Chicana on the Edge

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Surgery Today
written by Regina Rodríguez-Martin
July 26, 2010

Bob’s hip replacement surgery is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. today. Until then, no food, water or cigarettes. What are the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal for a person who usually smokes two packs a day? I’ll have to research it.

I feel terrible for him and am not even drinking water in front of him. Soon I’ll go to the gym for a workout. I’ll also get breakfast and totally hydrate. One of us needs to be able to think clearly.

We were so disappointed that his surgery was scheduled for 3:00 p.m. I thought surgeries were always early. It’s not so bad to go from midnight to 8:00 a.m. without anything to drink or eat (or smoke), but from midnight to 3:00 p.m. the next day? Damn.

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2 Comments

  1. Regina Rodriguez-Martin

    Thank you, Mick. I'll take all the encouraging comments I can get! Bob knows the most important thing is doing the exercises.

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  2. Mick & Cathy

    Bob is really young to be having hip replacement surgery, hope it all goes ok.

    One positive note is hips have a really high success rate but make sure he does the physio afterwards and recovery wont take too long. I'm talking from the experience of both my parents having it done.

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