In the Global Competitiveness Report, what we're trying to measure is the productivity of countries. Why are we interested in productivity? Because productivity sets the sustainable level of prosperity that can be earned for a country's citizens. And so we're looking at a number of factors that actually drive productivity that range from the more basic to the more complex. So we're looking at things like governance and institutions, macroeconomic stability, infrastructure, health, education, of course also the functioning of markets, goods, labor, financial markets, and for the most advanced economies, we're also looking at things like innovation and the sophistication of the business sector. We're covering a record number of 142 countries this year, and in fact that cover all of the world's regions. And some of the things that come out of the report are, for example, if you look at Europe, we're seeing that seven of the 10 most competitive economies in the world are European economies. The United States has continued to go down in the rankings to fifth position. The United States is one of the top five most competitive economies in the world for a number of reasons, particularly given that it's the world's innovation powerhouse. On the other hand, there have been a number of weakening across various areas, in particular related to the fiscal environment, fiscal weakening, and the apparent inability of policymakers to really deal with this issue. And this has been eroding also at the confidence in policymakers in the country over the past few years. If you look at the large emerging markets, you can see that China still leads the large emerging market brick economies, and looking at the other brick economies we're seeing also, as well as China, Brazil, South Africa continuing to rise in the ranking this year. Well, one of the things that we're looking at is the fact that fiscal imbalances that have been building up around the world are really a danger to future competitiveness in terms of the ability of countries to be able to invest in those things that will be very important for competitiveness going forward, things like education, infrastructure, and so on. So that's one sort of danger zone that we're noting, and it does echo some of the findings that came out in our Global Risk Report earlier in the year. On a more positive note, we have been noticing a convergence among emerging economies and advanced economies where we see that over recent years there has been a closing of the gap between the emerging economies and, say, OECD economies. Over the past year, in fact, we've been looking at a new issue, which is the whole concept of sustainability and how it relates to competitiveness. And we've been working with top experts over the past year in order to integrate the concept of sustainability more strongly into the Global Competitiveness Report. Now, what this means is that we're trying to basically see the kinds of vulnerabilities that might affect competitiveness over the longer term, and really whether countries are putting into place both what they need for competitiveness over the shorter term and the longer term in terms of changing demographics, environmental damage, and so on and so forth. So we see this as a long-term research effort, and we do encourage our readers to provide feedback to us in order to continue to improve over time.


You're talking to a largely libertarian audience. And on libertarian social media this week, there's been various clips of Ron Paul circulating around. And I wanted to play one of those to open up that conversation about what the US role in Israel and Palestine has been and should be moving forward. So let's roll that clip of Ron Paul from 2001, voting against a sort of, voting against a resolution that would have condemned a Palestinian bombing of Israel at the time. And he was the sole Republican to vote against that. And this was the speech he gave in support of his vote. So let's roll that. We hear today talk about being, having solidarity with Israel. And others get up and try in their best way to defend the Palestinians and the Arabs. So it's sort of a contest, should we be pro-Israel or pro-Arab or anti-Israel or anti-Arab? And how are we seeing and doing this? And it's pretty important. But I think there's a third option to this that we so often forget about. Why can't we be pro-American? What is in the best interest of the United States? We haven't even heard that yet. I believe that it's in the best interest of the United States not to get into a fight. A fight that we don't have the wisdom to figure out. Now, I would like to have neutrality. That's been the tradition for America at least a century ago. To be friends with everybody, trade with everybody, and to be neutral unless somebody declares war against us. But not to demand that we pick sides. Now, I have a proposal and a suggestion, which I think fits the American tradition, that we should treat both sides equally, but in a different way. Today we treat both sides equally by giving both sides money and telling them what to do. Not a million dollars here or there, not a hundred million here or there, but tens of billions of dollars over decades always trying to buy peace. And my argument is that it generally doesn't work, that there are unintended consequences. These things backfire, they come back to haunt us. So I think we should start off by defunding, defunding both sides. I'm just not for giving all this money because every time there are civilians killed on the Israeli side or civilian killed on the Palestinian side, you can be assured that either our money was used directly or indirectly to do that killing. So we are in a way an accomplice on all this because we fund both sides. The policy of foreign non-intervention where the United States is not the bully and doesn't come in and tell everybody exactly what to do and put these demands on. If we didn't do that, yes, we could have some moral authority to condemn violence, but should we not condemn violence equally? Could it be true that only innocent civilians have died on one side and not the other? I don't believe that to be true. I believe that it happens on both sides and on both sides, they use our money to do this. I urge a no vote on this resolution. What do you think of Ron Paul's idea that America would be better off and actually so would Israel and Palestine if the US just cut off aid altogether to both sides? What I would say is probably not directly answer that, but I would say that so far, I think that the Biden response has been good. I think that the attack was just appalling and I think that the administration, unlike honestly a lot of people around the world, have recognized how horrible the violence was. The United States, to the best of my understanding, has told Israel that it will support it with the iron dome, that basically you need to replenish the stocks and it's very expensive because its adversaries have so many of these rockets and that the United States will provide assistance, which is defensive assistance in that area. And that I also support, I was surprised to see this, but such a swift dispatch to the Eastern Mediterranean as a deterrent. Again, I think that that's strategic and although the polls might disagree and think that that's too much American involvement, it comes at very low cost for the United States and could actually save money and prevent future incentives, which could increase the risk of embroiling the United States more in a wider Middle East conflict. So in my mind, those are the three main responses of the Biden administration, it's been rhetorical, it's been for defensive weaponry, especially with the iron dome and then also moving the ship closer to Hezbollah, to warn Hezbollah, Andy Raun and I believe that US diplomats have been in touch with both of those international actors telling them, that they're warning them that the United States could get involved. So thus far from what I've seen, I have approval and I'm not sure that the Biden administration's response has necessarily rankled those who are sympathetic to a more libertarian approach to foreign policy. Yeah, but what about this point that sort of pouring money into the region over the years, under this pretense that it's gonna get in the right hands and it's gonna be used in a way that advances US interests in the region that it just hasn't worked out that way. There's been, since its inception, about a quarter of a trillion dollars gone into Israel, several tens of billions to Palestine, about half a billion to Palestine since the Biden administration took power and we don't know how that money has been used, presumably at least some of it has been used to obtain rockets or other weapons to go into Israel. I mean, I know we're in the midst of a fight right now that it might be hard to think about these questions, but going forward, is that something that needs to be rethought, the amount of aid that's the US aid and weapons going into the region? I mean, I wanna provide a little bit of context here. And that is when it came to the origins of in Israeli state and US levels of support for Israel, the US ended up supporting Israel, not for strategic reasons, for humanitarian reasons and the aftermath of the Holocaust, as well as domestic political reasons because of course, some prominent American Jews were very much in favor of Truman recognizing Israel. US support for Israel stayed relatively low until after the Six Day War. It wasn't immediate, but after that, there was the so-called War of Attrition around 1970 and at that point, really shown in the Six Day War, but it took a little couple of years, you can see a major, major uptick in US military support for Israel. And all of a sudden, Israel was seen as not just worthy of support for domestic reasons or humanitarian reasons, but as a strategic ally in the context of the Cold War. And Israel was useful strategically to the United States in the Cold War as the main US proxy in the Middle East. The Soviets had them on their side and the US had Israel on its side. When the Cold War ended, the case for Israel became harder to make for groups like APAC because they had been used to selling Israel as a strategic asset in the context of the Cold War. And then what made it even tougher was a decade, a little more than a decade after the Cold War ended, you had the 9-11 attacks where Osama bin Laden listed a whole lot of reasons for why he attacked us, but one of them was essentially US relations with Israel. And so increasingly, it seemed that American citizens were wondering, well, what should we get out of this deal? Not only is Israel no longer a strategic asset, but it might even be a liability. One of the reasons why I think that the US has had such a strong relationship with Israel beyond the typical causal explanations, domestic American support, sympathy, shared values, et cetera, all that is something really simple. And that is that in general, Israel has shared very similar enemies as the United States. And so when DC thinks of who its enemies are, they're often really similar to the enemies which are shared in Jerusalem. And we see that working with respect to US relations with Saudi Arabia, terrible relations with Iran. And I think that there's a lot of sort of emotional value which translates into support at least at the policy level by having a lot of the same mutual enemies. And a lot of the enemies actually make it easy because they'll actually say death to Israel, death to America. And it creates a very sort of easy opening for people like Lindsey Graham to say, not only do we have shared enemies, but we therefore have shared interests in that essentially like Nikki Haley might suggest an attack on Israel is an attack on America. But I just wanted to provide a little bit of context to listeners in terms of how we got to this point in terms of the trajectory of US support for Israel. Hey, thanks for watching that clip from our conversation with Max Abrams about Hamas' attack on Israel. For another clip, click here. For the full conversation, click here.


The first question I wanted to ask you is, why is your own organization pursuing a net zero goal? What are the benefits to EDF? Why is it important to you as a company? Well, I think two things come together in this. One is the question of conviction. Certainly in EDF and amongst the business leaders I've met over the last couple of years, we know that we have to take action on climate. There is that conviction, not just amongst society at large and amongst employees in our organizations, but right across the whole organization at most senior levels, we need to take action. And then that comes together with the fact that for EDF our business is in producing low carbon electricity and that's through wind power and notably through nuclear power. And in order to get to net zero, we need a massive amount, probably twice as much electricity generating capacity than we have today, because we not only need to decarbonize today's activities but also tomorrow's activities. So driving with electric vehicles and heating buildings perhaps with a heat pump. And in order to have twice as much electricity generating capacity and to have it zero carbon, low carbon, we need to multiply the low carbon element by four times. So it is a huge, huge investment that needs to go in and EDF's got a big business interest in doing that. So conviction and business interest come together to make it a real driver for you. From the point of view of an EDF consumer, how might they experience the journey's commitment to net zero? Well, I think our challenge of suppliers is one thing is we need to make electricity, low carbon electricity available. The other thing is we need to make it easy for consumers to adapt to low carbon lifestyle. So we need to make it easy for consumers to have electric vehicle charging at home in ways that is economic and simple and practical. We need to make sure that heat pumps are not bewildering and complicated but straightforward and understandable and affordable. So I think part of our challenge is developing those products. Equally part of the challenge is making sure that they are products that consumers want to use and therefore people's incentive to do what feels right is also right for society and right for climate as well. So I think that's at least as big a challenge for us as we proceed down net zero because it's already well having the greatest solutions and they're no good unless consumers want to use them. So that's what we need to do. So what do you see as the most significant hurdle when it comes to companies achieving net zero and how have you been able to grapple with that hurdle? Well, I think both policymakers and delivery organizations really have major, major roles to play here and we are going to be more successful quicker when policymakers and delivery companies are collaborating. They understand each other, they're confident in each other. Let me give you an example. So we need more and more businesses to be signed up to getting to net zero to the race to net zero if you like. I think there's been a huge increase in the companies have signed up to that particular campaign race to net zero. We need more, perhaps particularly the smaller companies, the medium sized companies who haven't signed up yet. We need all of the businesses in the UK to be mobilized and government's got its role. We need the net zero policy which is setting the path and which is getting in place the incentives so that when companies take investment decisions that are right for the climate and right for society, they can be right for their businesses in an economic sense too because that's how we'll get the fastest and most effective premise. What do you know now, EDF Energy as a company has worked on net zero for a number of years, has worked on the low carbon agenda for a number of years, that you'd wish you'd known five years ago, 10 years ago, and actually I suppose there's two reflections of the EDF reflection and then there's your individual reflection on that as somebody who's worked on this gender for a number of years as well. I think the simple conclusion is we need to get on with it. There really is no doubt. We need to be doing things in 2021, let alone 2022. This is not about things we might do in the next decade in order to get there by 2050. Clearly that's most true when you're talking about big projects with big lead times and big construction periods. But it's not just that, we have to get on with it. And I think that we found in business and we'll find two things. Some aspects of making the transition will turn out to be easier than we expected, well great and that'll be encouraging. The other thing I think is we're going to find that more than companies expect doing the right thing for society, the right thing for climate will be the right thing for the economic performance of their business. How could it be otherwise in the long term, the market has to reflect the realities of what's happening in our world and therefore in the long term for sure companies are going to be successful who are doing the right things for the climate, the right things for society and I think businesses are going to find that's perhaps more true than they realize even today. So reducing carbon in many cases will reduce cost for instance. So is there any advice or learning that you would share for companies that are just making that commitment and just setting off on that journey? I think it's set off, get started and it's not a question of making a plan for 10 years time, it's acting today and even if some of those plans need to be tweaked a bit in a year's time it is so urgent and we learn from doing I think, not from thinking in many cases and therefore we need to get on and do it and it's really not a future challenge, it's really today's challenge so my simple message is get started. Energy is very much in the news at the moment. What are your reflections as an energy company in terms of how we should shape our energy mix to make sure that people are able to be protected from some of the kind of like some of the dramatic changes that have happened quite recently? Well it's very important that the energy mix has a range of sources in it, it'd be hugely expensive to power the grid off one single energy source, unaffordable so it has to be a mix, very largely renewable but we think having nuclear in the mix will make it lower cost overall. Also we need to, it's clear in the current energy crisis we need self-sufficiency and we need sovereignty, it has the whole country anxious that we are dependent, more dependent than we wish to be on sources that we can't control. So some of those arguments that we've been making for a while are suddenly written in the headlines in our newspapers. So obviously one of the big landmark moments that is coming up is COP26, a huge moment, huge global milestone. What outcomes are you hoping for to rise from that moment? Well overwhelmingly the big objective that I think we'd all have for COP26 is that we can get global alignment because important as what one country does including the UK is really important but we can be overshadowed by what happens in the biggest economies in the world and so we need to have global alignment in order for us to achieve these global ambitions. So I think that's certainly true for myself, surely that's true for others observers that this is about getting the best possible alignment across the globe, the big countries, the small countries, the developing economies, the developed economies into a clan which can get us to net zero because one country of acting on its own however efficiently won't get that. How do you think it's important for business to work together to engage in broader systemic change and engaging with the policy audience and what are good ways of doing that? I do think it's important for businesses to engage with policymakers and with each other especially in this area. Sometimes the debate gets fractious whether it's represented in the media that way or whether it really is that way as a contest between competing ideas but when it comes to delivery, the delivery is quicker and more efficient when policymakers are confident and delivery is organization's ability to deliver and when delivery organizations are confident that policy is going to be stable and good and efficient. So I co-chair the corporate leaders group and that involves quite a range of businesses from many many different sectors and our objective in that is to engage with each other and with government in a positive way in the sense of what can we jointly do together to make this more successful and quicker, more efficient and so rather than on haranguing others to do more it's more a question of collaborating and inspiring women.


The declining discovery of oil has led to increased interest in enhanced oil recovery EOR techniques. This paper reviews the current state of EOR technology and its potential for increasing production from various types of reservoirs. The paper focuses on sandstone and carbonate reservoirs, which account for most of the world's oil reserves, and also briefly addresses turbidite reservoirs. It examines the risks and rewards associated with different EOR methods, including CO2 injection, HPAI, and chemical flooding. Finally, the paper provides an economic analysis of CO2 EOR projects. This article was authored by Vladimir Alvarado and Eduardo Menrique.


YouTube team keep it clean What's going on? It's engraving here with another video and another after we ah and this video is about the game We just finished watching between the Ravens and the Lions And this thing was hype man Hi hype ain't even a word man hype this thing was hype this thing was hype man Anyway, let me introduce myself before we get into this Man, I'm just hype man. Hi So hype man y'all don't understand. Oh y'all understand cuz y'all right there with me, but man anyway Team keep it clean. What's going on? It's engraving here with another video and Man, I'm doing this all wrong. Let me introduce myself. I can't even think right now me I'm engraving this and this is my YouTube channel engraving this and I'm a Ravens fan and even though I'm a Ravens fan on This YouTube channel we talked about Ravens, but we also we just talked about football period, but right now Right now we talking about football. I mean we talking about Ravens. We talking about Ravens football. Let's put them together and Huh? That's it That's it That's what you have to do. Anyway, if you know here welcome to the channel Make sure you subscribe and turn your notifications on and if you're old here Appreciate you coming through as always. You know, I love y'all.  It's 81 people in here It's gonna be a hundred some people in here soon enough but make sure y'all click that thumbs up button Takes like half a second, but man, this thing was great man. This thing was great This is what we need to do. This is what we need to take in the Pittsburgh next next week this Not what we've been putting up the past to have a mini weeks 12 weeks or whatever this This is what we need to bring into Pittsburgh next week Now Let me I'm gonna sit down in a little bit, but anyway And you can follow on Twitter Instagram and Snapchat. Everything is engraving vids now There's some highs and lows in this game. There was some highs and lows. It was some good and bad first and foremost Jimmy Smith He like I said earlier, he's probably done. He's probably done for the rest of the year That's something that like I said, it wouldn't be a surprise if he is It's nothing that we want But um, I had to sit down It's nothing that we want, but it's something that we're not surprised by but most likely he's gonna be out of there I'm sure okay. They just said it. They just made the official word on it. Okay. Well, there we go Um, I haven't got the notification on or maybe my notification just messed up right now Either way, like I said earlier, it hadn't been confirmed yet But we just knew he was gonna get be done for the year We knew he was gonna be done for the year as soon as he went down We knew it was over for him, but oh chef to just confirmed it. Okay. There we go. All right.  He will be going. He will be active. Y'all make sure I leave a like on the video And there's a hundred people. It's over a hundred people in here, but it's only 41 likes come on now, but um Jalen Hill will be active Chuck Clark another one. Yeah, he's been active like all year and he's been doing this thing on special teams Um, so everybody knows to von young it doesn't make him because he knows he's not playing this season He's already on injured reserve. I'm talking about this season to hear the right here in the now so that was one of the bad parts and We saw Jimmy Smith's impact as soon as he went down first quarter I mean first half what was it 20 to 0 or 17 to 0 no 20 20 to 0 because they kick the fifth They kicked the field goal right before Half time so it's 20 to 0 in the first half 20 to 0 in the first half 20 to 0 in the first half But then Jimmy Smith goes down and then uh-oh uh-oh Jimmy Smith goes down 20 to 7 and then 20 to 20 to 14 at one point no 20 to 13 because he makes missed the extra point and As soon as Jimmy Smith went down the Lions attacked they attacked Matt step that's what good quarterbacks do they take advantage of other opposing teams weaknesses And that's what Matt staffer did. He took advantage. He went straight at Marlon Humphrey He went straight at Marlon Humphrey and this dude is a rookie. This is his first year. What's up? Let go. This is his very first year playing in the NFL So Matt staffer was straight at him and that could have killed Marlon Humphrey from jump He got beat on a big play that ended up setting up a Detroit Lions touchdown Then the very next drive he ended up getting beat again on another play that set up a Detroit Lions touchdown So he was getting beat. He was getting beat. He was getting done. He was getting He was getting bullied. He was getting boxed out. He was getting all of that stuff So they went right at Marlon Humphrey as soon as Jimmy Smith went down, but then Did it shake his confidence? We can never tell because later on he ended up getting a pick He ended up getting a pick and boy, man Yeah, I wish I could watch the game with some of y'all man because this was this hype man I was just so hype.  This is not what we used to especially this season especially the past two seasons We're not used to Ravens actually bouncing back with so much adversity in one game. We're not used to that We are we're not used to that Jimmy Smith usually when he goes down Ravens fans. No, we all know. Oh, yeah, that's it game over Season done, but no Ravens prepared for that. They prepared for that and their preparation showed in this game It showed right away Marlon Humphrey was shaking them first two drives after that he ended up getting a pick end up getting a pick So shout out to Marlon Humphrey that dude. Oh, man, we talked about it before he said more picks are gonna be coming and I was saying that one of the reasons would um because somebody asked in a in a question from subscriber What's Marlon Humphrey ceiling and what's his floor at a ceiling man? It's still in the student roof It's still in the student roof because this guy showed that he can start and now he has to start because he is our guy now He is our starting corner bag because Jimmy Smith is down So now So now um Oh, don't worry Calvin Gran, I'm shocked too. I did not think it would go like this I did not think it would go like this at all. Now, of course the heart of the defense is to real. So that's not even a question That's not even a question. That's not even a question. It's not even a question. Um, Let's talk about the offense It's what we talked about every single post game season and I've said it I've said it every single post game Wins or losses except for one except for one and that was in the Miami game So I've and I didn't I've mentioned it last week, too I mentioned it in other streams that we have the same conversation Every single week about the offense being garbage the offense being bland the offense being dry The offense being just terrible the offense being born the offense not being explosive the offense just not being good We talked about that we talked about that every single week But then this week and and Joe Flacco, he talks about it, too In the wins and in the losses appreciate that the wrong He talks about it too in the wins and the losses He said oh, I want to come out and be more explosive or I want to come out and attack more Oh, I want us to be more aggressive, but they didn't do anything. They don't do anything to change it They don't do anything to change it So it'd be the same story every single week when I lose offense was dry offense was lackluster offense was garbage But this week this game This week in this game This was just crazy That's what that's what got me hyped so much because I couldn't believe it I couldn't believe it and remember when I'm sure you guys heard the quote if you didn't hear it then I'll inform you of it, but I'm sure you guys heard about it already how Eric Weddell had mentioned I don't earlier this season or maybe it was a couple weeks ago whenever he mentioned that I think a Reporter asked him so how do you feel about that that the Ravens defense has to carry this offense every single game and he responded Yeah, we have to do that, but he said there's gonna be a point in time where the offense is gonna have to carry us He said it's gonna be a time where the offense has to carry us and guess what that time is now That time is literally right now. It's literally right now It's literally right now It's right now It's right now. It's literally right now. Yes, Bruno. He impressed me too, man Short memory there goes right there. It's literally right now so that offense They had mentioned it during the game that Joe Flacco has actually had a good amount of time back there in the pocket And there was some plays where he obviously didn't some stuff broke down and there was one where it looked like it could have been a Fumble it was in the third quarter where that pressure came up the middle and Flacco tried to throw it and His hand got hit, but he was throwing the ball forward, but um He it ended up being an incompletion which was great and then Flacco Something's starting to click it looked like it started to click because Flacco might be in playoff mode right now Because we are in playoff mode. This is playoffs right now This is not regular season some of y'all might think oh, yeah, it's week 13 a regular season No, not at all. This is playoffs literally right now. This is playoffs This is playoffs and Flacco actually turned into playoff like all this game and I love you the aggressiveness Throwing the Mike Wallace deep down the field and then on the plate first scored a game when they threw the Mike Wallace Deep that the 66 yard pass they got to the one yard line very next play do they run it? No, they actually change it up They actually change it up and they do the unexpected and they pass the ball to Ben Watson pass the ball to Ben Watson Pass the ball to Ben Watson and he gets gets a touchdown So that was crazy and just but back to the plate I was thinking about in the third quarter when Flacco got hit when they sent the pressure and Flacco he threw the ball forward and it looked like it could have been a fumble. It was very questionable What not? Oh, she's about to lose to the Jets. Oh wow. They definitely did fall off so Yeah, he threw the ball forward and it looked like it was it could have been a fumble But it was incomplete pass, which was a good call But then the very next play line they were showing on a replay to had alliance players were all looking around and stuff They were looking toward the sideline seeing if their coach was gonna challenge it But then January Joe kicked in January Joe kicked in he said wait a minute I need to take I need to actually take advantage of a defense right now I need to take advantage of a defense. That's not paying attention right now. I need to do that. I need to do that and they ran the play Perfect play call because Chris Moore was wide open in the middle Flacco did throw slightly behind them but Chris Moore caught the ball and Chris Moore actually after he was contacted he got five more yards So Big shout out to Chris Moore big shout out to Flacco this game. This is the Flacco. This is why so frustrating being a Ravens fan This is why so frustrating With with Joe Flacco because we know what he can do, but he does not do it on a consistent basis This is why This is why we get so frustrated with him. This is why He said games without Perryman 2 or no. That's true, man. Keep him out Let him sit man. Let him sit. Let him sit. Let him sit. Oh, yeah, Louis. You know it. You know, big bang Rocksburg gonna see next week We're gonna talk about next week in a little bit. And you know, we're gonna talk about next week throughout this week, obviously Because next week is huge. It's so big. It's such a big game. It's such a big game And now we face one of the best quarterbacks in the league next week We facing it one of the best quarterbacks in the league next week in a quarterback that knows Us in and out But first we're still talking about this game because this is what what it's about um, so Um, I had to take my socks off. I had to take my socks off I had to put my socks right there. I take them off My feet were getting too hot. They were getting too hot because I'm still hype, but um, anyway um So So, um offense again Offense again, Joe Flacco. He did his thing aggressive love it aggressive love it and aggressive with no turnovers aggressive with no turnovers aggressive with no turnovers That's the best part When you can be aggressive, but you ain't got a you don't turn the ball over. That was great another thing, um Alex Collins, you know how much we love him. Y'all know how much we love him This dude is starting to get into the end zone a lot now He's making the end zone his home Shout out to Alice Collins. What's up, Joey? So, yeah, man Oh, yeah, we rooting for browns today. We are rooting for the browns today We are browns fans today. We are rooting for them. The patriots did their thing. Thank you patriots We want the browns to do their thing the chiefs end up losing. That's great.  That's what's up, man But yeah, Alice. Oh the the block dude the block on dude for Alice Collins. What do you mean? Which which play you talking about from the last game? But anyway, um Oh, the tie is one today Oh, tie is one and the Jags one. So, yeah, we we we're going for number six We're going for number six. We're going for that that's six wildcard spot So that's our focus right now. Looks like tie into Jags We wouldn't mind um either one of them two falling off So they can kind of if we could get scooted up to the number five seed that would be great But I mean, we still got to do what we got to do. We still got to get in there, man Doctor doc, you're right, man. You're right, man. It's it's been super. This sunday has been awesome Um, yes, Joey. I do think this was our best game. Now somebody, uh, mentioned on twitter, um They were like, I think this is the best game that we played all season. Um, and then And I was I was I was involved in a tweet. I was my I was about to say game of tag my twitter handle was in that tweet and I say, yeah, I agree. It was it was Um, but then somebody else responded. They said, well, what about the Miami game the the 40 to zero game against Miami? What about that one? And I said, well, well while that was a nice game I said this this game just got a different feel to it This game just got a different feel to it. It just got a different feel to it it definitely just got a different feel to it because um, Excuse me. Sorry my voice. Y'all know my voice is going man. Um, this game has a different feel to it because The ravens were up up 20 to zero Then the lions would come back king mad staffer. You know, he don't mind coming back, you know Because he left on the ball and he's good at throwing the ball They were coming back But the ravens offense actually responded by scoring And then the defense responded too by helping them out Because first the defense was well both sides were doing it I mean all three in the first half all three sides offense defense and special teams were getting it done All three sides were getting it done. Then lost jimmy smith defense started falling off a little bit So all friends say, hold up These dudes literally been having our back all year long Except for against the jaguars. I gotta always mention that game That's the only game where the defense they had the offense back except for the except Except for against the jaguars, but then Offense say wait a minute defense literally had our back all year long all year long All year long. So why not do something for them? So the offense actually responded They responded. That's what we've been waiting for these dudes to do all year respond wake up stay woke We've been waiting on that all year man And we got it. We finally got it. So shout out to our Alice Collins Shout out to uh shout out to the offensive line Because that's big shout out to the offensive line Because the offensive line this was one of their best games of the season This was one of their best games of the season And yeah, like I mentioned before like I mentioned in my pre in my uh In the the this game's prediction when I picked the Lions to win and why The reason was because this is actually a real starting quarterback. This is a guy This is a real starting quarterback. We haven't been winning against real starting quarterbacks. We haven't Oh, no, Joey, I mentioned that earlier So, yeah, y'all make sure you leave a like on the video. It's 140 people in here, but it's only 90 likes y'all make sure Y'all click the thumbs up button man Um, and I appreciate y'all being here y'all know that I love y'all being in here. We have a lot of fun in here, man um, so Offensive line did their thing flakko did his thing now receivers Talk about them receivers. Mike Wallace Um, in the beginning of the game, they were looking shaky They were looking shaky They were looking shaky those wide receivers were looking shaky. They were looking like how they looked all year um but They stepped it up Especially Mike. I mean Mike Wallace he he did his thing the first half Then after that he went AWOL He he just disappeared but The good thing about it is that he wasn't a necessity in the second half Other guys actually stepped up and this is what we're not used to This is not this is what we're not used to other guys on offense Actually stepped up other guys This is crazy, man They did mich said this game was really evident of how flakko's receivers on helping him at all, but they came around they did they did um Danny wood has been playing fine for what he has to do He's been playing fine for what he has to do. They just wanted to catch the ball out of the backfield. Um And he I mean he's not going to be in at a block He's not going to be in there. I mean he can run what I said earlier is that with Danny woodhead He needs perfect blocking to run the ball effectively. He's not going to run in between the tackle. That's not his thing But he needs perfect blocking to run the ball effectively He's not going to be breaking tackles. He ain't going to be doing under that But that's fine because that's his game Alex Collins buck allen Those two they'll be breaking the tackles, especially alice collins buck out. Let's not forget about buck allen too Because he has been great this season. I gotta always mention that because this guy He just surprised me in a great way This guy surprised me He surprised me.  Um, so yeah tarence west probably won't be playing for the rest of the season Um See people just promoting their own stuff in here. So I got a block But anyway on a more positive note um tight ends Ben Watson I mean he got a touchdown He did this thing. He had a drop. He had a big drop that could have got a lot of yards, but It ended up not hurting us too bad in the long run because he obviously saw the outcome of the game um But tight ends were pretty quiet for the most part vence vence mayle or vence mayle whatever his name is I said mayle commentator said mayle one of us got it wrong most likely it's me because it usually is me. Um, but remember um On the kickoff it was a kickoff Where the lions kicked it short the lion. Oh, yeah, patrick record Um, the lions kicked it short and mayle or mayle what male. Okay. All right. So there it goes male He ended up picking it up And he got a big kick return a tight end This ain't no niles paul. This is vence male He got a good kick return. That was nice um patrick record a shout out to um, thank you, uh, space alex for mentioning it I mean space apex for mentioning that mentioning him.  Appreciate it, man. It was a real good Undrafted guy He can block and he can score now too undrafted guy undrafted player um Joe flacco is a leap but now he's heard he say engraving when it was 20 or 13. Did you think we lose? I Was just scared. I was scared because we didn't have jimmy smith and these guys were attacking model I was scared. I know a lot of us were scared a lot of us probably majority of us because we've seen this story before We've seen how it plays out before. We've seen it before. We have definitely seen it before Um, so yeah, oh yeah. Yeah jimmy smith done for the year now. Yeah, he sure was having his best year He was definitely having his best year. What's up savage? He was definitely having his best year Definitely um Even better than the year when we went eight and eight when he was locking all those uh, Receivers down. He's locked down calvin johnson and brandon marsham. Um He was shutting down everybody that year and he actually played that entire season, but we didn't even make the playoffs Um, but yeah, man jimmy smith same thing And I wouldn't be surprised Or even upset if they went and got another cornerback in the first round next year. I wouldn't be upset about that Because again jimmy smith. I mean And then invest in the first round draft pick in a cornerback That's a pretty big investment given that um Given that you you're gonna have a jimmy smith the animal and humphrey t'von young brandon car most likely anthony levin, anthony levin, that's morise canady That's that's still we still need quality And I hope all those guys are back But you know, it's a business It's a business. So it's not a guarantee that all those guys will be back. Um So now what else mill do say i've been telling y'all you that the ravens will tighten up. Um No, we need a wide receiver just one more, but think about it You want them to draft the wide receiver in the first round? I would rather these dudes either just trade for a wide receiver Get a free agent wide receiver do both whatever The draft has not been their thing in wide receivers It has not been their thing That's not with their strong suit. Um now What else we need to talk about defense the defense defense remember when The score I believe at that time was 20 to 13. I believe It might have been maybe it was 20 uh 7 13. I forgot whatever the score was and Whatever the score was Uh, the defense Was on a sideline and this is exactly what we need This is exactly what we need leadership leadership somebody that's going to rally the guys up leadership the the defense had just given up a touchdown on the previous draft And who who other than the the only the one of the only tough guys on defense One of the only tough guys on defense the leader of the not only the defense, but the leader of the team To rail sucks calls the guys over calls all of the defense over calls all the defense over And he's talking to him He's talking to him letting them know. Hey We can't do this. He said forget about what happened before Forget about that. None of that matters And what does this guy do? Leaders Don't just lead by word.  First play back on defense Talk to the entire defense tell them telling them to tighten up But don't forget just forget about what happened before and the first play of the game For his first their first play back on defense the dude gets a sack How crazy is that man? How great is that? Just do 35 years old 35 years old 35 years old 35 years old appreciate it stealers 35 years old cheese man cheese 35 years old This dude is great, man Best defensive player on the Ravens this season This dude has been the most consistent He has been a leader He makes stuff happen He makes it happen And he's 35 years old The best defensive players should be like should be He said black don't crack the best defensive player should be like CJ Mosey I mean jimmy smith. He was doing this thing too. He was great Um Eric Weddle Jeff is it should be it should be any of those guys, but it's Tarell Suns at 35 years old That's a leader and a playmaker The guy's been killing it this year 35 years old 35 years old 35 years old Um CJ Mosey got a little banged up this game, but he came back. That was great Um Maurice Kennedy at the end of the game I just I knew something was gonna happen when when that lead started growing and they put in number 14 Ruddock If your last name is Ruddock and your quarterback, you're gonna be bad, man And and you I don't want I don't want your first.  No, she was in the kitchen and she heard me in him jumping and screaming and banging on stuff She thought I was going crazy. She thought I broke something She thought I broke broke something But yeah, um Ruddock, uh He came in completed his first two passes And then what they do They sent Maurice Kennedy on a blitz He got a nice hit He got a nice hit on that quarterback on Ruddock And then Eric Weddle just knew exactly where Ruddock was gonna go He knew exactly where you're gonna pass Eric Weddle pick six Eric Weddle pick six Beautiful, man. I was still hype And then my wife came in she was like, she was like, man Well, she was like, why are you so why are you so excited? She's like, I thought it was a close game the way you're so excited I said, no, I said, baby, you just gotta understand Ravens don't do stuff like this They don't do this They don't they don't do this We're not used to them doing stuff like this That's why I was so hyped Because we're not used to this We're not used to this This is crazy what they're doing We're not used to this We're not used to this It's insane, man Insane So And shout out to Justin Tuck and Sam Cook, man Shout out to Justin Tuck and Sam Cook Those dudes deserve They deserve everything, man They deserve everything They deserve everything Because those guys Those guys who self raise a fan for life You're still hyped, you deserve to be But those dudes They deserve everything, Justin Tucker Man Imagine life without a JT That guy's best kick in the league It's not even a question and everybody knows that No matter what team you a fan of Everybody knows that Yes, Justin Tucker does deserve Joe's contract Oh, and I saw what you said earlier about $50 million Cornerback only play half a season Amen, that's He's a $40 million cornerback It's a $40 million deal And Matt Prater Showed us why we appreciate Justin Tucker so much A lot of kids do it So it's crazy, man It's crazy, we need this We need him Sam Cook Our offense came out of the first driver of the game Stale, as usual Sam Cook punts the ball Puts him on that 3 yard line This guy's been making great punts all year Man, this guy's been great Yes, Alex, this is the best win of the season Been great Dilly dilly Been great Awesome, amazing This is great, man All the analyst picture lines I did too, I sure did So now Joe Flacco said the Ravens offense is now open 24-7 Open early due to angry fans complaining Hey, I hope they continue this I hope they continue this But now This win is done This win is completed, this win is over Now Pittsburgh Even tougher challenge Now Pittsburgh Who does Pittsburgh play today? Can somebody put that in the comment Because I was trying to think of it early And it just couldn't click Who are they playing today?  Is it in Pittsburgh? All these prime-time games And then we're on that prime-time list too Oh, God, son, what's up, man? Oh, it's in Cincinnati too? All right, now, wait a minute Wait, oh, what's up, fly guy? Congrats to your Vikings beating the Falcons Is LeVar still in here? I feel for LeVar, man LeVar been tagging me in all these tweets And LeVar is a Falcons fan He been tagging me in all these tweets About the Falcons all week He been going at people's head That picked against the Falcons this week I know it's rough for him right now I feel for my guy, man I feel for him But, yeah, we are Bengals fans Tomorrow So That's That's a division game now And since he, they know how to bring it to Pittsburgh They know how to bring it to Pittsburgh They know how to bring it to those Steelers So I don't know, man It's gonna be a good game I know it's gonna be a good game I know it's gonna be a close one too It's gonna be It's going to be Steelers 20-60, did y'all get Are y'all getting Joe Hayden back yet? And I know Antonio Brown is gonna play That's not even a question I know they said his ankle is hurting He's gonna play for sure But are y'all getting Joe Hayden back? You said I'm rooting for Pittsburgh Oh, yeah If Pittsburgh wins, that helps us As far as the Bengals getting closer To a wild card, but if Bengals win That helps us and If somehow the Pittsburgh Steelers collapse We could even get a division If, but we would have to beat them next week Oh, you say Hayden is done for the regular season? Oh, he might be, yeah, okay So I see Steelers put it too Steelers 20-60, no, he might be back by the end of the regular season Okay All right, so um Anyway, next week, man Oh, Pittsburgh played Then us, then New England Oh, those some games right there That's gonna be some tests for Pittsburgh, but Even bigger tests for us Now My thing, what I want to know What I want to see Is this question now Candice or two questions Both about the offense and defense He said I turn the lines from all mad Into rookie if you know what I'm Say madden in real life, okay, well we appreciate it But now Um, offense Can you maintain consistency Can you be aggressive Can you do this going forward Because this is what we need This is what we've been begging For all year Pleading for all year This is what we've been complaining about all year At least myself And see people A lot of people get upset with me Because I was complaining about this offense all year A lot of people get upset with me A lot But I didn't take no offense to it Because this is what we need That That bland garbage Dry offense That wasn't gonna get it done The offense that we've been putting out for the past 11-12 weeks that wasn't gonna get it done And a lot of people are like We're still winning games And why are you complaining even when we win Sometimes and why are you complaining It's not flat at all I hear that every day You get comments about that every day Your tweets about that every day Every day But a lot of people They don't understand I just want this is what I want This is what we got today This This The offense scoring Oh juju still hurt That's not good But you see what happens when the offense The offense does work Special teams does work And the defense does work You see what happens when If one of them falls off The other two still got that back You see that Defense when the offense and special team All 50 were doing work first hand Second half we lose Jimmy Smith Defense starts falling off a little bit But the offense they kept doing that part They kept doing that part Special teams kept doing that part So then what does the defense do Hey We're gonna come back around too Then the defense they turn it up to Oh juju is coming back tomorrow Okay there you go But this is what happens when It's complete football This is it Exactly Malik you say love how the offense responded Two touchdowns with touchdowns Exactly Exactly So this was it right here man This was it This is what we want So now again Now again Rob Tsunami said we should still release Flacco One good game don't count Now if he could be consistent That's great and then Oh trust me I didn't forget about his Bad play throughout this season But right now the right here right now We need playoff Flacco Because this is playoff right now This is playoff right now Oh he now with no longer has a negative Touchdown to pick ratio what is he Dead even or something It must be dead even though Maybe he got a plus one He can't be too far from that But yes 11-11 wow that is Ugly Okay that's Wow but anyway Yes we need From here going forward This is what we need This is exactly what we need Nate said do you think we can beat the Steelers In Pittsburgh? Yeah Because it's any given Sunday will we We're gonna talk about that this week We're gonna talk about that this week But it's gonna be a tough game this is A tough game of the season Now hopefully the ravens that showed up In the past Pittsburgh game We don't want them to show up They can stay home We need these guys from this game to show up We got Antonio Brown coming up We got JuJu coming up Big Ben coming up LeVion Bell coming up We got some old school water game It's gonna be a game But we're not gonna talk about that game Too much Because we're gonna save that for tomorrow Tonight Javelin Hill will be playing there He will be playing there Wow That's it for me man That's it for me Malik said the sad thing is Pitt didn't even do us that bad But Flacco usually plays decent in Pittsburgh He usually plays decent against Pittsburgh Whether it's in Baltimore or in Pittsburgh But I mean that game That game earlier this season was just nasty Inside wrestling is true He said you know y'all getting split next Sunday We're gonna see what happens man We are definitely gonna see what happens That is going to be a game I'm glad they didn't flex it out That's gonna be a game man It's gonna be a game man It's going to be Because this is a season Everything is on the line Oh we didn't have Brandon Williams That first stealers game I didn't realize that HM said he said no Brandon Williams No run D first game The passing game did nothing That's true The passing game wasn't really all that Oh you went to that other Pittsburgh Oh yeah that was the one where you sent me the pictures Yeah man It's crazy It's crazy Yeah no Jimmy Smith this time too though So yeah We're missing the big people Malik Humphrey Brandon Carr Time is now Time is now Now really quick Y'all season gonna get crushed by the stealers again just like last year Now If we lost next week Season wouldn't be over we could still get into playoffs Because I don't know who builds play next week But if we lost next week And hopefully Browns would do that thing rooting for Browns If we If we lost next week We would have the same record Depending on what the builds do Because they may lose next week too But we would have If the builds win next week we would have the same record as them But we would still be in because of the playoffs I mean because of the tiebreaker Because of the tiebreaker We would still be in so we would have that advantage over them Because they're the closest team to us right now But we'll see how the rest of the stuff plays out Yeah no builds lost today But if they If we lost next week and we lost Then we would have the same record Is that you? I see me hold up But um It just all depends man That ain't Cliff brother right? That can't be Not Caprice brother Not your Caleb brother That can't be you not I don't think so So we'll see We just gotta see how everything plays out So like I said next week It doesn't doesn't mean that it's over Even if we lose it's not over We'll still be in there But a win next week would definitely Do a lot better than a loss It would do a lot better than a loss So am I doing a video next? Um I gotta see what games I'm about to watch But we'll see Old Texas still gotta play Steelers Hmm yeah Avocado's burst is unreal and he Got some quick feet Because I actually got some quick feet Yeah that's true no game is easy You are 100% right about that Malik But anyway Appreciate it Thank you Um This was great Oh Browns just stopped charges on third and gold I never felt so happy about this Being 7 and 5 You're right man You're right 26th of afternoon in England Steelers got some easy dubs I wouldn't call any game easy at all I mean you saw what happened in the last Sunday night game With Steelers and um Steelers and Packers I thought that was gonna be a blowout That game just proves again There's no such thing as an easy win It's NFL What I think about the play call offensively Thought it was pretty good for the most part They attacked, they still ran a ball They didn't forget about the running game Oh I'm gonna do that, I'm gonna do that pick later on Sports discussion, we gonna talk about We gonna talk about Jeff Flagler didn't leave but now he's hurt If we would have lost this week we think it would have been over Now it wouldn't have been over yet I think we would actually still be in Because we would still have the same record as the What's it called The Bills I gotta look at the updated chart now Especially after tomorrow So yeah man Was this a good Ravens or bad Lions It was a mix of both Ravens um Offense came through, defense came through What's up? Everybody came through man He said FC North got the best celebrations this year I ain't gonna say yes, that's true Ayo He said Flagler actually had time to play develop He did, who do we play after pit I don't even know Usually in seasons before I would remember Our schedule and who will you play when and all that stuff I don't do it anymore I don't remember anymore I honestly don't man I don't play the Colts after that Oh I don't do it anymore Or Browns, Colts and Bengals Hmm, there you go Maybe smooth ball we got it Browns, Colts and Bengals Tough games Tough games, but I believe Browns game is in Cincinnati I mean in Cleveland my fault But the Colts and the Bengals are in Baltimore So we got Yeah, we got two away games Two home games left So Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Browns in Cleveland And then the Colts And the Colts and the Bengals at home Man I'm an old man Where though Jefferson and Kennedy's were causing so much confusion today They gotta keep it up man Yes, we do need to win out At least you 100% right, we need to win out Tom Brady didn't even throw a touchdown Well, you don't need to You don't need to every time to win I'm glad they won though Definitely with Patriots fans today Yeah, great football flies by fast Brown, yeah, that's true man Yeah, it sucks about Jimmy Smith's old deal It's tough But anyway, appreciate y'all This stream was a lot of fun This game was a lot of fun Don't worry, amazing Kings vlog If you subscribe, we're gonna talk about the Steelers and Ravens game for next week We're gonna talk about that We're gonna talk about it We're definitely gonna talk about it So It's gonna be a game man It's going to be a game It's gonna be a game But yeah, make sure y'all subscribe to the YouTube channel I'm gonna be seeing y'all later on tonight Talk about the games that's on right now Yes, Jimmy Smith is out for the season King Kofi, he's gone Oh Juan, oh okay Juan came through man What's up Juan? But yeah, appreciate y'all Thank you Yeah, rest in peace Jimmy Smith season this year Sucks that we gotta keep saying that over and over And over again Coach vs Ravens It's 425 on Saturday Sure, is it really? Is it really? Are they really on? Is it really on Saturday? See that's what I'm saying I don't keep up with the schedule anymore Can't do it Oh it is on a Saturday? Okay Alright, well appreciate y'all man So on Saturday, that'll be different That'll be a little way different That'll be something, but anyway, yeah Again, thank you all, thank y'all for coming through I really appreciate y'all a lot, you know I do You know I do, I love y'all, love everybody in here Whether you're Ravens fans, Steelers fans, Patriots fans Whether you're just a fan of football period Love all of y'all Love all of y'all, thank you for coming through Make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel If you haven't already, turn your notifications on If you haven't already And leave a like on the video man Leave a like on the video, click that thumbs up button Hey, I don't care when the game is Whether it's Saturday, Sunday, whenever Don't even matter, as long as we get to watch it So appreciate y'all, love y'all And if you want you can follow on Twitter, Instagram And Snapchat, leave a like on the video Like my boy Joe Fleckles Like my boy Ryan Mallet says because it's 100% free We had a lot of fun We out man Shout out to them Ravens for winning this one We needed them to win like this And going forward I see you all, I'm out


So I got up to use the restroom and then this is what I came back to, little thieves but they're so cute I cannot be mad. Hello my beautiful internet friends I have a weird story to share with you guys this has never happened after surgery for me and before I dive in I did want to let anyone know who is squeamish or easily grossed out or anything like that about blood or incisions or wounds or any topic like that this may not be the best video for you because we will be covering topics like that and also showing some footage around those things fair warning so enough intro last night was really odd uh I went to sleep everything was normal and I was icing my leg don't fall asleep while icing things by the way guys but it was like there was a lot of padding so I was not in any harm of actually damaging anything and I woke up about 2 a.m to my fingers covered in blood that in itself is just kind of a weird experience to have and I looked down what I saw resting on this pillow here which is where I keep my leg elevated to sleep at night was my ice pack wrapped perfectly around my bandage which was still in like a perfect circle just sitting on my pillow while my leg which needs to be inside those bandages protected for the next 14 days was free as a bird free as a kite free as a however that saying goes and my fingers were covered in blood because I was like holding my leg in my sleep because of the medications I'm on I sleep super super deep and so I think I probably accidentally pulled my leg out because they got really loose or something like that and then was like holding it in my sleep because it hurt and then my fingers got all bloody and stuff and anyways I woke up and kind of freaked out a little bit rushed to the restroom got my hands clean clean the wound the best I could and then called the doctor because here's the thing the nurses stressed at the hospital and in discharge instructions it was really important to keep it covered clean and dry until the incisions came out sometimes with surgeries you can actually take you know bandages off you can change it yourself things like that this was not a surgery like this this needed to say covered but I talked to them and everything will be fine they said it's not a big deal and so we got some gauze pads and I'm actually waiting for Brian to bring back a couple more supplies but in the meantime I do when I have this changed because the only gauze I have on it right now is old gauze which is not good gauze to have on any wounds so I thought I would change it with you guys and show you what it looks like because I personally think that surgical sites are interesting because I've had so many of them but like I said if you are easily grossed out or anything like that this is not going to be your cup of tea this is my surgical site four days post op it actually looks pretty good all things considered yeah so let's take a look all right so my hands are thoroughly washed and don't you love how cakes is still in the frame back there one bummer with this is that there's not nearly as much padding and pressure on it anymore so it's a little bit more uncomfortable but it's not that big of a deal and it is actually not that bad I'm also not nearly as skilled of a leg wrapper it sounds weird as doctors are and so there's like lumps in the ace bandage when I wrap it around I've got to learn how to wrap the end of my leg a little bit better it does look like it bled a little bit which is not a great thing are you guys ready all right so it looks like they pretty much just added on to what I already had so this and this is what we're looking at guys if you're wondering what the heck this is that is called a scar in vagination I believe it's basically that was an incision as well at one point and it basically folded in on itself I'm hoping that as time goes on that will kind of work its way out that can be caused by you know like pressure and swelling as well but I think it kind of looks weird and I'm not a super big fan of it but honestly guys I think it looks pretty good you can definitely see that it's like swollen and stuff but that's to be expected four days after surgery I've been like I said keeping nice and elevated which helps a lot because it's really not even that swollen so all things considered I think it's actually looking pretty good now for fresh gauze and we'll wrap this sucker back up so aside from a pretty eventful night I think things are going really well I feel a lot stronger today than I have I'm not quite as woozy and out of it but I'm definitely still taking it easy so that has been today's and last night's adventures and here's a little bit from yesterday so I've been resting all morning it's now uh one o'clock and I have this momentary surge of energy so I thought I would capitalize on it day three three after surgery it's Saturday now one task done for the entire day which is to switch over things from my old camera bag to my new one and after surgery you're like supposed to do things you're not just supposed to lay on the couch all day I still feel like crap and need to ice and elevate my leg most the time but I also don't want to lay on the couch all day so I'm going to interact with you guys while I get this thing done so I did want to talk real quick about waking up from anesthesia if you watched my like how to prepare for surgery video I talked about how I've had some real issues waking up from anesthesia before I have PTSD which is not a lot of fun and I've had it for years I've been in counseling for years I've worked through a lot of it it's gotten a lot better but one place where it definitely shows up is waking up from anesthesia I've had a horrible time with panic attacks waking up hyperventilating like waking up in a full fledged cannot speak cannot breathe cannot don't recognize where I am I'm like in a flashback kind of situations from anesthesia when you're coming out of surgery like that not a great place to be I feel like I need to send the anesthesiologist a personal thank you gift bag and a medal because he talked to me for a while before surgery really listened to my concerns and said I totally get it I mean also heard what I said about having like uncontrollable pain waking up from my amputation surgery and said you know what we're gonna modify some things with what we do with you in anesthesia and make sure that you wake up as easy as possible it was funny because a couple days before Brian and I went and watched five feet apart and in that movie someone wakes up from anesthesia and it's like they're waking up from taking a nap they're just like oh hi guys basically you know and I made fun of that because like no one wakes up from anesthesia like that like you're super groggy you're super out of it emotional or whatever and I was complaining to Brian about it but that was legitimately how I woke up from anesthesia this time that has never happened to me in the dozen times that I have gone under and come out even before I had PTSD like that never happened he did an incredible job something that also happened this time around with waking up from anesthesia is that the same nurse that was with me when I woke up from my amputations with me this time now like I told you guys when I woke up from amputation it was horrible it was honestly a traumatic experience I was like in screaming pain for hours and they could not get things under control to the point where and this nurse told me this she had told the doctor I like refused to give me any more medication because she thought that she might kill me she thought that I might OD or stop breathing I think I told you guys before like I saw the records of all the medications they gave me during that time and they gave me they gave me a lot of drugs but eventually they did get the pain under control she remembered that day very very clearly which kind of surprised me because that was months ago and I'm one name on a list of so many people who wake up from surgeries every day in that hospital it's a big hospital but she had seen my name on that schedule the morning and was assigned to be with me which I thought was really cool because she had been with me before so this time when I woke up from surgery she was prepared for whatever could happen because she knew that I could wake up in a panic she knew that I could wake up with uncontrolled pain and she was ready to be there for it thankfully neither one of those things happened I thought it was so sweet that she cared so much she let me come out of anesthesia very very slowly which I think was a really important piece of how well it went if you ever watched this I just want to say thank you for being an amazing nurse and uh actually I'm starting to feel pretty hopeful I thought it was funny you know I think in the video where I talked about feeling hopeless before surgery I talked about feeling like something always goes wrong that's just like you know out of the ordinary it's just like a medical mystery and blah blah blah and occurred to me yesterday when I was editing the video that I released about how surgery went I'm brandishing weapons at you guys again I am so sorry anyway in that video I talked about how my doctor actually told my mom and my husband I was like a trailblazer and that he never really seen this kind of thing in particular developed before so on and so forth and so it really was like a not a medical mystery but just a medical wtf and you know I think on the one hand I could have like heard that and been like see I told you I told you something always goes wrong and it's always terrible and blah blah blah but I I actually didn't take it that way and I was I guess proud of myself in a way for just being able to be like taking it and stride and and just be thankful they were able to take care of it and he doesn't see a reason for the issues that I was having to come back so let's hope that's the case ooh this looks fancy like I'm starting to feel like things will maybe be okay and I'm also starting to feel that like you know what even if they aren't 100% okay even if we run into more bumps in the road even if more stuff happens that's okay too because sometimes that's how things work and I am so freaking glad that this surgery went well I think I was a lot more scared about it than I I don't even know what I was scared of not like I was gonna die or anything like that I was just worried about it like I feel excited about the future again and beginning to believe that one day I will be able to walk again I think that was the biggest issue that I was beginning to like lose hope that I would ever be able to do anything ever again you know even though I knew that that wasn't gonna be the case it just was this crushing feeling of I am never going to get out of this place and I think by having surgery I was finally able to like move forward do something about what was going on and now that that's done I feel a lot more freedom and I feel a lot more hopeful on a side note I think admitting hopelessness and like owning darkness and negative feelings and all of that ick is a really effective way to get it to go away I had a conversation with someone in the comment section talking about the power of of words the power of speaking things out and I fully believe in that when we keep things in when we you know stuff it all down it festers and it grows and if we can just bring it out into the open and be like this is what I feel I feel completely hopeless I feel like nothing's ever gonna work out ever again even though that feels like a weak thing to say weak thing to admit suddenly those feelings aren't so powerful inside us anymore you know I hope that makes sense I think by being honest with myself and by everyone listening to me by my family and my friends listening to me and also all of you guys listening to me I was able to kind of work through a lot of that hopelessness and now I'm feeling a lot better so thank you guys long story short so far so good it's weird waking up in the middle of the night with your hands covered in blood but frankly it worked out just fine so uh all as well that ends well I hope wherever you guys are in the world that you are as cozy as little cakes is on this bundle of blankets and that the day is treating you wonderfully I'm thinking about you guys I love you guys and I'll talk to you soon my cat is on my phone hello are you guarding my phone can I see it can I have this ice pack I need it I need this ice pack


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