[Jawbone54]

Dakar, maybe this will get your Christian joke wheels turning...

I'm high as a kite right now, thanks to our good buddy, Percocet. I had a 2-inch long, 1.50-inch wide tumor removed from the base of my neck yesterday morning, and today I've been working on a presentation for my parents' 20th anniversary at their current job. In other words, I had to load up on the painkillers just to make it through the day. I probably won't be done until past midnight tonight.

So while I'm sitting here, giggling and getting media together, I figured I would share some of these shots with you.

Before the surgery:



Me looking dead-sexy:



The afermath:

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

Dakar, maybe this will get your Christian joke wheels turning...

No, just my stomach.

[nonhuman]

Did they let you keep it in a jar?

[Big Mac]

Perhaps it was an alien implant.

[peeb]

Looks good - good luck with the recovery!

[Jawbone54]

Nope on keeping it, nonhuman. They had to send it to the lab to make sure it was benign.

Thank you, peeb. The doc told me he's about 99% sure that I'll be able to play in a golf tournament this Thursday.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Big Mac 

Perhaps it was an alien implant.

I've been calling my incision the "alien abduction mark." Then the wife always reiterates how much she hates X-Files.

[Big Mac]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

I've been calling my incision the "alien abduction mark." Then the wife always reiterates how much she hates X-Files.

LOL.

[OreoCookie]

Christian jokes? They're not half as funny as all the alien abduction jokes you're going to hear
Glad things went alright and that the aliens were nice enough not to cut out one of your kidneys in the process.

[subego]

Good luck and keep us psoted!

I also have to say, I found the expression on your face, even though you knew you were about to get sliced, to be very happy.

[Doofy]

Wow, how much did that surgery cost? I could have whipped that out in a half hour for you. With a blunt spoon and half a bottle of Jack.

[osiris]

Good luck Jawbone, I bet it's a relief to get something like that removed your body. Get well!

I'm sure a bunch of drunken MacNNers armed with sharp kitchen knives and a bottle of Jack could've saved you some dough though.

[Jawbone54]

Thanks for the well wishes, everyone.

subego, my wife and mother were in the room at the time and kept on complaining about how goofy I was acting. I actually recorded a pre-surgery video and then instructed my wife to lay my MBP in my lap as soon as I was semi-coherent. I had iMovie pulled up and ready, but unfortunately I was well within my senses by that time. There was no babbling about how much I hated Garth Brooks' music like after I had my wisdom teeth taken out.

I'll still put it up on YouTube later tonight, probably.

[freudling]

I am glad you can be this gitty about it. Even in the face of something like this...

All the best to you from Canada.

[design219]

Best wishes man. It's great that you can keep your jawbone up through stuff this.

[mrtew]

I think I have one of those! What was it like. Was it really a tumour or just more of a fatty cyst?

[Sherman Homan]

My wishes for a speedy recovery!

[Jawbone54]

mrtew, it was a benign tumor. That's all the info the doc gave me so far. Definitely wasn't a cyst. I'm going back for a follow-up next week to see what all the tests said.

Thanks for the good wishes, everyone. Everything's gone great, except for the fact that I had the hiccups yesterday for four hours. Today the incision is much less sore than my chest cavity. Probably not going to upload the post-op video; it's pretty boring.

[brassplayersrock²]

i'm glad that everything came out okay. speedy recovery mr. d

[Railroader]

Congrats on the alien abduction successful surgery Jawbone54.

Speaking of funny stories involving anesthesia, my wife had a major 9 hour surgery and as they were putting her under, they told her to count down from 100. She looked directly at me and said "I'll say hi to Jesus for you". For the next 9+ hours I was a complete wreck. I couldn't leave the waiting area for fear the doctors would come looking for me, I sat with tears sitting on my lids the whole time. Anesthesia does weird things to people.

[Oisín]

mrtew, it was a benign tumor. That's all the info the doc gave me so far. Definitely wasn't a cyst.

I’m very glad to hear that, and quite impressed at how coolly you are taking all this.

Oh, and you look very adorable in your blue hospital gown and goofy facial expression.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Speaking of funny stories involving anesthesia, my wife had a major 9 hour surgery and as they were putting her under, they told her to count down from 100. She looked directly at me and said "I'll say hi to Jesus for you". For the next 9+ hours I was a complete wreck. I couldn't leave the waiting area for fear the doctors would come looking for me, I sat with tears sitting on my lids the whole time. Anesthesia does weird things to people.

That was a horrible joke at the time, but looking back, it's absolutely hilarious. You got real-life L