Anyway I lived (this was never in doubt) although I feel slightly feverish (normal for a couple days afterwards) (recap: steroid epidural for a herniated disc). I did find out why the anesthesia fucked me up last time and prevented me from forming memories the day AFTERWARDS: they gave me ketamine for some reason. Three absolutely ideal, sufficient procedures, and on #4, they gave me the Elon Special. No sir. No ma'am. If ketamine works for you that's wonderful but based on lived experience I Do Not Care For It and so we went back to the combination they gave me before. And so I was groggy yesterday but pretty clear-headed by late evening, and I have not had to watch my short-term memory of five minutes ago evaporate in real time. I triumph once again (that is the steroid talking).












