johnfreeman62
Well-known member
A few days after my valve replacement surgery, November 13, 2008, I had a small sneeze. I managed to confine it to my head with little resultant pain, however I immediately felt a much larger second sneeze coming on. With the wound in my chest and the pains I had felt from as little as raising my head wrong, I was instantly aware of the freight train of pain that would accompany that sneeze. As I frantically reached for my bear, my entire body went into some kind of code red hyper drive and in an instant that second sneeze was just gone, like a bad dream, leaving only a terrifying memory of what could have been. It was like a magic trick.
I confess that I have been a frequent sneezer most of life, welcoming them as little mini-orgasms, but there have always been times when a sneeze was inappropriate or unwelcome but I could never stop them. Try as I might, plug my nose, think about something else, cough, blow out, jedi vulcan mind meld, I could not stop a sneeze to save my life; or so I thought.
I have not sneezed one time since.
Amazing what your body can do when it really wants to. It should come with a book of cheat codes on how to access these special features.
Wonder what else I can and can't do now if I really want to.
I confess that I have been a frequent sneezer most of life, welcoming them as little mini-orgasms, but there have always been times when a sneeze was inappropriate or unwelcome but I could never stop them. Try as I might, plug my nose, think about something else, cough, blow out, jedi vulcan mind meld, I could not stop a sneeze to save my life; or so I thought.
I have not sneezed one time since.
Amazing what your body can do when it really wants to. It should come with a book of cheat codes on how to access these special features.
Wonder what else I can and can't do now if I really want to.