Early this morning, I rolled over in bed and crushed my sore knacker against the mattress. Holy snappin' duckshit, that woke me up real quick. So I am now bombed out on Oxycontin, Endone, and Panadeine. The pain is easing somewhat, but I'm feeling that nice little trip coming on.
Anyway, my employer rang me yesterday asking how I was. I told them where I was at and that it would be 2 - 3 weeks before I could really get back to work. They were quite okay with it. I find that amazing in this day and age where an employer actually cares about an employee. Anyway, I told them I had some reports I needed to take in for some shifts I had done, and they told me that's fine, we'll sit and have a coffee. Not bad, eh?
Next month is going to be a busy month with doctors. Urologist, cardiologist, endocrinologist, and my gastro bloke. I am just concerned about my stoma; it seems since I have been suffering these last 2 and a bit weeks that my coughing has prolapsed it about another 2 cm. So now it curves downward and sticks out about 3 cm, so in total, it's about 6 cm long. Well, let's see if we can get another opinion from a different surgeon. I don't think I can wait for my surgery any more than necessary.
On the upside to all this, I'm slowly on the mend and, even though in pain, I do feel better in myself.
Thanks, everyone, for the well wishes and encouragement. We have a great bunch of folks here. Hugs to all (manly hugs for the blokes). Love you all.

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