An Updated Non-Update Update
A little while ago (AtRP #112), I wrote a post entitled "A Non-Surgery Update." It basically detailed how the Trump Pandemic (Covid), had indefinitely postponed my long hoped for "bottom" surgery that had been scheduled for early June. "Are you kidding me?" I thought to myself at the time, "A global fucking pandemic?" Because it had been roughly a century since the last one, the casinos in Las Vegas didn't even have 'surgeries delayed by world-wide sickness' as a betting option as 2020 dawned. And even if they did, I'm sure the odds would have been ridiculously high. (Now that I think about it, maybe I should have checked out if that wager was an option - I'd have cleaned up.)
In any event...
(Quick aside: You should immediately be suspicious of any blog post that doesn't contain the phrase "in any event." I'm quite sure I use it at least once a post. It really is a great transitional phrase for someone like me who gets easily distracted by parenthetical thoughts.)
... I promised all of you that I would provide an update before my surgery actually takes place. I remember telling you that it might be as I was on the gurney on the way to the operating room, as I didn't want to make the same mistake as before when I started celebrating publicly six months beforehand. This time I would be a little more circumspect.
As it turns out, I am not currently on my way to the O.R. However, my surgery is scheduled for October, 29th - 19 days away. All indications at this point suggest it will happen. Of course, my surgeon could always slip on a banana peel at some point between now and then; so I'm doing my best to remain calm.
That's all for now, but trust me, all the preparations thus far certainly indicate that I'll have plenty of subject matter about which to write in the future. As I wrote a few years ago: "You can't make this shit up."
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