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Title: Ready for a good laugh????
Post by: teffaz on May 05, 2009, 08:24:56 pm

Are you ready for a good laugh? When I emailed my son-in-law awhile ago with the official wording of my upcoming translab surgery, he quickly emailed me back his comical definition of each word.  Here it goes:

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left translabyrinthine craniotomy for resection of acoustic neuroma with abdominal fat graft and lumbar drain!!!!

We can dissect that here:

translabyrinthine is a magazine focused on puzzles and labyrinths.

craniotomy is a spanish verb that people use when they want to put cranberrys in their tummies.

resection of acoustic neuroma is a procedure that those guys from Best Buy do.  The geek squad is what they're called, I think.  They come to your house to put in different acoustic speakers that has new aromas emitting from them while playing music!

abdominal fat graft is a what happened to me once my metabolism slowed down and finally quit on me.  It somehow grafted a bunch of fat on my abdomen.

lumbar drain is at the end of the river before the sawmill.  The loggers hang up the lumber to dry off so they can saw it up and make paper, desks, chairs, skateboards, you know, pretty much anything that's made out of wood!

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Have a good night!!

Brenda

Title: Re: Ready for a good laugh????
Post by: stoneaxe on May 05, 2009, 08:54:48 pm

 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Ready for a good laugh????
Post by: leapyrtwins on May 05, 2009, 08:57:25 pm

Brenda -

thanks for the chuckle.

I especially like the definition of the fat graft - very clever   :D

Jan

Title: Re: Ready for a good laugh????
Post by: Migoi on May 06, 2009, 06:11:25 am

I liked the definition of the lumbar drain. Good re-describing of the process.

..take care... tim b

Title: Re: Ready for a good laugh????
Post by: moe on May 06, 2009, 08:07:02 am

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Yep that was funny. Now does he know what it REALLY entails???  :o
Maureen

Title: Re: Ready for a good laugh????
Post by: ppearl214 on May 06, 2009, 11:45:35 am

Brenda,

Too funny!  Ya got a good one in that son-in-law of your's :)

Phyl

Title: Re: Ready for a good laugh????
Post by: CHD63 on May 06, 2009, 12:37:35 pm

Love it!   ;D ;D ;D  If we cannot laugh at ourselves, then we are not accepting reality and moving on with the next exciting chapter in our lives.  What a clever way to soften the seriousness of it all!

Clarice

Title: Re: Ready for a good laugh????
Post by: Sue on May 06, 2009, 12:48:04 pm

I've said it before and I'll say it again,  "What good's a tumor if you can't use some humor to get you through the day or the night?

"http://anausa.org/forum/index.php?topic=929.msg61213#msg61213

So,  ;D ;D ;D  Love it!

Sue in Vancouver USA

Title: Re: Ready for a good laugh????
Post by: lori67 on May 06, 2009, 02:46:29 pm

Brenda,

A very clever son-in-law you have there!   ;D

When I told a friend about my AN, he asked if an acoustic neuroma was any different from an electric neuroma.   ::)

The world is just full of stand-up comics!  But it's a good thing - we can all use a good laugh!

Lori