My op went well, I've got some hardcore painkillers that I'm afraid to take but the pain isn't too bad anyhow. There was a guy in handcuffs with two prison guards in the pre-op lounge, he was good fun, the guards were miserable though. Eventually the nurses took him to a side room. I must be getting soft and liberal in my old age as it seemed pretty excessive to keep the guy in cuffs, he was enjoying his audience far too much to want to escape and anyway the local prison is for pre-release, low risk prisoners. It is an open prison, so he could walk out from there more or less unchallenged anytime. Still rules are rules