Humour Under Pressure

Of course, I woke up and mumbled to Tue surgeon, "You should sing to them." And he reacted as if I was a mystic. Ever hear what funny things people say when coming out if anesthesia?

Strange you had that thought. I once asked for Janis Joplin’s “Take a little piece of my heart” to be played during heart biopsy. The registrar was doing the surgery under supervision of the Dr Director. She said they didn’t play music, but challenged me to sing it myself. So I did. She told me I had a beautiful voice.
I, of course, notified this as a workplace safety issue: I thought she was at risk of psychological damage due to the cognitive dissonance of praising my voice whilst also having to listen to it.
I take heart biopsies with just a local anaesthetic though. I’ve only ever had general anaesthesia on 2 occasions: the first lasted a month and the second lasted about 48 hours, but they had to crack open my chest again to get in and stop excessive bleeding into my stomach apparently.

OMG! That's horrible. I knew a guy who had heart surgery. He was told not to smoke weed for three days prior but he didn't listen. Instead, he smoked until the day of surgery. Because of that, he was still conscious, but couldn't feel anything, during surgery. It caused PTSD.
You've made many memes about surgery or being in the hospital. How many times have you had any surgery? How.many time shave you had to stay in the hospital?

Depends what you call surgery. All up, probably about 20 surgeries including day surgeries. But I only rally count the mechanical heart pump and transplant. Even having my chest cracked open for the bleeding doesn’t really mean anything to me, it was just a minor setback.
I know people who’ve had heart transplants and the mechanical pump who still smoke weed. I’ve considered the edibles path to deal with my own PTSD, anxiety and depression (all diagnosed) but smoking anything interferes too much with the respiratory system, which in turn causes cardiovascular issues. So I don’t think it’s worth smoking anything in my position.
Around here at least, a lot of the weed dealers are lacing weed with other, more addictive shit. Like meth and ice. Plus the chemicals in hydro can’t be trusted, imo. We also have crop sitters stealing caravans and parking them out in the bush. If I were to try weed now, I’d only do edibles. I live close to a “Cannabis University” and about 90 minutes from the well known Antipodean dope capital. But that place has now been taken over by meth and ice. It may have been still okay if the parents and grandparents had continued to grow their own naturally and supply the kids, but for at least 20 years the kids have been supplied by dealers lacing their shit, and then they get hooked on the hard stuff.
The Age of Aquarius is long gone, and is now only a distant memory seen through a haze of nostalgic smoke.

I know a lot about MMJ (medical marijuana). It has been a huge help to me in the past. Without it, I'd have stayed in a wheelchair after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. To use it properly, one must really pay attention to one's body...which many users are trying to escape, right? I had to grow my own organically once they started lacing it with grow chemicals & there's no way I'd buy it on the street due to meth, etc, like you mentioned. The organic stuff is so much better. I made my own vape juice, roasted/ground for supplements in gel caps, and many different types of edibles. Smoking it is a waste of medicine. The CBD and THC that helps with PTSD & nervous system are all burned off at that temp. I could go one explaining. I really like the medicinal components for my symptoms. I haven't been intoxicated by it in years because I know how to use it like medicine. I miss the old days of passing the pipe with friends and watching candle light hit the ceiling to the rhythm of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here album. We make our own opportunities to celebrate the Age of Aquarius.