where i have been for the last month......

[der affe]

OK i didn't die like the fortune cookie said i would.
here is what i have now.

somewhere under that is my hand




here is the donor site on my right thigh. they put some kind of sticky plastic over it so i now have a pouch of blood there. kind of weird

[e28forlife]

Wow, that patch of blood is pretty crazy, I would be so tempted to pop it but I'm sure thats a big no-no.

BTW, what is an 'affe'. When I first made an account here, I forgot what it was, and looking at some threads I thought that was my username. "affe" is surprisingly similar to my last name, which is a name from great great grandfather who came from Germany.

Does it mean anything?

And best of luck with the recovery, hope they are giving you the correct amount of meds to limit the pain you are in.

[der affe]

"affe" is monkey in german.
i like monkeys, and my german friend Roland used to call me der affe, because i liked monkeys.

then later after we went out drinking a few times and seeing some of the crazy/stupid things i would do he told me it was slang for "the idiot" that kind of fit too. that is also my license plate on my car.

it really doesn't hurt much at all. not like the first time!
they gave me 80 5-325 percocets though. perc and a beer = good times!

[JGood]

Anyone else find this picture to be INCREDIBLY ironic?

Seriously. That just turned into one badass tattoo! I'd leave it as is. Tattoo's are for life experiences, right? It fits.

I hope you recover as well as possible. You have gone through one of my worst fears. And to be able to take jokes about it, that's awesome.

[Mtriple]

Agreed, your attitude is awesome. It is one of my greatest fears as well. Best wishes for a speedy and painless recovery.

If you dont mind me asking, what were the circumstances regarding the flash fire?

[femme325is]

Awww Greg! :( Cant you drain the blood or something!? That is some scary shit right there. I know you warned me but it's worse than I expected! I'm wishing you a quick and comfortable recovery. Those percs should put a nice damper on the pain though ;) I need to come over for some Pumpkin Blue Moon soon!

[der affe]

they told me "LEAVE THE LEG ALONE UNTIL YOU COME IN ON TUESDAY"
this has got to be more sanitary the changing the bandages 3 times a day like the first time.

my door is always open and the fridge out back is full of beer! ;)
i also have a BUNCH of percs, god bless workman's comp!

[femme325is]

Wooha- Perc/Booze party! ;)

[PhillyG]

Careful with those pills n alcohol. Shit can get ugly real fast.

[femme325is]

Careful with those pills n alcohol. Shit can get ugly real fast.

Yeah, I've heard some f'ckd up stories.

[der affe]

1 perc alone gets me feeling high. 1 beer is just the topper if i want it.
I've seen too many friends crash and burn on script drugs to abuse them that way. a beer goes nice with it though.

[der affe]

so i woke up this morning to this


way more blood and the bubble was bigger.
i called the DR., he said to come down and see his partner so they could see what was going on. so i meet his hot redheaded receptionist, num num. then go back and see his hot PA (things are looking up) she has me take off my shorts etc, and throws a towel over my junk. then peels up the plastic (OWWWOWWWW), drains the blood out, and puts a new piece on. now i have this.

[der affe]

New post op pics

donor site without the plastic stuff


my new purple (the only colour they had left) brace

now where they did the scar excession and skin graft. you can't really see in the pic, but it is concave!

[der affe]

one more shot because it looks soooo bad!

[femme325is]

oooh my gosh....... :| Your poor arm

is that the old lady in the background you were talking about? lol