Well, folks, here I am back in the world again, after surgery in October to remove a couple of carcinoid tumours from my duodenum.
Somehow, in spite of having received detailed information from both my surgeon and the anesthesiologist, I managed to persist in the delusion that I’d be up and about in no time flat, in spite of the fact that I’m some twenty years older than I was the last time I had any kind of operation – and not to mention the fact that surgery inside the digestive system isn’t quite the same thing as having a leg operation. For one thing, your stomach doesn’t pour digestive acids into your leg on a regular basis! Read the rest of this entry »