the only proper way to wear tin foil is as a hat: how the hell else can you blunt the dark overlord's mind control?

A guy in Portland Oregon told he had a hip replacement last week, just one side, as an outpatient.
They were going to send him home the same day but after they were done and sewed him up they did an X-ray and the surgeon didn't like the way it was aligned. She told the anesthetist to knock him out again and didn't open the incision but must have done some twisting and yanking and got it aligned to her satisfaction. Because of that they didn't discharge him until the next morning. 

My mother had both hips replaced a couple years back, 1967 to be exact. LoL 56 years.
Anyway, it was two 18 hour operations and three months in Mass General Hospital in Boston.
They've come a long way, baby.

A friend had one hip replaced.  Died on the table.  Was held in the hospital for two weeks due to that anesthetic allergy.  She refused to have the second hip done until pain made it inevitable.  Apparently, a different anesthetist.

Last edited by tw (7/03/2023 4:41 pm)