Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 11C and it's presently 22.7C, mostly clear with a steady breeze.

Lord, the wind howled yesterday. I lost power for around 3 hours in the arvo. Fortunately, I was able to obey the weather prediction and took the flagpole down for the event. It's back up now. I did manage to to give myself a haircut & beard trim during the outage as all of those 'implements' are battery powered.

However the Christmas tree/decorations didn't get put-up.

Today is definitely a wood-stacking day.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[LouNY]

Well evening all;
Just started getting caught up on my reading now.
Out the door this morning at 10AM heading to hospital. Got there a few minutes early, got checked in and started waiting, after an hour or got moved to surgical prep then a couple of more hours of waiting, then got worked on.
copy and paste below;

"Patient was noted to have deviation of the septal cartilage and hypertrophy of the turbinates. This has been resistant to standard medical treatment. For this reason the patient is brought to the operating room for septoplasty and turbinate reduction.
Next, a hemitransfixion incision was made on the left. Dissection was carried down to the caudal edge of the septum. Mucoperichondrial flaps were then elevated bilaterally. Septum was noted to be deviated off to the right. Inferior portions of the quadrangular cartilage were then removed. Great care was taken to minimize manipulation of the bony septum and the superior aspects of the septum near the skull base. Any spurring of the maxillary crest was removed with the straight osteotome."

"Next we turned attention to the inferior turbinates. Starting on the left, the inferior turbinate was reduced in the submucosal plane in the standard fashion with the 2 mm inferior turbinate blade. Great care was taken to minimize trauma to the mucosa. The turbinate itself was then outfractured with the Goldman elevator. The right inferior turbinate was treated in similar fashion."

"At this point, the mucoperichondrial flaps were reapproximated in the midline and sutured with mattress sutures of 4-0 plain gut. The hemitransfixion incision was closed with interrupted sutures of 4-0 chromic. Doyle splints were placed and sutured with 2-0 silk."

I sure as hel* hope that the results are worth it, I have to go into the office in 7 days to have these splints removed, that may be interesting.
Reading through my discharge notes may not be doing much for a few days. Hope the weather behaves so I can

Hope all have had a good and safe safe and well tonight, and warm, heading to negative F here tonight.

 

[Engineer42]

Well evening all;
Just started getting caught up on my reading now.
Out the door this morning at 10AM heading to hospital. Got there a few minutes early, got checked in and started waiting, after an hour or got moved to surgical prep then a couple of more hours of waiting, then got worked on.
copy and paste below;

"Patient was noted to have deviation of the septal cartilage and hypertrophy of the turbinates. This has been resistant to standard medical treatment. For this reason the patient is brought to the operating room for septoplasty and turbinate reduction.
Next, a hemitransfixion incision was made on the left. Dissection was carried down to the caudal edge of the septum. Mucoperichondrial flaps were then elevated bilaterally. Septum was noted to be deviated off to the right. Inferior portions of the quadrangular cartilage were then removed. Great care was taken to minimize manipulation of the bony septum and the superior aspects of the septum near the skull base. Any spurring of the maxillary crest was removed with the straight osteotome."

"Next we turned attention to the inferior turbinates. Starting on the left, the inferior turbinate was reduced in the submucosal plane in the standard fashion with the 2 mm inferior turbinate blade. Great care was taken to minimize trauma to the mucosa. The turbinate itself was then outfractured with the Goldman elevator. The right inferior turbinate was treated in similar fashion."

"At this point, the mucoperichondrial flaps were reapproximated in the midline and sutured with mattress sutures of 4-0 plain gut. The hemitransfixion incision was closed with interrupted sutures of 4-0 chromic. Doyle splints were placed and sutured with 2-0 silk."

I sure as hel* hope that the results are worth it, I have to go into the office in 7 days to have these splints removed, that may be interesting.
Reading through my discharge notes may not be doing much for a few days. Hope the weather behaves so I can

Hope all have had a good and safe safe and well tonight, and warm, heading to negative F here tonight.

Stay out of the cold air with those popsicle sticks in your nose Lou. I imagine that would cause pain.

 

[Jim Shooz]

TRUE! I forgot all about that, but I actually DID make an ashtray for my Dad when I was in grade school art class (ceramics).
Well evening all;
J
"Patient was noted to have deviation of the septal cartilage and hypertrophy of the turbinates. This has been resistant to standard medical treatment. For this reason the patient is brought to the operating room for septoplasty and turbinate reduction.

In plain English: What did they do ??

 

[LouNY]

In plain English: What did they do ??

They went in and straightened and removed part of the septum (sp) deviation of the septal cartilage, then then are some glands/ growths (turbinates) in the floor of the nose, they went in and slit those and reduced the size by cutting out parts of them then pulled the skin back in over them. Kind of like a roto-rooter with a root saw.

 

[Looking4new]

By the time it is all over we could see about 16" of snow tomorrow day and night. I think I will wait until Saturday noon to plow.

 

[ponytug]

Well evening all;
Just started getting caught up on my reading now.
Out the door this morning at 10AM heading to hospital. Got there a few minutes early, got checked in and started waiting, after an hour or got moved to surgical prep then a couple of more hours of waiting, then got worked on.
copy and paste below;

"Patient was noted to have deviation of the septal cartilage and hypertrophy of the turbinates. This has been resistant to standard medical treatment. For this reason the patient is brought to the operating room for septoplasty and turbinate reduction.
Next, a hemitransfixion incision was made on the left. Dissection was carried down to the caudal edge of the septum. Mucoperichondrial flaps were then elevated bilaterally. Septum was noted to be deviated off to the right. Inferior portions of the quadrangular cartilage were then removed. Great care was taken to minimize manipulation of the bony septum and the superior aspects of the septum near the skull base. Any spurring of the maxillary crest was removed with the straight osteotome."

"Next we turned attention to the inferior turbinates. Starting on the left, the inferior turbinate was reduced in the submucosal plane in the standard fashion with the 2 mm inferior turbinate blade. Great care was taken to minimize trauma to the mucosa. The turbinate itself was then outfractured with the Goldman elevator. The right inferior turbinate was treated in similar fashion."

"At this point, the mucoperichondrial flaps were reapproximated in the midline and sutured with mattress sutures of 4-0 plain gut. The hemitransfixion incision was closed with interrupted sutures of 4-0 chromic. Doyle splints were placed and sutured with 2-0 silk."

I sure as hel* hope that the results are worth it, I have to go into the office in 7 days to have these splints removed, that may be interesting.
Reading through my discharge notes may not be doing much for a few days. Hope the weather behaves so I can

Hope all have had a good and safe safe and well tonight, and warm, heading to negative F here tonight.

Yikes! Boy that sounds like an "Ouch!" with a capital "O". I hope that the operation is successful for you, and that you have an uneventful recovery.

All the best, Peter

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 39ºF for the start, overcast sky, periods rain/sleet, windy. Wind backed off during day, Rain ended but sky overcast, and high temp was 44ºF and low temp forecast for 35ºF at midnight. Made coffee to start day, office work made Cream of wheat and Malt-o-Meal mix for breakfast, filled up wheelbarrow with wood, cleaned insert glass and made 1st fire of the season. No bike ride did get nap in. Did get checkbook register reconciled to bank statement.
resuming Saturday 3:38 AM CST post 214,809:
Ron glad you got what you wanted. Glad you are ready to snow plow. Hope Christmas tree up. Nice squirrel.
Phil glad plenty of leftovers. Nice update to Christmas tree.
Scott(vt) glad you could enjoy watching the snow come down. Glad you could get some radio time in.
Buppies Glad good day with Holly. prayers sent.
Billy bet it was nice to have coffee with wife. Glad you had a quiet day after all the hubub with visiting family.
Drew hope you got your outside lights up.
Thomas sorry taste buds off. Hope you were able to get a lot done on your agenda for Saturday.
ArlyA sorry snow chasing you home hope you can get the pods on the atvs.
Bill hope good energy conservation.
Paul hope the brisket from the truck was good. ultrasonic tank got your swiss army knife. glad 3D printer to the rescue. Nice work. Turkey sandwich looks yummy.
Don welcome back from cruise.
Mike don't think I have ever seen a electric cord catch fire. Hope chore went well.
Gstrom hope you are enjoying snow.
Drew glad you Christmas tree up able to reduce you Christmas decorations.
Dennis sorry shoulder still hurting that much.
Frits glad wind has slowed. Good to hear getting plow on and not as col as usual. Good to hear progress on welding shop.
Ken hope you got leaves moved. Glad you got TV working again.
David glad Hilo far section done. Nice mowing going better. Hope 50 hour service for tractor went well.
Kyle sorry you mom isn't more self sufficient. I was not part of decision with Dad going into memory care. We used conventional heating pad an covered it with carpet for outside kitty.
Kyle glad pie still on desert tour.
Thomas hope you got test.
Fuddy real cool the person saw the obit and gave you the paintings done by your mom.
Thomas glad you got some jobs done in spite of being in granny gear. Glad you and Boo could have a chat.
Randy(wag) glad color update to purple at church. Glad you were able to get some seat time on z-turn.
Dennis glad you can unblock Kyle hope Dr can help shoulder. Glad kitties doing well.
Paul thanks for info on 3D printing.
WinterDeere thanks fr info on swiss army parts.
Sunday 3:45 AM CST:
Ron hope you are enjoying your snow. glad Christmas tree up, and you helped neighbor move the trailers. Hope plowing went well. Nice cardinal pic
Drew glad you were able to get started on outside decoration Saturday. Sorry cold harder to Della with, poor house insulation not helping. Glad the fan noise from inflatable not bothersome.
Buppies thanks for weather warning. Sorry about the forgetting Holly's pills. You could use calendar on phone to remind you to do pills. Bites by Brown recluse very bad.
Drew I carry wood in from back porch and it goes straight into fire. Hope lunch with friend went well.
Happy(NC) sorry no joy with sand blaster. Glad you got deal on safe.
Billy sorry Della ate something bad again, doesn't seam like dog learn their lessons on what or what no to eat. Hope you got your Tex-Mex.
more catch up later
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.