Jacob Komar [whytheheckme] in Hospital

[Tottanka]

CD is not the same without you =]

Get well soon, kickoff is almost here =]

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Get well soon Jacob!!! Just in time for kickoff - oh, and holidays, those are important too I suppose .

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

Thanks guys!

The team here at this hospital is awesome. I had surgery yesterday, and I'm feeling (slightly) better already.

Thanks for all your support!

Jacob

Great news, get better soon.

[EHaskins]

Hope you get well soon.

[vivek16]

well its been a couple of days, How you holding up Jacob?

-vivek

[Scott Carpman]

Get better Jacob, only a few more weeks until build season.

[Pavan Dave]

Get well soon Jacob. CD just isnt the same without you.

[Hiteak]

I really hope you feel better soon. If only Dave will release the clue early as a get well present for you.

[Schnabel]

I talked to Jacob recently, and the surgery went well. They removed the blebs off of his lung which is what caused this to happen. He is hanging in there, but he is in pain. Just remember to keep him in your thoughts.

[whytheheckme]

Hello Everyone!

Thank you all for your well wishes. They really meant a lot, and I will be responding to everyone who sent me an email shortly.

I returned from the hospital on Thursday, and have been laying on the couch watching MTV, MTV2, MTVtr3s, MTVH, MTVJ, VH1, VH1classics, VH1soul, and VH1uno since. I find watching dumb people live their lives entertaining. (just kidding )

Anyway, I was on anywhere up to 6 drugs at any one point while in the hospital, including morphine, and several other drugs listed at the bottom of this page. The doctor said that a pneumothorax is one of the only natural things that can happen to a guy that is more painful than child labor. Huh.

This is my second pneumothorax, and it happened on December 4th as I was getting out of the shower, and about to brush my teeth. Last year I had one on December 6th (go figure), and I was riding in the car. A pneumothorax of the type that I had is spontaneous, and is most common in tall, skinny, teenage, white males (not limited to this group, but is most common in.) If you've ever met me, you know what I'm talking about.

If anyone else has questions about it, like what it felt like, or what they did about it to prevent it from coming back, or if you're likely to have one, or more statistics, or whatever, just post, and I'll answer to the best of my ability. I learned a lot while in the hospital, but the drugs made me forget most of what I did there.

Which reminds me..... Somebody thought it would be funny to give me a laptop while I was on pain meds. You may have noticed seemingly random posts in various threads about my opinion on something, but written really poorly. I sincerely apologize about that

My uncle actually called me a day after my surgery and told me a phrase to remember, and told me he would pay me $150 if I could remember the phrase a week later. Sure enough, when he called me a week later, I could barely remember him telling me that, let alone the phrase. So I didn't get it. Ah well.

I'm recovering well, with a vaseline gauze bandage seal where (one of the) holes going to my lung was. I'm taking it easy, just watching TV. I got excused from all of my university courses for the semester, and will be able to finish out the work next semester. I'll be returning to school in January (hopefully).

Anyway, I ought to be getting to bed. Thanks for everyone's support, and I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Sincerely,
Jacob

[Tottanka]

Glad you are back dude =]

Will you be fit for the build season?

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

Glad you are back dude =]

Will you be fit for the build season?

I hope to be! I'm walking and doing things already, and build is still a few weeks away. I'm sure I'll be back in action in time (perhaps to the dismay of my teammates )

Jacob

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Glad to see you back, just get better.

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

I learned a lot while in the hospital, but the drugs made me forget most of what I did there.

My uncle actually called me a day after my surgery and told me a phrase to remember, and told me he would pay me $150 if I could remember the phrase a week later. Sure enough, when he called me a week later, I could barely remember him telling me that, let alone the phrase. So I didn't get it. Ah well.

Jacob,

Great to hear you are home and doing better.

Don't be surprised if you remember your uncles phrase at some point. After emergency surgery a few years back (on Christmas Day no less), I would suddenly remember things as long as 4 to 6 months later. I would quickly turn to my wife and ask questions as a memory would return.

Ask your uncle if he will double it to $300, if you remember within 6 months.

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by Bill Moore

Jacob,

Great to hear you are home and doing better.

Don't be surprised if you remember your uncles phrase at some point. After emergency surgery a few years back (on Christmas Day no less), I would suddenly remember things as long as 4 to 6 months later. I would quickly turn to my wife and ask questions as a memory would return.

Ask your uncle if he will double it to $300, if you remember within 6 months.

He already took insurance and told me what the phrase was. But that was yesterday, and I still can't remember

Apparently I said a lot of crazy things under the influence of drugs. Good lesson kids, DON'T DO DRUGS! If motivation that you will wind up telling your parents all sorts of crazy secrets and things you didn't particularly want them to know isn't enough, then I don't know what is.

What's even crazier is that not only do I remember anything I said, but there were some people that even came to visit me that I don't remember being there at all. Some visitors I do remember (like my girlfriend), but others I don't (like my not-so-nice co-worker.) I wonder if the drugs gave me a selective memory? (I honestly don't remember him. It's not like I'm trying to block him out of my memory....)

I still have a prescription for Percocet, which I occasionally use when I'm experiencing severe pain. That stuff totally mellows me out, I notice especially in my face. It feels like I have no face muscles, and my mind is somewhere else. When I'm on the Percocet, I try not to talk to anyone or write anything in fear of embarrassing myself . It's funny thought, because I did actually write some poetry while in the hospital under the heavy drugs, something I've never been able to do.

So moral of the story, Don't Do Drugs (unless you need them),
Jacob