I think every doc is different.
Just an hour before I left the hospital, I lifted my doleful eyes to my surgeon and asked, "Doc, will I ever be able to drink coffee again?"
He looked at me like I was crazy, that out of all the questions I could ask during his final visit, this is what I posed.
"You can drink coffee today."
I wept openly. "Thank you! Thank you for saving my life."
He peeled his hand out of the tight husk of my own, and with shifting eyes excused himself. As I yelled after him - "I am forever in your debt! Thus are we inextricably linked through all time!" - he quickened his pace and broke into a jog down the hallway, out of my life.
I wiped the black streaks of mascara off my face and applied bright red lipstick thickly and forcefully around my lips, not caring about missing my lips entirely in some places.
So yeah, I can drink coffee.
Just an hour before I left the hospital, I lifted my doleful eyes to my surgeon and asked, "Doc, will I ever be able to drink coffee again?"
He looked at me like I was crazy, that out of all the questions I could ask during his final visit, this is what I posed.
"You can drink coffee today."
I wept openly. "Thank you! Thank you for saving my life."
He peeled his hand out of the tight husk of my own, and with shifting eyes excused himself. As I yelled after him - "I am forever in your debt! Thus are we inextricably linked through all time!" - he quickened his pace and broke into a jog down the hallway, out of my life.
I wiped the black streaks of mascara off my face and applied bright red lipstick thickly and forcefully around my lips, not caring about missing my lips entirely in some places.
So yeah, I can drink coffee.
So there's that,
Laura
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Nectar of the gods. But also maybe... you would like Click? If you don't know what it is, a caffeinated protein powder. Huge fan, uber yummy.
Glad you posted.... I check in from time to time.
I love Click!
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