Surgical Vacation

I can't wait until my surgery. I'm going to ask the anesthesiologist for a double. I was comparing medical leave notes with a couple people last week and was amused and relieved to find out that I am not the only one that thinks of major surgery as a vacation. A nurse practitioner friend of mine referred to his last hernia repair as "ten days off with pain meds." At the Medical Society Board Meeting one of I mean the other woman doctor told me how much she'd enjoyed having her foot operated on because she couldn't walk for a month. One of the staff members of the Medical Society over heard us and said "You need a new travel agent."