The lump on my inner thigh had grown to about the size of a football. No kidding.
The operation that was impossible in New Hampshire was routine at Mass General. They kept me overnight. Stitches will have to stay in for a month but I'm already much improved. Pain currently can be managed with Tylenol.
Looks like I'm getting my life back after 10 months of searching for a solution. Only took 5 hospitals and about a dozen doctors.
The sad thing is that I'll have a nifty foot long scar that I can't show anyone without exposing my dangling unmentionables. Scars are like tattoos but with more interesting stories.
Family and friends have been a great help.
-Sixbears
Glad you finally were able to get this done! Happy healing!
ReplyDeleteThanks Adam. Still teaching tai-chi? In a month or so I could be ready to improve my balance and get some exercise.
DeleteAin't it just wonderful, how our bodies start betraying us when we get older !
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear you finally got some results from the medical industrial complex of profiteering.
It's funny how I felt much better right out of surgery with over a foot of new stitches I've been going on walks in the park since I got out. Paying for this operation might be interesting but it had to be done. At least I'm paying for something that worked. Getting old ain't for sissies.
DeleteGood to hear! Hopefully in a few months that bucket list scooter run might be in the works!
ReplyDeleteHeal up buddy, a better future awaits.
I'm healing well. Boston Mass General did an excellent job. I feel like I can make plans again.
DeleteThey couldn't do that surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they could. Maybe they could not. At any rate the surgeon I met with was very dismissive. He didn't even want to examine me. I've heard complaints about him since. Pretty disappointed in Dartmouth as for years they were the go to place.
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