Kevin's Watch

Ah, so sorry to hear that man. Thinking of you.

--A

Ur Dead wrote:July 24th at 8:15 AM
I find my brother dead in bed (he lived with me)
he was 58. July 3rd was BD)
He complain of severe shoulders pain the night before.
Had EMT come out and do an EKG.. nothing.
I have lost my last brother.
I will be 66 on July 27.
I'm really messed up right now.

It hurts just reading this. So sorry, Ur. No words.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Ur Dead.

Some good vibes sent my way requested around 1:00 pm PST as I'm put under to go through biopsies of yet two more different areas. Hoping they come back clean, but that answers to why I had symptoms once several months ago are explained. Right now we're fishing in the dark.

I don't know if I'll be allowed my phone in preop or recovery; usually SD has been with me prior to my procedures and holds on to my phone once they put me out. But due to visitor restrictions this time, I don't know if I'll be allowed my phone. So, if not, I'll see y'all on the flip side.

Good luck Menolly.

--A

Got home about 7:30 pm PST. OR ran two and a half hours behind, so although I was taken back to preop pretty much as soon as I checked in at 11 am, I wasn't brought back to the OR until 3:30 instead of 1 pm. Recovery was a little difficult coming out of it, so took about 2 hours, rather than 1. But I'm home now and finally having something to eat, other than the apple sauce and graham crackers I had in recovery.

Thanks for the good thoughts and light sent my way!

Hey Menolly - just caught these posts.......hugs and thoughts from this side of the pond and hoping all goes well!



(I've only had one general anaesthetic in my life and I didn't like it one bit! )

Damn have I not been on since last Tuesday?

All good Menolly?

Work been a bit mad, got Harley back on Friday, all bandages off, all wounds (basically) closed (One tiny patch of scab left) and some impressive scars.

Still has to be kept in, leg been immobilised for 3 months and paw still a bit swollen, so it'll be a while before she can walk properly again. This has not done my sleep patterns any good, since I have to keep getting up for her etc.

But nearly there now. Can take the cone off permanently in a few days, let her start grooming that leg to get some more circulation going.

--A

Avatar wrote:All good Menolly?

Still awaiting results from pathology. But, as my Mom used to say, one tends to hear sooner rather than later if the news is dire. So, "No news is good news," for now.

Avatar wrote:Work been a bit mad, got Harley back on Friday, all bandages off, all wounds (basically) closed (One tiny patch of scab left) and some impressive scars.

Still has to be kept in, leg been immobilised for 3 months and paw still a bit swollen, so it'll be a while before she can walk properly again. This has not done my sleep patterns any good, since I have to keep getting up for her etc.

But nearly there now. Can take the cone off permanently in a few days, let her start grooming that leg to get some more circulation going.

Good to hear Harley is doing so well! She'll probably be itching to get outside once the cone is off. Y'all will probably need to be even more diligent regarding her attempting to escape at that point.

Two weeks until surgery to again fix my ankle. The screws never set into the bone last time. So this time two new screws, a plate and a bone graft.

Good luck Sarge, hope it goes better next time.

Menolly wrote:[Y'all will probably need to be even more diligent regarding her attempting to escape at that point.

Yep.

Hardest is going to be letting her out at all, even when she is healed up...

--A

Took the opportunity of lockdown yesterday and went to a neighbourhood playpark - with a portastudio and No.5 drum StiX - played the slides and the climbing frames - got some really great reverberent metallic sounds -

disaster - had the wrong batteries and had to go buy the right ones - forgot my headphones - got back to find all the settings were on zero - nothing recorded!

disappointing

But we are in good spell of weather, so will try again,

laters ...

I received the pathology results from the two biopsies I had done nearly two weeks ago. Unfortunately, what I received is the actual medical write up, with terminology I don't understand.

I messaged my urogynecologist/surgeon, asking him to explain the results in layman's terms. His office responded, telling me he is out of the office until my scheduled follow up visit on the 21st.

Thankfully, I have Facebook friends who do comprehend the terminology, and were wiling to look over what I received. It basically sounds as though there is good news and not so good news, but my apprehension has been reduced regarding waiting to speak with my doctor.

I was told my doctor will be checking messages while he is away, so I may yet hear from him before my follow up. It has also been suggested I give both my primary, who had referred me to the urogynecologist, and my oncologist, who
should have access to the results, calls and see if they have any input. So, I'll be following up on that tomorrow.

In the meantime, as an already three different cancer thriver, I thank you all for your prayers, well wishes, and healing thoughts and light. I will gladly continue to accept them.

Once I have a definitive plan in place, if one is necessary, I'll update again

Love and Light!

There are a couple of words I simply will not Google - I lack the disposition.

Menolly wrote:Love and Light!

barak'Allah!

Lazy Luke wrote:There are a couple of words I simply will not Google - I lack the disposition.

Menolly wrote:Love and Light!

barak'Allah!

Todah!

Good luck, Menolly. Hoping for a best-case-scenario on the results.

Good vibes to all who need them.

Not much on my side, was a long weekend this weekend (Women's Day) and I've taken next week off, since I have 21 days of leave I have to use before the end of the year, otherwise I'll lose them.

Could do with a break, work has been a bugger since lock-down etc.

--A

You guys get a Women's Day, Av? That's so unfair...

So hi everybody. It has been a rocking and rolling couple of months. I'm retiring...I'm not retiring yet...I'm gonna stay on and work remotely 'til the end of the year...oh wait, no, I'm not...my last day at the firm is July 31st but I'll be on vacation that week so...oh fine, my last day is July 24th.

And so it was. On the 23rd, I had movers come and load up a moving container (I will *not* bore you with that whole saga as I did the folks on FB...). On Monday the 27th I hit the road for Santa Fe. Got here on the 31st, moved my stuff in, and immediately went into a state-ordered 14-day self-quarantine. (I may have cheated a couple of times with trips to the grocery store, but I always wore a mask.) Tomorrow is the final day of my quarantine...and I have movers coming with the container to unload it for me. I'm pretty sure I won't have room for everything I brought with me. Yay?

congrats Ali.

Doing my pre-surgery weigh in and covid test. If all goes well surgery next week and 3-4 months of healing.