[Normy]

I had the left side done in January 1992. Went to the hospital, in surgery at 7 AM. Woke up at 11AM with the WORST hangover I've ever felt! General anesthesia. My dad took me home, and he said that I looked like "death warmed over". I slept three hours on the couch, and then woke up and felt fine. Later that night, my high-school friend Matt called and asked if I wanted to go to a hot house party that was going on; 30 minutes later I was sitting in his Mustang! It never hurt.

One week later I peeled to bandage back to see what the stitches looked like....and discovered that my stomach was stapled back together! Urk! Oh well, it worked and you can barely see the scar. They wanted to do the other side, but since it didn't hurt [the only reason I had the left side done was that American airlines wouldn't hire me for their Eagle division with the hernia.], I left it alone.

They've got the surgery down pat, but they need to find better chemicals to knock you out- I felt like CRAP when I woke up!

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