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I don't feel Bionic

Blog entry by Karson posted 163 days ago 537 reads 0 times favorited 55 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Well I’m back home, but I don’t feel very Bionic. The surgery went fine. it took about 75 minutes. I was asleep the whole time (At least I don’t remember anything)

The pain wasn’t bad, I’ve taken myself off pain relievers after 1 day. I had a dull pressure pain, not a sharp one. There is not any real pain as of now. It’s a little sensitive to the touch (So don’t touch it)

No showers for 7 days, but I guess I won’t be running any marathons now either.

While I was stuck with eating hospital food, my wife took our two sons out to eat at a steak house. Then David called to rub it in. Payback will come.

I been reading all of my e-mails and I appreciate all of the comments and concerns that everyone expressed. I thank you for your prayers. The Master Craftsman did a great job.

Jockmike2 called me on my cell phone before I got home. I thank you Mike for your calls and prayers.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †


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PurpLev

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posted 163 days ago

Welcome back! :o)

don’t forget to wax and buff with 0000 wool once a day for the first week for a showroom shine.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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a1Jim

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posted 163 days ago

Hey Karson
I’m so glad things went well. So now it’s time to chill for a while and visit with the gang on Ljs. Have a speedy recovery.
Jim

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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MsDebbieP

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posted 163 days ago

welcome back :) I’m glad it went fast, smooth, and relatively painless.
I can’t wait to hear the payback story. Oh David—Dad has lots of time to sit and plan for revenge!

Take it easy and enjoy the down time as best you can!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Max

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posted 163 days ago

Glad to hear that all went well for you Karson. Take it easy and start planning what you are going to do with all that wood in your shop…..

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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Russel

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posted 163 days ago

Good to hear you’re out and about. And if you’re not taking a shower for 7 days, then it’s probably a good idea not to run a marathon. I’m sure those close to you will appreciate it. ;-)

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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Billp

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posted 163 days ago

Karson we are all glad you a back home safe and sound.

-- Billp

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Greg3G

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posted 163 days ago

Glad to see you back. I’ll try and get out there soon. I owe you lunch, maybe a steak?

David, you must always remember old age and treachery will always overcome youth and exuberance. :-)

Take care, you’ll be back in the shop in no time.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

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lew

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posted 163 days ago

So glad you are feeling OK and that things went well. Hope your recovery is swift and without complications!

Lew and Mimi

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Richard Williams

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posted 163 days ago

Good to have you back with us buddy. Lots of sawdust to make yet. I have one of those bionic implants laying around in my office here someplace and one of these days I want to cut it open just to see what it has inside of it. :) Inquiring minds want to know. But nothing would be the same without your writing to us and showing us what you are doing. So stay well my firiend and I guess prayers work fine. Bye for now.

-- Rich, Nevada,

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Loucarb

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posted 163 days ago

Welcome back Karson. Hope your back making sawdust soon.

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Napaman

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posted 163 days ago

WOOT….was thinking about you…who said we cant care about people in cyberspace??? Bionic or not!!! Seriously…so glad you are recovering…keep us updated…

I think the kids need to do all the extra chores to pay for those steaks…and now its your turn on the awesome new deck you built last year…

Matt

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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GaryK

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posted 163 days ago

Good deal Karson! Hope you get back into the shop having fun soon!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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dustbunny

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posted 163 days ago

Hey Karson,
I am an RN in the operating room, and I like to think of pacemakers as more of an engine governor. Time to reign control over your Maserati. Glad you did well, my mom had one put in a few years ago and she forgets she has it. Good you had this problem taken care of. Sounds too from your explanation of how it is placed that you had a great surgeon, willing to tell you how it all works. Feel better soon,

Lisa

-- I inherited the woodworking gene and it's gone into overdrive.......

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Bob A in NJ

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posted 163 days ago

Karson

Hi there. Sorry to hear you needed the pacemaker, thank goodness we live in a time where the technology is available! Sounds like you’re proof it’s tough to keep a good man down. Lay low for week, read some woodworking magazines and enjoy the time off. There will be plenty of time for more posts and projects later. Take care! See you at the next picnic! Bob

-- Bob A in NJ

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bluchz

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posted 163 days ago

Glad to hear everything went well! Looking forward to your first bionic project! Hope you feel well soon.

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Rustic

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posted 163 days ago

Glad to have ya back in the saddle again Karson

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

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Cantputjamontoast

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posted 163 days ago

all the best to you Karson!

-- "Not skilled enough to wipe jam on toast!"

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Tim Pursell

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posted 163 days ago

Great news Karson, now don’t be doin too much. Heal up & be better than ever!

-- http://www.grandprairiewoodworks.com http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6453794

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Scott Bryan

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posted 163 days ago

It is good to hear that things went so well. So now you have some time that you can relax and recuperate. So STAY OFF THE ROOF, PLEASE!! (at least for the near term). It will be just fine.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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cabinetmaster

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posted 163 days ago

Glad to hear all went well. Glad to have you back. Sit back and relax for a few days and enjoy yourself. You’ll have plenty of time for woodworking later.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

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Les Hastings

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posted 163 days ago

Very glad things are going well Karson, Heal up fast Buddy!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

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Timbo

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posted 163 days ago

Glad to hear you are doing good! Welcome back, now commence with the healing!

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

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mtnwild

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posted 163 days ago

Welcome back. Glad to hear there are good craftsmen out there up on all the new technology. I will probably be needing a little refurbishing sometime too. Old school is good sometimes, other times you want good modern technology.
Slow and steady, take care…..Jack…..........

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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Bob #2

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posted 163 days ago

Good for you Karson.

Another 30 years of fun and learning together!

Ain’t science wonderful?

bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

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DaveR

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posted 163 days ago

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Karson.

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.

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majeagle1

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posted 163 days ago

Way to go Karson, glad everything went well and you are now back on the road to recovery and many
piles of sawdust. Just take your time and heal well!!!

Look forward to your projects when they arrive.

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

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TopamaxSurvivor

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posted 163 days ago

Glad to hear it all went well. yesterday I was driving back from the Tree Farm about 7 PM, it struck me Karson is a bionic man now :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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Gary

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posted 163 days ago

Karson, I don’t know about your doc, or the technology but, I know there isn’t any procedure too tough for the great physician. You were in good hands. Just a few slow days, then back to work. Best to you

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

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dustyal

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posted 163 days ago

David had Steak? Let’s make payback a Mason-Dixon Woodworkers night out and David can buy a celebratory round of steaks for all of us? ... hmmm, we do have a picnic coming up… uh, and that would be after the no showers for 7 days? Right?

Seriously, good to hear all went well, you’re up and about, and you retained a little of that humor…

Al H.

Actually I’m in Johnstown, PA. My mother-in-law died yesterday morning so we’re going through all that goes with that. I log on here for a temporary diversion. It helps. Wonderful lady… she was 94 and living well. In just 30 days things turned sour and now she is gone. It was a good way to go—we have no regrets. She had a pacemaker… It only had 5 years on it. Used by a little old lady who didn’t dance that much. Maybe we could have worked out a swap for some exotic wood? :)

-- Al H.

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jack1

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posted 163 days ago

Glad you are with the living! Remember what I said about pretty women or even pretty wood. Cool it for a while… ;0)

-- jack -- measure once, curse twice!

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Dusty56

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posted 163 days ago

So happy to read that all went well for you and any pain is bearable : ) Glad you’re still on board with us : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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patron

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posted 163 days ago

thanks God ,
for bringing karson safely home .
now give him the rest ,
and the best !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

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sIKE

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posted 163 days ago

wb hope your tick tocker keeps a ticken!

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

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Karson

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posted 163 days ago

Thanks everyone.

They are building a house in the neighborhood and today they cut the phone line and cable line. So I’ve been dead for a while.

Al, you are terrible. Are you doing an organ donation for your mother-in-law. Giving away her pacemaker.

I thanks everyone for the wishes and prayers.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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DocK16

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posted 163 days ago

You should be feeling like a million bucks Karson…...... green wrinkled and well spent.

-- DocK, WV

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degoose

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posted 163 days ago

Get well soon.. best wishes from down under
Larry

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

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Moai

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posted 163 days ago

Hello KArson,
Im glad you are back at home, please follow carefully all the Doc recommendations…..please!

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

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Sawdust2

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posted 163 days ago

I’m not really good on history but I just read that some queen in the 1400’s bathed three times a year whether she needed it or not.
Another only bathed once a year.

One of the drugs they give you (so my doc told me) is an amnesiac so you don’t remember what went on.

Glad you are back.

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

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davyjones

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posted 163 days ago

Karson,
Glad everything went well. Rest up, follow doctors orders and you will be good as new.

-- I came, I sawed I fixed it. (well sort of)

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JimF

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posted 163 days ago

Karson,
Glad to hear things went well. Best wishes for a speedy return to the shop.

-- Insert clever tag line here

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Todd A. Clippinger

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posted 163 days ago

Checked in this morning to find this update – good to see you are doing OK. God bless on a speedy recovery.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 163 days ago

Glad the placement went well, and that you are back in your rightful position here – “Dad of the Lumberjocks.” =^D

Got a big hoot from Greg’s quotation…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Karson

25271 posts in 1279 days


posted 163 days ago

Well I climbed into the spa last night and got clean up to my arm pits. The Doc just asid no shower.

I hope that keeps me presentable, in company.

Thanks again for all of the well wishes and concerns.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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PurpLev

2675 posts in 527 days


posted 163 days ago

Maybe the Doc was referring to ‘no local showers’ in your area on the weather channel?

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 163 days ago

We’re glad you came through with flying colors.

The toughest part for you, will be trying not to do anything.

Many years ago, I thought Medtronic would be a good stock to buy.

It opened a $1.00 a share, but I didn’t buy any. <(;O{#

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Karson

25271 posts in 1279 days


posted 163 days ago

Dick. Maidcare would have increased your stock value on me. Thats the brand that was installed in me.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Dick, & Barb Cain

6991 posts in 1178 days


posted 163 days ago

Now you’re part Minnesotan! Welcome!!!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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SCOTSMAN

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posted 163 days ago

glad to hear you are fine well done keep well brother from all at the hosie household.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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Karson

25271 posts in 1279 days


posted 163 days ago

I saw that they started in a garage in Minnesota. in 1976 so You should have bought that stock.

Surprising it stated in the book I got that they have installed 2 million. I would have thought it would have been more.

What really a problem is reading the Limited Warranty on this thing.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Dick, & Barb Cain

6991 posts in 1178 days


posted 163 days ago

You’ll never know, the label might say, Made Taiwan, or Mexico from Minnesota parts.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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sharad

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posted 162 days ago

Nice to hear that you are back home. Wish you a fast recovery so that you can be with us again in full swing.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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Grumpy

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posted 162 days ago

Welcome back Buddy. Glad to see everything went well.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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woodbutcher

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posted 162 days ago

Karson,

Great to see you’re doing well and still got that sense of humor. Obviously you don’t have as much faith in a used pacemaker as reclaimed wood! I wouldn’t either. Just be happy that Al aint your son-n-law-LOL. Wishing you a speedy recovery and looking forward to many more years of your projects and posts! May God bless you, and help your friend Al.

Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis

-- woodbutcher north carolina

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stefang

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posted 161 days ago

Hope you have a Speedy and pain free recovery Karson. I have a pacemaker too. Her name is Lillian.

-- Mike, American in Norway

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Jon3

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posted 156 days ago

Welcome to the Cyborg club. I’m bionic too, but for me, its my ear not my heart!

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