reporting tomorrow AM

Post #414,434 by rcareaga 10/11/16 1:18:28 PM 10/11/16 1:18:28 PM Reply	reporting tomorrow AM They will run a teeny camera* into the ticker and either install an inflatable catheter or, should the landscape descried prove too cluttered, go full-on chest-cutting coronary bypass. The latter course, which I did not realize was a contemplated course of treatment until yesterday's consultation, has definitely moved the psychological marker from "man, a stent, what a drag" to "that's certainly the more appealing option, yessiree!" cordially, *Soranzo: Did you but see my heart, then would you swear— Annabella: That you were dead. —John Ford, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, ca. 1629
Post #414,456 by Another Scott 10/11/16 8:46:55 PM 10/11/16 8:46:55 PM Reply	Fingers crossed! Report back when you're able, but not a second sooner.
Post #414,481 by malraux 10/12/16 4:56:07 PM 10/12/16 4:56:08 PM Reply	Godspeed Rand Fingers crossed and other darker rites contemplated. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #414,499 by rcareaga 10/13/16 8:47:20 PM 10/13/16 8:47:20 PM Reply	back ...after nearly thirty-six hours away. My first time in an operating room since, well, my first time in an operating room, on which occasion I weighed under seven pounds. My first time overnighting in Walnut Creek CA since I abused the hospitality of a young woman's parents there in 1973. No chest-cutting necessary, but they did install two "stents." Apparently, had I waved away the symptoms much longer, these were going to tug more vigorously at my sleeve. I quite liked the happy juice the introduced into my bloodstream for the procedure, which made the ordeal seem to be happening to someone else; conceived a deep loathing of hospital patient "gowns." I look forward to sleeping at home this evening untethered to banks of whirring, beeping medical kit. with considerable fatigue,
Post #414,500 by boxley 10/13/16 9:17:53 PM 10/13/16 9:17:53 PM Reply	glad yer home and cool with a blood flow. always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #414,504 by crazy 10/13/16 10:10:34 PM 10/13/16 10:10:34 PM Reply	Good to know. Thanks Today I went for a consult to a surgeon for a possible biopsy. Lump on my back, about 4 months old. Ultrasound just confused them. He said: no point. If it is benign, we'd cut it out. If it is malignant, we'd cut it out. So skip the biopsy and let me cut it out. Shit. Fine. Cut it out. Waiting for scheduler to call. My issue if I'm under state oversight, no opioids allowed without dispensation. The days after the surgery are gonna suck.
Post #414,506 by boxley 10/13/16 10:40:36 PM 10/13/16 10:40:36 PM Reply	just had a benign lump removed. No opiates required 6 stitches lump was 4 centimeters would have cut it out myself but I couldnt reach it. always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #414,508 by pwhysall 10/14/16 3:06:12 AM 10/14/16 3:06:13 AM Reply	Cyborg! Glad to hear things went as unshittily as could reasonably be expected.

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