 AM

supposed to be there at 7:45 for a 9:30 surgery.

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Quote :

"go back in tomorrow to have an aggressive debridement procedure done and they'll check the status of the bone graft (dead, infected, live, etc.) and determine if another one needs to be taken from my other hip or not. then, wednesday i will have a skin flap completed by a plastic surgeon. taking muscle/skin tissue from the calf muscle and attaching it to the front directly on top of the tibia. the blood supply from where it's taken will remain in place. supposedly this will make it look a little odd (as if it doesn't already), like a piece of meat sitting on top of your leg, lol. the purpose of this is to replace the tissue that's already been removed in past procedures as well as the large amount that will be cut out tomorrow. in addition to this, the new tissue will provide increased bloodflow to the tibia and surrounding areas. this should help with the infection for several reasons. these will be surgery numbers 13 and 14. "

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 4:47 AM. Reason : plz to get me some extra drugs.]

1/21/2008 4:46:53 AM

i think in terms of whats scary and painful


awake intubation is worse

1/21/2008 4:47:32 AM

i'll see what i can do, if i'm not busy i'll try and stop by

zomg i may intubate a tdubber

lol

1/21/2008 4:48:24 AM

Quote :

"awake intubation is worse"

vecuronium ftw

1/21/2008 4:48:46 AM

1/21/2008 4:49:05 AM

evan, clearly I'm not suggesting death would be better...and luckily I wouldn't have a say in the matter but much like people fear waking up in the middle of surgery, I see getting a chest tube inserted along those same lines.

1/21/2008 4:49:21 AM

damn it, i better start stalking your post history and see what i've got to worry about here...

1/21/2008 4:49:40 AM

i understand

but i wouldn't worry too much about it, lol

if you were ever my pt. i would make sure to be as gentle as possible if you needed a tube

1/21/2008 4:50:17 AM

versed and fentanyl ftw!

1/21/2008 4:51:43 AM

thanks....highly appreciated.

also, intubation is one of those things that looks brutal when it's done...I mean it just looks like things are being cut and shit while it's on it's way down

1/21/2008 4:52:24 AM

haha, yeah i'm not worried about it. been there, done that too many times.

well, maybe the gentle tube insertion bit [homo]

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 4:55 AM. Reason : you def. can't be any worse than some of the other retards working in there]

1/21/2008 4:52:53 AM

i hope you got some sleep dude!

1/21/2008 4:54:51 AM

Quote :

"also, intubation is one of those things that looks brutal when it's done...I mean it just looks like things are being cut and shit while it's on it's way down"

naaaaah

it definately looks brutal though

but if you could see what i see when i'm doing it, you wouldn't think that

1/21/2008 4:55:52 AM

^^me or evan? i'll be sleeping all day.

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 4:56 AM. Reason : .]

1/21/2008 4:56:00 AM

i woke up like 30 minutes ago

1/21/2008 4:56:24 AM

this is pretty accurate

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 4:59 AM. Reason : except the guy doing it totally sucks at it, lol... wtf]

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 5:02 AM. Reason : DAMN homeboy has a huge epiglottis]

1/21/2008 4:58:21 AM

all i know is my throat is sore as shit afterwards each time.

1/21/2008 5:02:40 AM

that's normal

you just had 8mm of pvc down your trachea

1/21/2008 5:11:31 AM

folks forget that


and when they wake up they are all like i want some water

and we are like


fuck no

1/21/2008 5:22:36 AM

try not to intubate any stomachs, plz

1/21/2008 8:02:24 AM

what happened to mr. C7?

but, yeah, intubating is fun, done several myself.

1/21/2008 12:30:45 PM

if you see an azn nurse named Doris tell her that her son-in-law says hi and that her grandson can't wait to see her

1/21/2008 12:32:44 PM

wtf do you people do to yourselves?

1/21/2008 2:06:42 PM

well, evan didn't kill me today.

1/21/2008 10:04:33 PM

you must be doing really well to come play online


good for you



dont harrass your nurse too much

1/21/2008 10:05:54 PM

yeah, anesthesia doesn't really bother me much. i'm wide awake/ready to go as soon as i'm rolled into recovery. the pain is being managed by a steady diet of a dilaudid pca and percocet.

today was my 13th surgery within the past 15 months, so i imagine that probably has something to do with it also.

1/21/2008 10:20:46 PM

Wakemed is soso. I like Rex better.

6/8/2014 5:55:26 PM

time since from scratch with care of you tomorrow from experience as follows as many more and you didn't get in the past

6/9/2014 1:14:39 AM

i was just trying to see if my computer clock was in synch with the main TWW clock in DC

6/15/2014 12:51:03 AM