Trying out a few new thoughts for my Writers group

It should come as NO great surprise to those who know me that I tend to think up stuff. Stuff is my word for anything that is not easily categorized. I also think that I really should put this "STUFF" into separate boxes or shelves or areas of my brain, but that would be too hard and it seems to me that more fun connections can be made by allowing the various pieces of "STUFF" to run around loose. One tiny thought can stimulate another, and they can decide to hold a party and soon there are a whole MESS of interlopers showing up uninvited. It can sometimes get out of hand like a kegger at a high school graduation or turn into rock throwing at local authorities who might try to break up the FUN.
Another thing is that I have had the ability as long as I can remember of thinking and dreaming in full color and rhyme. It was VERY odd for me to discover by questioning others, that they did NOT do this. How can one even think without colorful puns, poems, and rhymes which are the very semantic basis of thought??? I just can't think of a cow (and how often does one have to do that?" you may ask--seems to be rather frequent to me!!), without also NOW thinking of a SOW which rhymes and is also a barnyard animal and from there to HOW these guys got into my mind in the first place. It is but a simple step to bring in MOW where the hay for the COW is kept and to have a COW fight over it (were they at the kegger?) with a lot of punching which sounds like POW!!! The whole thing then turns into a real ROW with a generaalized riot of oinking, Powing, Cows attempting to cow their opponents, and finally the final word stated by the farmer as he watches the battle-----WOW!!!
There are times when it would be SOOO much easier to just think about stuff without all the extraneous thoughts that crop up (like the crop in the MOW), but it sure can be interesting when one's thoughts head off into an entirely new direction. I have often discovered that the new thoughts are a lot more fun than the old thoughts, and getting there is half the fun as "THEY" say, but taking thirty minutes to consider if I should use a pen or a pencil to write with is a big FAT waist (waste) of time. Oh well......

A goofy thought

Since knees and bones and other things orthopedic (which actually means "Straight Child" as this medical speciality seems to have begun to help deformed kids from polio and whatever), have been on my mind a LOT lately, I got to thinking that I may not be able to truthfully sing the old song that goes, "AND THE KNEE BONES'S CONNECTED TO THE LEG BONE."
"Why?" You may ask if you have nothing better to do with your time, since this question will necessitate your receiving an answer. The answer is that I am NOT really connected in the usual sense of the word. I was fine until I had a TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT which replaces bad cartilage and arthritic bone with Titanium metal and hard plastic. This undid my normal human connectivity separating the real parts by fake parts. Now, this may not be a "BIG DEAL" to most people, but it seems to bother me too much. I have tried to figure out why this should bother me as it is GOOD with less pain and I can walk on the new parts and so on. However, it makes me feel odd having non-human parts inside of me. Is this like a woman might feel with an advancing pregnancy; or one of the stars of the movie ALIEN growing an evil monster inside??
I wonder why I have to even think about this stuff, but that's the way I am. Could it be that I have TOO MANY CONNECTIONS elsewhere? (in my brain?). Could these synaptic connestions with their axons and dendrites be firing too much and making these odd thoughts about the other parts of my body. I don't recommend delving into these these things too deeply---It could drive you nuts, too!!!!!!!!1

Knee-knee-nah-nah-new-new

Yep !!! I got it done and, as usual for me, things weren't as expected. I got "TWO OPERATIONS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE" as my surgeon said. The damage to the quadriceps tendon at age 14 and the bad infection of the prior total knee 14 years ago caused him to have a LOT of trouble getting the old parts out before he could put in the new. It seems the quadriceps got all shortened and the tendon wouldn't allow the knee to bend past the 90 degree point so the old parts could come out. He therefore had to lengthen the tendon, pull out the old parts, put in the new, and reinsert the newly lengthened tendon onto a new place on the tibia. This is rare, but it was necessary. Therefore, I could not start the usual leg exercises of bending and so on as the tendon had to heal down first or chance it coming loose again and necessitating ANOTHER operation.
It has been fun. A bunch of pain, but since this is my 36th major operation, I knew what to expect and the pain of a couple other operations was worse than this has been. The main thing is having the lengthened recovery time due to the tendon and also having the still unhealed abdominal wound. This has caused my LSW whom I love more than I can ever say to put in many hours of extra care for me. I know she is getting tired, but she just keeps trooping on and shows what the words in the wedding vow, "IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH" really mean. I don't think I could do for her what she has done for me as I tend to be lazy. I do NOT want to have to test myself for that reason, but mainly that I don't ever want her to have to go through pain and suffering and having to rely on me. I would surely try, but.....No one knows what they can accomplish until tested.
Greatest day for America---Obama inaguration!!!

So now it's time??

The new year is here and time is automatically re-newed. Newed again.
Odd how the spelling of words can change. How come renued?? But I digress---
Today I have TWO Doc appointments to get all tuned up for the big left knee re-re-placement on Tuesday. This will be opertion number 36 for me, NOT counting the minor ones. As a retired CRNA, I'm NOT AT ALL worried about the anesthesia. I know the drill and the facts. What I AM worried about is the post-op pain and the not having the good result I am hoping for. I've had many types of surgery and found that that on bone is the worst. I hope the newest type of PCA (Patient Controlled Anesthesia) with the push button to shoot meds into the IV is better and I won't be in agony. We'll see. Also I hope like heck that the knee will finally bend to at least 90 degrees and be it will finally be pain free after 54 years since the original injury at age 14. Dr. Dan Hoeffel says he can cause this with the computer assisted knee replacement so I am HOPING!!!!
I will be out of contact via this blog for a month and will let you know when I get out of Transitional care and back home hear the end of January,
Say one for me.