GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Be strong Mike! See you on the other side!
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An Unexpected Journey: A Newbie's Walk In Wet Shaving
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Lbkindy
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Good Luck! I'm sure you will rise to the challenge, and not let it beat you.
It's funny that you mention this. For a few years I was so focused on how many years I have left on this earth. Not sure Why I did that, but I did. I wasn't in a good place either. But then I realized that one...make the most I can out of life. And if I have to focus on something...focus on ways to make my life better and on ways to extend my life!
I know you likely won't read this until after the surgery...but I am thinking and praying for you!
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
De-mammothed perhaps?
Hello TSC family! I'm alive and through the other side of things. I'll try to do a recap of everything including the shaving.
Today's Shave: Shave #151 Surgery Day!
Razor: Parker Variant - Graphite handle / Chinese knock-off of Feather Kamisori Style (Top Lip Only)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: Eric's Lignum Vitae Hand Turned Brush Handle, 22 mm Boss Knot
Soap: Mystic Water Lavender Lime
Bowl: Red Salsa Bowl (plastic)
Pre Shave: Wash with soap in the shower . Rub raw soap on face from the puck.
Total Razor on Face Time: 7 minutes
Post Shave: Cold water rinse, Witch Hazel (Walmart Brand) face only, Cold rinse. No mammoth painting!
So surgery day I got up at 4:45 just so I could shave. I didn't shave Sunday so I was hoping for a fabulous shave. Well, nerves didn't give me the steadiest hand so I opted for an in and out shave. A straight shot down the fairway, grab my par and walk into surgery without any cuts that might just draw in an infection. I did a 3 pass shave with very minimal clean-up and walked away with a BBS- in all areas. I also was on a time crunch.
I got to the hospital 10 minutes early with kids in tow and man did things flow from there. I thought I'd be in a hurry up and wait scenario, but not so and things moved steadily to the holding pen before the ER. That's when I saw the nurse enter in with these clippers that stared at my mammoth hairy leg and started to cry. The nurse shaved my whole stinking leg! Those clippers could hardly handle it, but there it was.........hairless rat leg staring back at me. My surgeon came in and said he was on fire and had already done 4 replacements and was all warmed up for me so off I went. They wheeled me into the OR and I saw a long metal table lined up with all the medieval tools they were going to use on me and there was my hip at the end of it all. They said I'd not remember any of that but I do remember them putting in the spinal epidural and then positioning me on the table rolled me over on my side and the the anesthesiologist said he was going to start the drip. You know what I said......my last words....."Operation Eagle Feather" and the dude said "What?" and I was out. I spent about 3 hours in recovery before being wheeled to my room. Man was I hungry. I went into surgery at 9:04 am, done by 9:25 am and into recovery at 10:14 am.
The PT guy showed up in the afternoon and got me out of bed for a walk. He said I crushed it with an A+, then I almost fainted. BP was 84 over 40 something so they got me back in bed and increased the IV drip to get some fluids in me. I can pretty much fight off fainting really well so I know when the beginning stages are happening and how to prevent a full blackout from happening. They surmise that I may have lost more blood during the surgery than they thought. That was the first little blip and then I got a neighbor in my room who was hard of hearing so every time the nurse came in the room during the night he would turn on all the lights and yell everything to this guy so sleep was pretty sparse. Day 2 they asked me if I wanted to go home so I said yes of course. I had to tackle a set of 4 stairs and get into and out of a car mock-up. I rose to the the challenge so the PT guy cleared me. The Oxy pain meds were really kicking my butt so they put me on another lesser pain med. Well that stopped working on the pain which wasn't a good thing because they switched me back to the Oxy but it wasn't yet taking affect for the ride home. Every bump and turn found me just tough-guying it out. By the time I got home I'd had my limit of pain. I've never passed out from pain and have a high pain tolerance, but by the time I got in the house and sat down I was darn near close to passing out from pain. Once the Oxy finally kicked in I got better. PT showed up at home the next day and worked me hard. I'm doing better....slowly, but I'm still getting shakes twice a day that are like shivering violently which isn't fun because I absolutely hate being that cold without a dang good reason. I'm told it's the residual effects of loss of blood / or possibly the anesthesia. I get up and walk with my walker every couple of hours and felt good enough to stand and shave this morning.
Today's Shave: Shave #152
Razor: Parker Variant - Graphite handle / Chinese knock-off of Feather Kamisori Style (Top Lip Only)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: Eric's Lignum Vitae Hand Turned Brush Handle, 22 mm Boss Knot
Soap: WSP Black Vanille
Bowl: Red Salsa Bowl (plastic)
Pre Shave: Wash with soap in the shower . Rub raw soap on face from the puck.
Total Razor on Face Time: 7 minutes
Post Shave: Cold water rinse, Witch Hazel (Walmart Brand) face only, Cold rinse. No mammoth painting!
What a nice feeling to shave again. It really helped lift my spirits given that the Oxy cobs you up pretty extensively (nuf said on that). I only had energy for a quick 2 pass shave and got a DFS for sure. Man I felt human again. When I resolved the other issue there caused by the Oxy I felt like a new man. I'm in lots of pain, but to me it's manageable and I've backed off the Oxy taking half the dose and am able to wait 6 hours instead of 4 for each dosage. Lots of other pills to take, but brothers I'm alive and well.
Today's Shave: Shave #151 Surgery Day!
Razor: Parker Variant - Graphite handle / Chinese knock-off of Feather Kamisori Style (Top Lip Only)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: Eric's Lignum Vitae Hand Turned Brush Handle, 22 mm Boss Knot
Soap: Mystic Water Lavender Lime
Bowl: Red Salsa Bowl (plastic)
Pre Shave: Wash with soap in the shower . Rub raw soap on face from the puck.
Total Razor on Face Time: 7 minutes
Post Shave: Cold water rinse, Witch Hazel (Walmart Brand) face only, Cold rinse. No mammoth painting!
So surgery day I got up at 4:45 just so I could shave. I didn't shave Sunday so I was hoping for a fabulous shave. Well, nerves didn't give me the steadiest hand so I opted for an in and out shave. A straight shot down the fairway, grab my par and walk into surgery without any cuts that might just draw in an infection. I did a 3 pass shave with very minimal clean-up and walked away with a BBS- in all areas. I also was on a time crunch.
I got to the hospital 10 minutes early with kids in tow and man did things flow from there. I thought I'd be in a hurry up and wait scenario, but not so and things moved steadily to the holding pen before the ER. That's when I saw the nurse enter in with these clippers that stared at my mammoth hairy leg and started to cry. The nurse shaved my whole stinking leg! Those clippers could hardly handle it, but there it was.........hairless rat leg staring back at me. My surgeon came in and said he was on fire and had already done 4 replacements and was all warmed up for me so off I went. They wheeled me into the OR and I saw a long metal table lined up with all the medieval tools they were going to use on me and there was my hip at the end of it all. They said I'd not remember any of that but I do remember them putting in the spinal epidural and then positioning me on the table rolled me over on my side and the the anesthesiologist said he was going to start the drip. You know what I said......my last words....."Operation Eagle Feather" and the dude said "What?" and I was out. I spent about 3 hours in recovery before being wheeled to my room. Man was I hungry. I went into surgery at 9:04 am, done by 9:25 am and into recovery at 10:14 am.
The PT guy showed up in the afternoon and got me out of bed for a walk. He said I crushed it with an A+, then I almost fainted. BP was 84 over 40 something so they got me back in bed and increased the IV drip to get some fluids in me. I can pretty much fight off fainting really well so I know when the beginning stages are happening and how to prevent a full blackout from happening. They surmise that I may have lost more blood during the surgery than they thought. That was the first little blip and then I got a neighbor in my room who was hard of hearing so every time the nurse came in the room during the night he would turn on all the lights and yell everything to this guy so sleep was pretty sparse. Day 2 they asked me if I wanted to go home so I said yes of course. I had to tackle a set of 4 stairs and get into and out of a car mock-up. I rose to the the challenge so the PT guy cleared me. The Oxy pain meds were really kicking my butt so they put me on another lesser pain med. Well that stopped working on the pain which wasn't a good thing because they switched me back to the Oxy but it wasn't yet taking affect for the ride home. Every bump and turn found me just tough-guying it out. By the time I got home I'd had my limit of pain. I've never passed out from pain and have a high pain tolerance, but by the time I got in the house and sat down I was darn near close to passing out from pain. Once the Oxy finally kicked in I got better. PT showed up at home the next day and worked me hard. I'm doing better....slowly, but I'm still getting shakes twice a day that are like shivering violently which isn't fun because I absolutely hate being that cold without a dang good reason. I'm told it's the residual effects of loss of blood / or possibly the anesthesia. I get up and walk with my walker every couple of hours and felt good enough to stand and shave this morning.
Today's Shave: Shave #152
Razor: Parker Variant - Graphite handle / Chinese knock-off of Feather Kamisori Style (Top Lip Only)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: Eric's Lignum Vitae Hand Turned Brush Handle, 22 mm Boss Knot
Soap: WSP Black Vanille
Bowl: Red Salsa Bowl (plastic)
Pre Shave: Wash with soap in the shower . Rub raw soap on face from the puck.
Total Razor on Face Time: 7 minutes
Post Shave: Cold water rinse, Witch Hazel (Walmart Brand) face only, Cold rinse. No mammoth painting!
What a nice feeling to shave again. It really helped lift my spirits given that the Oxy cobs you up pretty extensively (nuf said on that). I only had energy for a quick 2 pass shave and got a DFS for sure. Man I felt human again. When I resolved the other issue there caused by the Oxy I felt like a new man. I'm in lots of pain, but to me it's manageable and I've backed off the Oxy taking half the dose and am able to wait 6 hours instead of 4 for each dosage. Lots of other pills to take, but brothers I'm alive and well.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Good deal Mike. Now PT and heal up but do it at a reasonable pace.
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Great check in Mike! Wham bam and thank you man operation I guess!
Glad you’re back home. Try to take it easy at least a bit! My wife had the cold spells and shakes a few days in a row about a week after her shoulder surgery. Literally spent about half the night a couple nights chattering away no matter how many blankets I piled on her. Tea helped a bit. It’s gotta just be delayed shock or something.
Glad you’re back home. Try to take it easy at least a bit! My wife had the cold spells and shakes a few days in a row about a week after her shoulder surgery. Literally spent about half the night a couple nights chattering away no matter how many blankets I piled on her. Tea helped a bit. It’s gotta just be delayed shock or something.
Dude! You kicked that surgery's ass! Glad every thing went A-O-Kay! Looking forward to continued updates and progress reports!
That settles it - I don't want a hip replacement. Glad you're home and doing well. The pain should lessen each day. Be well, Mike.
Thanks Dave. I'm pacing myself. The fear of having to do a revision to fix something keeps me in check.
Yup, we figured that was what it was. Last night I just did mind over matter and was able to stop the shivers (if you don't mind it don't matter). Today no shivers yet.
It's getting better. The incision is less swollen and the bruising is less disgusting looking.
I had the best doc in the area and he really kicked some tail. 25 minutes is just something I can't wrap my head around. Usually in my circles fast work means crappy work, but not so with this doc. My only part was manning up, embracing the mammoth hair power and tough guying it out through the hard stuff. I think what the Oxy does to your digestive tract is the cruelest form of punishment on top of everything else. Man I hate prune juice
I agree 100%
Yes you do, because the hip pain I had is gone and the other stuff gets better each day. It's not fun for sure, but in 4 weeks I'll be getting around like I did in my 30's instead of using a cane.
This morning after a shower I was wiped out, but I decided to shave anyways as it always makes me feel just that little bit more human.
Today's Shave: Shave #153
Razor: Parker Variant - Graphite handle / Chinese knock-off of Feather Kamisori Style (Top Lip Only)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: Eric's Lignum Vitae Hand Turned Brush Handle, 22 mm Boss Knot
Soap: Mystic Water Bay Rum
Bowl: Red Salsa Bowl (plastic)
Pre Shave: Wash with soap in the shower . Rub raw soap on face from the puck.
Total Razor on Face Time: 8 minutes
Post Shave: Cold water rinse, Witch Hazel (Walmart Brand) face only, Cold rinse. Splashed some Master Bay Rum on the Mammoth fur.
So there's barely only enough of this soap to coat the corners of the edges of the plastic container, but I wanted Bay Rum this morning so I tried face lathering. It went well. I had intentions of doing a 3 pass shave, but I started to feel pretty poorly after pass 1 so I did a quick second pass and called it quits for a DFS on the face. CCS / DFS on the neck. It felt good to shave, but after a shower/shave and several laps through the house in my walker I was really tired and took a nap. I'm about ready for another nap now. It's also evident that I need to order more MW Bay Rum!
Today's Shave: Shave #153
Razor: Parker Variant - Graphite handle / Chinese knock-off of Feather Kamisori Style (Top Lip Only)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: Eric's Lignum Vitae Hand Turned Brush Handle, 22 mm Boss Knot
Soap: Mystic Water Bay Rum
Bowl: Red Salsa Bowl (plastic)
Pre Shave: Wash with soap in the shower . Rub raw soap on face from the puck.
Total Razor on Face Time: 8 minutes
Post Shave: Cold water rinse, Witch Hazel (Walmart Brand) face only, Cold rinse. Splashed some Master Bay Rum on the Mammoth fur.
So there's barely only enough of this soap to coat the corners of the edges of the plastic container, but I wanted Bay Rum this morning so I tried face lathering. It went well. I had intentions of doing a 3 pass shave, but I started to feel pretty poorly after pass 1 so I did a quick second pass and called it quits for a DFS on the face. CCS / DFS on the neck. It felt good to shave, but after a shower/shave and several laps through the house in my walker I was really tired and took a nap. I'm about ready for another nap now. It's also evident that I need to order more MW Bay Rum!
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
I was going to say "suck it up Nancy" my Grandmother had a hip replaced when she was in her 70's 
Catching up, Nice shave and even better recovery glad it all went well, continued Prayers for a perfect recovery
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
Glad you're doing well Mike! You'll be back in the forge before you know it!