This is the first time I've ever been under general anesthetic. My mother, who had 17 surgeries for polio as a child, told me that she always had a problem with with anesthetic. It looks like I got the same issue: severe nausea when coming out.

They did it as outpatient surgery, so I was home by the time the nerve block wore off. That was not pleasant. Now I'm on oxycodone every four hours. I don't know why anyone takes this recreationally. It helps with the pain, but I don't feel anything else. That's probably good from a medical outcome standpoint, but I was really hoping to enjoy this.

I won't be able to drive for at least three weeks, so I'll be working from home. Then it will be at least another three months of rehab before I'm somewhat normal. And of course it's my right arm, so I'm learning how hard it is to do everything with your off hand.

The silver lining is that I brought my monitor home from work so I've got my dual-head setup here at home now. If I can make this work, I'll leverage it into working a couple days home every week.

PS: Apple voice dictation is incredibly accurate.