Anne,
I'm delighted to hear that your surgery was very successful. You'll be typing on your keyboard at a machine gunlike pace in no time!
Gerard and Carol,
Best of luck on your respective surgeries. I know what a bummer a bad back can be, Gerard. However, I think that all of you guys can still afford to laugh after your surgeries.
When I had the thoroughly "enjoyable" experience of undergoing a gallblader operation, the last thing I wanted to do was laugh after it was all over. So, I have to say in all honesty, that I would have had to have undergone a second surgical procedure to re-attach the stitches after reading Ringo's hilarious top-ten-list on this posting! Ouch, don't make me laugh!
Oh yeah, the doctor asks you if you want your old gallblader, to keep it in a jar as a memento of your surgery. That's kind of like keeping Count Petofi's extremely dish pan hand in a jar (or ornately handcarved box). Yuck!!!
Bob the Bartender , who asks, wake me up when it's over!