Category: Surgery
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Four years ago……………………..today
Arrived at Via Christi Saint Francis in Wichita at 0530. Registered. Went upstairs to the get ready room. Got the abdomen shaved and then wheeled into pre-op. Got two IVs and the warm up shot. The last thing I remember was going through the double doors to the OR…………………..0945 Left Kidney with the Large Mass…
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Three months
Today is exactly three months since I had the kidney removed. The one with the big mass/tumor/something on it. The pathology said cancer. It is gone and I have been at the new job since November 9. Getting used to it now. The big incision is a lot smaller now. It was so large then…
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The day I went home from the hospital
On the 24th of September, I got to go home. The doc showed up about mid morning to let me know about the pathology. That was when I was told that it was cancer that was on my kidney. But it had been isolated to the kidney itself. And he said I would get a…
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Monday and five weeks since the surgery
Five weeks today. The scars are slowly receeding. The smaller three that were part of the actual laprosocpic/robotic part of the operation are down to just little lines and dots! The big one that was used to take the kidney out is still red/reddish-pink. All the scabs are completely gone. The pain of excessive situps…
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Hospital routine
The best part was cable TV. I was on the clear diet for chow……..Jello, broth, tea and coffee. The best part was the coffee. And young student nurses doing the vitals and such during the day. On the second day the cathater finally came out and I could pee in a relief bottle! They had…
Among The Joshua Trees 