[LRflex] Re: IMGs: Joy returned on Tuesday

  • From: George Lottermoser <imagist3@xxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:01:18 -0500

On Jun 14, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Aram Langhans wrote:

> Glad the joy has returned.  May it stay with you.  After I had surgery for 
> removal of wisdom teeth, I, too, felt the way you did.  I had a rather bad 
> reaction to the anesthetic and was throwing up for 6 hours after the 
> surgery.  I was finally put on a variety of antidepressants with various 
> adverse reactions until one was found that seemed to like me better.  I 
> don't think they ever got rid of the feeling of emptiness and lack of joy. 
> For one full year I felt that way, then one day my wife suggested we take a 
> trip to Leavenworth to see the  mountain scenery and enjoy the town, a think 
> I use to love to do.  The day before the trip, late in the afternoon, my new 
> computer arrived.  A nice, hot, 286 machine (that's how long ago this was). 
> She asked if I wanted to delay the trip and play on my new machine and I 
> said no, lets go.  I woke up to go the next morning and as if my magic, I 
> was my old self again.  All the dullness was gone.  Every breath felt good 
> and I was excited again.  It was as you said, I felt joy again.  A switch 
> had been returned to normal.  Not sure why or how, but glad.  Was it the 
> anesthetic?  Was it facing my mortality for the first time?  Was it waking 
> up from surgery and seeing a former student as my nurse?  Who knows.  On my 
> knee surgery a few years ago they did not use the same anesthetic and they 
> pumped me full of anti-nausea drugs before, during and after the surgery, 
> and I did not have any adverse reactions.
> 
> Welcome back.

BIG THANKS Aram!
I find it so very fascinating how quickly we can lose control of these minds 
and emotions.

The "switch" that was thrown into the "blahs" surprised the hell out of me.
I had told Ann to make sure to bring my iPad to the hospital so I could "keep 
up."
And she did.
Though as soon as I opened it I felt, "I really don't care to read email, news, 
or much of anything else."
And its felt like just going through the paces ever since.

Likewise - the "switch" that was thrown out of the "blahs" on Tuesday surprised 
the hell out of me.

What changed?
Chemical?
Mechanical?
Physical?
Psychological?
Emotional?

Words fail to the "feelings."

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist





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