More from the gift that keeps on giving:

General anesthesia requires a tube inserted into the lungs. Since he can�t open his mouth wide enough (despite the lack of teeth), Tim had spinal anesthesia for his hernia surgery. Otherwise a trach would have been needed. A nugget of info in case he ever needs major surgery. So far he�s had two surgeries in his life, the 11 hour one rebuilding the jaw with the leg bone and the hernia one.

He was back to walking the 2 miles each way to the lab (�The doctor said walking was ok, just no lifting.�) in two days. Little pain at all except, what really, really, really hurts is coughing. Which he does often or else he�d choke on his spit. At least he still has a sense of humor about it all.

The first hernia was diagnosed while he was in the hospital for the jaw surgery over a year ago. Unfortunately, the coughing over the last year may have been the reason that the other side needs done, too!