rescheduling news

[realthog]

 
There's been a fair amount of schedule-juggling to be done -- because my NEW, IMPROVED, BUY ONE GET ONE FREE double operation requires the presence of a vascular surgeon to do the work on my neck arteries as well as the heart surgeon to do the bypasses -- but at last a date has been fixed.

Monday, June 2.

Ulp.

Monday somehow seems very much closer than it did a few minutes ago.

 

Comments

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

We'll be thinking of you. May it go smoothly and with no, I repeat, no complications.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is soon!

I suppose it's better sooner, but eeeek.

We shall most certainly be having you in our thoughts that day. And for the days after.

I hope you'll be able to post while you're going through your recovery. Will you need to do therapy of any sort? Or is post-op focused just on getting you on your feet again, and walking? How long will you be in the hospital before you can go home again?

Love, C.

[norilana.livejournal.com]

Gentle hugs and healing thoughts! Hope it goes as smoothly and painlessly as possible!

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

I can imagine how nervous you must feel, Paul. What a pain in the rear for you, to have to go through this. But at least the problem will be taken care of, and you'll have a good ticker afterward, and a clear carotid. Which means a great deal to those who care about you! Thank goodness you're getting the work done.

Good thoughts are with you!

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

Okay, at least you have a date and you're getting a two-for-one, which can't be bad. We'll be thinking of you, as you know.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

I'll be in the Jug for about a week, and won't have internet access while there. Pam is compiling a list of people to whom she'll e-mail updates, and I've asked her to add you to it.

I gather there's a "heart maintenance program", or some such, which sounds to me like physical therapy, two or three times a week, I think; that'll carry on for quite a while, and I hope can be done somewhere closer than St Joe's, Paterson, which is quite a trek from here.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, V! Just don't send me my Leaving Fortusa proofs next week with a demand for a quick turnaround, okay?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

(Two clear carotids, actually . . .)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

No chasing the nurses, you hear?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"No chasing the nurses, you hear?"

Oh, the medics encourage it, I'm told! Anything to get me out of my bed and mobile, they said.

A few hours after one of You Know Who's life-threatening operations at Stoke Mandeville, she managed to make her way somehow as far as the smoking room for a ciggie. The docs couldn't believe it. As one of them remarked, "It's the first time I've ever known cigarettes to have definite therapeutic benefits."

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Two clear carotids, then. Wow. Well, with any luck maybe a couple of great tits will nest outside in view of your hospital room window while you're recovering. I know how much you appreciate birds...!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"Well, with any luck maybe a couple of great tits will nest outside in view of your hospital room window while you're recovering."

Here's hoping! On this tack, I was thinking of advancing my ornithological studies by taking in with me my entire collection of Tinto Brass DVDs to play on the portable, but . . .

[quilterbear.livejournal.com]

so, soon you'll be thinking more clearly, having the carotids done. That's a scary thought! You're too smart as it is! or at least your lower end is smart...

seriously, I hope Pam has us on the email list. I love you both and'll be thinking of you. June 2 is circled on my calendar.(((((hugs)))))))

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Tinto Brass, eh? Didn't know he did birds, too. Hmmm, provocative. But maybe you should stick to field glasses for the first few weeks following surgery, instead...;D

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Nah. Pam always gives me hell if she catches me with the field glasses . . .

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Think positive thoughts!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I hope Pam has us on the email list"

She mentioned a couple of days ago that you're on it, but I'll check to make sure.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I will!

(This is all a bit deja vu from last week, isn't it? My apologies.)

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

All right then, get it over with and get back to business ASAP. We'll be beaming good thoughts your way.

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

But last week wasn't a 2-for-1 deal!

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

I thought there might some kind of thing like that.

When we were at Tulane I had the use of the Tulane Sports and Recreation Center -- i.e., gym, etc. Associated with it was a Cardio Therapy Center with the programs for post op cardiac patients, and they were part of the users of the place. Tulane has one of the oldest medical schools in the U.S. -- and it pioneered tropical disease medicine and research, btw.

Thanks for putting me on the update list. I appreciate it.

Love, C.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

True. Wot a bargain, eh?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Pre-cisely. No shirking for Barnett.

Hm. Just good thoughts?