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Thanks OAM and Badge.  I feel your pain. Life is a cycle with some amazing things, and some very painful things. I guess it is about learning to handle both. 

As for the invasive surgeries, yeah, I've had my share. The fusion and the 7.5 hours that took was the best sleep I've ever had. I remember the pain doctor saying his last words to me before I went out. "It's Miller time" and that was that.

Everyone's got their own workplace humor...

Ain't that the truth.   There's some adult humor in the OR, if my wife and her colleagues are to be believed.   My wife is an anesthesiologist, she says nobody gets very far when counting.  All depends how/what/where she's administering the stuff.  Some patients like to count. 
on the primary theme, I don't think about this time of year, w/o thinking about my Dad's stroke 11 years ago (he's still with us, and he's with it, just fairly disabled physically) and the stress that introduced for my Mom, and us kids who are 1,000s+ miles away.  A pretty helpless feeling.

The nurses in the OR were floored when I remembered all of their names when they woke me up.

I've never had serious surgery, but when I had my wisdom teeth, I remember waking up in the middle and having them be surprised.  They upped the dosage so much that the next thing I remember is being at home.

I'll never forget the escapades of @eltigrerex  and @Cincydawg and others buckling over when I brought up his using SEC speed to outrun Madison's finest, even though he was trashed. Heh. That was a helluva night.

11 years...2007 vs. Iowa. L'il Dawg was there, too.
I met up with the Buckeye crew in 2009 at the Horseshoe (and Craaazy's tailgate). That was a fun night, too--but nothing on the order of ETR showing off his SEC speed.

Been tough to get even one football weekend away most seasons...

That took some Balls

I had a cousin that passed away this morning. When I saw him last summer I had this weird feeling that it was the last time I'd ever see him. Don't ever be dismissive of that intuition if you get it. Even if it seems nonsensical at the time.