I have been quite derelict in updating the Insult Contest. There are a few entries that I simply haven’t remembered to post. For instance, several weeks ago, sandwiched in between the pseudo-aneurysm and the atrial flutter (criminy I am falling apart!) I caught up with my cousin Pat who is known for his quick acid […]
Category: Cardiac
The Answer is 42
The question is “How many days until I go under the knife?” Salutations and updates abound! I met with both Dr. McKinsey and Rosenbaum today as a follow-up on my mid-December medical malaise. The pseudo-aneurysm did indeed thrombose and the hematoma is resolving. The pain in my leg will be around for a while as […]
The George Washington Bridge.
Here is the view from the Milstein Pavilion Hudson River So. Room 46. Yes folks, after more than 60 hours in the Cardiac Care Unit of Columbia Presbyterian I was discharged on my own recognizance. As I was walking out I heard one of the wonderful staff comment how rare it is to see a […]
Troubles flushed away
Well as I lie in my hospital bed of course my thoughts went to the five or so of you who may be monitoring this blog I had the Electrophysiology or “EP” Study this afternoon and the Atrial Ablation seems to have done the trick. My pulse which went well above 200 two days ago […]
What else could go wrong?
Well, if all my cardiac foibles weren’t enough, yesterday a new layer of intrigue was added to the roster.Around mid-day I noticed that my heart was racing. I initially chalked it up to an anxiety attack. When squared breathing and other techniques failed to quell the pounding in my chest I called – and was […]
Update Haiku 12-15-06
So here is the deal: A Pseudo Aneurysm Is all that it was. ~ I got two whole hours Of compression therapy In the “upper leg“. ~ A photograph of a certain Hematoma located by an amateur sonogram tech. ~ And now it’s resolved! As this picture clearly shows Hematoma? Pfft! ~ I went to […]
Update Haiku 12-12-06
It sounds ominous. A partial aneurysm. In the … “upper leg.” ~ ~ But it’s really not. Or so they are telling me. We’ll find out Friday.
An Update…A Date and a Stabbing Pain!
In an unexpected development: On the very same day I scheduled the Pulmonary Valve replacement surgery (Feb 15th by the way) I was stricken by an excruciating pain, a stabbing burning pain, in my left thigh. While this is something I have been experiencing since around the cateterization last month; it was far worse today […]
Quick heads up.
I had my surgical consult with Dr. Q, the preeminent man in his field, and it’s a go for the valve replacement. I’m figuring it will be in early to mid-February, but I’ll find out for certain on Monday the 11th. Now to some Traveler Bill Industries, Ltd. business. A previous post mentioned that I […]
Moooo-re information
Well I met with Dr. Rosenbaum and his associate who is also very pleasant but whose name I do not recall. I have been referred to a pediatric thoracic surgeon who will do the procedure sometime in late Winter ’07. I have my initial consultation on the 8th. As for the age old question, Pig […]