Just had one of those complicated retinal surgeries where they pull your eye out, fiddle with the insides, place a band around the eye, put it back in the socket, sew it up, and weld the whole schmear together with lasers. Came out of anesthesia during the operation, struggled for my life against the intubation, was knocked out again, and had a half day of the worst pain of my life until suitable painkillers were ingested. After four days I'm looking better ... more like the guy who's been kicked by a mule than like the dying gladiator being dragged from the arena. They should have scheduled the procedure for April 1. Wasn't prepared for the pain fest. They said I'd be "sore." No idea that my trigeminal nerve would blaze like titan Krakatoas and the damage of surgery would propel me into six hours of 10-on-a-10-scale agony beyond description. Maybe they were being sarcastic? ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, flush, bingo, payoff, vacation on/off, digest on/off, wither), make a blood pact with the Unholy, the Theoretic, or the Extremely Powerful. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html