Is this common surgery now?
Not common at all but they take great effort to monitor me while trying to have me think they're not. I was told that the operation took 14 hours with multiple teams and I may have technically died once during - that persistent aluminum taste and a spasm fit afterward. A nurse asked what was wrong and I said my body just understood the violations of it's sanctity so had a rightful fit of objection.
All good - I'm better than I was and still a fair wage-earner despite eligible for the dole. I don't like seeing the horror on some people when they see the filter band over my throat; though written communication to them on my electronic pad are probably clearer than the verbal ones they're used to.
Am I right or wrong having a 'Handicapped' plate on my car when I can walk better than most? The license people insisted but it doesn't seem right to me.