About a week ago when my oncologist called to schedule her appointment with me, she also told me that she had informed my orthopedic surgeon of my MRI results, and that he wanted to see me, as well. I asked her if there were any concerns, and she used some terms such as "hardware", "pressure", "movement", in a rather vague, noncommittal kinda way, which of course, had me freaking the fuck out!
Side note: I have 2 titanium rods running the length of 12 vertebrae, 18 screws, and a titanium cage holding the place where the T 3,4, and 5 vertebrae used to be, before cancer ATE THEM! I had the the first spinal fusion surgery June 11, 2008. The hardware failed 8 months later, and I had the second, spinal fusion replacement surgery on February 12, 2009. It is now April 22, 2010, over a year from that second surgery.
So back to freaking the fuck out. When I hear certain keywords, such as the ones listed above, spoken in reference to my back, I..I..I get a little nervous.
Not to worry! The Doc just wanted to check up on me since it had been soooo long since he'd needed to see me, and everything looked A OK! He gave me a big hug, told me he liked my tattoo, and loved my eye patch ;-) I told him I hope he was paid well for my surgery.
I love my orthopedic surgeon!
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What's yer tattoo? Did you design it? I want pics! And eyepatch pics too!
ReplyDeleteI like this happy note! You're the coolest pirate I know! I am going to send you pics of my garden patch too and we can compare so cal and nor cal growing skills!!!!
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