I walked to and from the coffee shop we hang out at, which is about four miles away. On my way back, I passed some guy getting his mail, and shivering violently. He asked me what in the world I was doing out in the cold, to which I replied "Chllin'." I feel complete now.

Weird, I think your post seized up the chat thread. I can't get to the next page.

Well that post made it so I could get to this page. Crazy weird dude.

i'm a wizard

Haha.

The mainland got fucked up today with rain and storm - but it was a really nice day down here. Like, the first time this summer. I think my islands happiness is determined by the misery of the rest of the country.

Tadao, Zhukov: Thanks for the well wishes and yes, it was crazy cool
For everyone’s information, the procedure I saw was a triple bypass with ESVH (endoscopic vein harvesting). Initially I just watched the endoscopic part because it was easier to stay out of the way. To the untrained eye, it basically looked like he was just mashing about in there, clamping random bits of the body while pushing aside layers of fat and whatever else we keep in our legs. The camera quality was quite high, and the doctor did a good job of keeping it clean when he saw any haemorrhages due to his work. Oh, and there is something creepy about seeing light under a person’s skin (for the camera). The most unsettling part was when he pulled the vein out with his fingers from the most proximal incision. It was just a weird site. Following that he sewed up any remaining lacerations to the vein, so it would work for the procedure. Bottom line – endoscope work is amazingly advanced, but it looks like you just blast through layers of whatever.
Heart part: Let me start by saying bone saws are awesome. They also had some sort of cauterizing iron that arced a spark to stop bleeding and instantly scar tissue to keep it from bleeding. Oh, and those vice clamps they use to keep the cavity open? Straight out of Saw. This part of the procedure was immensely complex, and was difficult to see at some points because it was three surgeons working on a hole a bit larger than a deck of cards. They had to arrest the heart and run it through the machine, which they helped slow down quite literally with ice slush. The bypass is quite brilliant, it essentially is placing an artery into a new passage and then closing it shut like a drawstring bag. Suction was also a major part as the pericardial cavity often had started to fill thanks to the proximity and nature of the procedure. Oh and seeing arterial blood is weird, it’s like... Candy red.
Defining moment: When I scrubbed in and poked around inside that guy. After the grafts were in place and VS were stable, I got the experience of my life. Holy shit, there is nothing like holding a man’s beating heart in your hand. The surgeon also placed my hand on the aorta – if only it were always that easy to feel a pulse. Thoughts of Mortal Kombat ran through my mind to close my hand around his heart and scream ‘fatality’ but of course that was in jest. In closing, if you can ever see a surgery, go on and do it.
Tl;dr – I held a heart and i liked it.

:lol You arsehole

I got up to that stage thinking that you were having the surgery done on you. I wouldn't have wished you quite as much well wishes if I had known you were just going to BE THERE. :lol

"Holy shit, this guy is watching the doctor take HIS OWN veins out of his body, and he's not even fussed."

I can't stop laughing. Nice story though.

Hahaha, yeah I sort of got that impression from the post. Should have made that a little more clear earlier on haha

I was wondering why so many people were wishing you well. :lol

We're not that nice.

I used to do the call schedule for the hospital where I worked, and I remember doctors calling me FROM THE MIDDLE OF SURGERIES LIKE THAT to yell at me for messing up the vacation plans they never told me about. I was always imagining some poor guy open on the table for a CABG and thinking, wtf are you yelling at me for when you have someone open on an operating table?!?

Second time Queensland has been fucked over in a very short amount of time, right?

Our whole area has been brought to a standstill. Outside, it's like walking on a frozen lake...everything is covered in thick layers of snow and ice. The whole city was shut down yesterday and anyone on the streets other than emergency personnel got ticketed. I don't know what it's going to be like today.

Lake Shore Drive in Chicago had a string of 1,000 cars stranded and abandoned during the worst of it. That's one of the most popular routes in the city, literally steps from downtown. Crazy.

Did anyone else think of Bone Saw McGraw?



'cause he's awesome too. :)

:lol I totally thought you were going in to have your heart worked on. I realized at "Initially I just watched the" that you must be training to be a nurse. THAT'S RIGHT I CALLED YOU A GIRLY MAN.

harry naval

Fucking magnets, eh? :eek

Thank you, T. :eek :wank :yum

o'reilly is a total loon

I'm not 100% but I think he was there too.

:O

No love for Phobos or Deimos.

Playing Doom has made me more knowledgeable of our solar system than Bill O'Reilly.

A pair of Eights? :eek

It is cute that you think of me. :eek

Now show me your dick! :eek