In which I'm just happy to be here

Monday morning I had emergency surgery to remove a dental implant that I got three weeks ago, along with a small (fingernail size) section of bone that was so infected the surgeon described it as "mushy". I saw it, it looked like bloody sand ...

So in a haze of painkillers, I logged on to DA and found 2K+ messages ... took me a while to realize what it meant. So thanks to ^Helewidis for noticing and thanks to all the people who've left congratulations.

And to those few who feel compelled to trash my work LOL, I think you should consider how your criticisms are likely to be perceived by your peers. I think it quite natural to feel jealous if you feel your work has been ignored, but getting all sarky isn't likely to attract the kind of attention you would like. I expect that it happens just about every time a DD is awarded, but remember, fame in the modern age is fleeting.

In this case it was over before I woke up!