Monday, January 20, 2014

Another step on the road.....



The hernia fix is scheduled for February 3. 
Before that happens I need to have a new EKG and another chest X-ray. 
Evidently the ones I had done five months ago aren't valid anymore.
I had all the preliminary bloodwork done today.
Although I've had hernia surgery before, and would prefer to have that doctor do it again,  Dr. Yang wants to do it himself at Harrisburg just so no one is messing around so close to the project that he has been overseeing for almost six months now.

The doc seemed happy with my overall progress but made no real mention of  me hitting what he termed earlier as "a major benchmark" of 6 months post-op.
As I've said once or twice before, if you want info from Dr. Yang you have to really be extremely assertive with questions. Then you have to be particularly cautious that he knows you are not questioning him but rather asking questions for the want of information.
The subtle nuances of dealing with transplant specialists.

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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Next....

So, since this incisional hernia is the big pressing problem that I'm dealing with physically right now, the tx staff have moved my six month post-transplant clinic up 14 days to tomorrow.
I hope to find out how they are going to handle this and more importantly how soon.
Details to follow.