Getting back to my normal

Kerry S
Kerry S Member Posts: 606 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Guys I could not tell you this when I was using the hospital’s system. Too many eyes on me. Remember I told you I had already been out for a smoke. Well to get to the smoking spot you have to go down 8 floors and then out onto a U shaped court yard. Lot of windows around you.

So off I go with my IV cart for my first smoke. It was cold as hell out there. I get out the door and light up. Just about that time I pass out cold and fall, IV cart and all. I come to and my head is on a trash can along with the damn IV cart. I pick myself up and here is this sign that says. Thank you for not smoking as this is a smoke free campus.

So I try to act like I just tripped and sat on a bench as if nothing happened and just finished my smoke. I think it was just the shock of the cold and the hit off the cigarette that did it to me.

This morning I had an almost normal poop. I have had no sharts at all and can fart just like a normal old coot.

Now to add to my mental attitude recovery, I get a call from the brain doc this morning. They, after a closer look at my MRI, agree with my country doc in that the brain tumor looks benign. They now want to wait until end of January and do another MRI and see if it has changed in size. If it is benign, it should be the same size. He said it could have been in there for years. That would explain why I am wired a little different then most folks. The good part is I can keep/use the “tumor card” forever to get out of trouble.

Kerry

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  • John23
    John23 Member Posts: 2,122 Member
    #2
    Good news / bad news
    Good news / bad news

    Re:
    "....benign...... He said it could have been in there for years.....
    That would explain why I am wired a little different then most folks...."

    Healthy, but still a Conservative Republican....

    Oh well. I guess we'll have to take what we can get......


    (Great show, but try to stay away from trash cans)


    John
  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #3
    I bet you were a handful when you were a youngin'!
    Kerry,

    You and adventure seem to go hand in hand. I am glad you weren't hurt. Could someone be trying to tell you to quit smoking? It sounds like you are doing great.
  • khl8
    khl8 Member Posts: 807
    #4
    Your stories are always a
    Your stories are always a hoot!!! Glad to hear your are pooping!! Great feeling isn't it?

    Hugs,
    Kathy
  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #5
    Only you!
    I can just see you now draped over a trash can with your IV cart. And I am sure you didn't bother to tell anyone in the medical profession that it happened.

    You are lucky, not only that you didn't really hurt yourself but also that a guard didn't come along to take you and your cig to the pokie!

    Hoping that all goes well with the followup on the brain tumor.

    Glad you are a bagless man with good poop.

    Try to stay out of trouble and not use that card too often.

    Marie who loves kitties
  • karguy
    karguy Member Posts: 1,020 Member
    #6
    I'm glad
    I'm glad you are doing better,next time you smoke maybe you should sit down first.I wish you good luck with your tumor.I hope your poop gets back to normal.
  • LOUSWIFT
    LOUSWIFT Member Posts: 371 Member
    #7
    smoking
    maybe your brain is telling you it's time to quit smoking? other wise good news LOu
  • plh4gail
    plh4gail Member Posts: 1,238 Member
    #8
    Oh my gosh...you're
    Oh my gosh...you're crazy,I'm so glad you didn't end up with injuries to give you more problems to deal with.....and now,in a kind sort of way of course...what a nurses nightmare.lololol....but patients like you do give us something to talk about for awhile. Glad to hear you're doing well at home :)

    Gail
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #9
    Aw, Kerry.....
    PLEASE take care!!! We don't know what we'd do if you landed in the trash, and the can was picked up for the dump!!!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • maglets
    maglets Member Posts: 2,576 Member
    #10
    KathiM said:

    Aw, Kerry.....
    PLEASE take care!!! We don't know what we'd do if you landed in the trash, and the can was picked up for the dump!!!

    Hugs, Kathi

    aww Kerry
    you old coot.....you make me laugh

    hugs maggie
  • Lori-S
    Lori-S Member Posts: 1,277 Member
    #11
    Kerry
    Are you sure you weren't dumpster diving? Maybe looking for more smokes? Shoot, I'm glad you came back around before someone saw you and you had to tell a Kerry story about that.

    So glad you did so well with the surgery. Welcome home you ol' coot!
  • mom_2_3
    mom_2_3 Member Posts: 953 Member
    #12
    I am glad
    I am glad that you are home and doing well. I am glad that you can fart. ;)

    Amy
  • coolvdub
    coolvdub Member Posts: 408 Member
    #13
    mom_2_3 said:

    I am glad
    I am glad that you are home and doing well. I am glad that you can fart. ;)

    Amy

    Made me laugh
    Kerry,

    You crack me up. I don't smoke anymore, well I do if you count MM. I have threatened to go do that at the hospital when they were slow with my pain meds. I love your style. Get back to pooping normally.

    Don
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #14
    Whoa!
    Kerry!

    You are one wild man! Now listen, I guess it doesn't do any good to try to talk you out of smoking, but I hope you'll consider dropping that habit.

    I'm glad you weren't seriously hurt!

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • Crow71
    Crow71 Member Posts: 679 Member
    #15
    Smokin' will kill ya
    It'll make you fall down. Made me drive off into a ditch once. But there's something about smoking and crapping that go together; so I don't blame you doin' whatcha gotta do.

    Not surprised that the brain doc agrees with the country doc. Only took him a week or so to figure it out. Hope it's benign.
  • thxmiker
    thxmiker Member Posts: 1,278 Member
    #16
    Glad you are ok!
    My Doctor made me promise that I did not smoke or drink while on Chemo. He said flat out, "If I find a patient smoking or tell me they smoke I drop them as a client." WOW, Luckily I never have been a smoker.

    Glad you are OK. I am glad that the surgery went well!

    Get Better!
    mike
  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #17
    Kerry
    I'm not sure if I should be laughing or crying. So the heck with it I'll do both over your cigarette/trash can experience.
    Glad your home safe and well, dare I say it? Sound.
    No sharts and a good fart sounds pretty good to me. LOL
    Winter Marie
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #18
    herdizziness said:

    Kerry
    I'm not sure if I should be laughing or crying. So the heck with it I'll do both over your cigarette/trash can experience.
    Glad your home safe and well, dare I say it? Sound.
    No sharts and a good fart sounds pretty good to me. LOL
    Winter Marie

    Kerry what a funny story! You know we have been told that
    smoking is dangerous!So you can see is truth, Hahahaha , ( just a secret I smoke too ), my onc say if I continue smoking I will croak of lung cancer which at this point is a good new for me! LOL!.( hope in 30 years )!.
    Lots of healthy farts my friend!LOL.

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