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From: meshmar on 27 Jun 2010 08:19 On 6/27/2010 8:04 AM, Keane wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:32:43 -0400, JackM<notreal(a)earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> meshmar wrote: >>> On July 12 I get admitted to the VA Hospital in Gainesville, FL. On the >>> 14th I am due to go in for some rather major surgery. The veins (not >>> arteries) feeding into my heart have decided to clog up (due to scarring >>> from pacemaker leads and the severe infection I had that required their >>> removal). Now the Surgeons are going to take the large veins from my >>> thighs; crack my chest and use the veins to shunt from my jugulars to my >>> right atrium. While they are in there, they are going to place 4 >>> epicardial pacemaker leads (the kind that attach directly to the outside >>> of your heart); make a pacemaker pocket; and hopefully put in a new >>> pacemaker. They are also placing 3 additional temporary epicardial >>> pacemaker leads and running them to an external pacemaker. All in all, >>> it's not going to be a lot of fun and I could use some overflights by >>> Tinkerbell to stir up a little Magic ... >>> >>> Needless to say, I will be away from here for a while too. >> >> >> Aw damn, Ed. You just got back to us now this. It must be Keane's fault. >> Everything that goes wrong in RADP is only six degrees of separation >>from him. ;-) > > Hey! If I didn't suspect you're right, I'd be offended! Don't worry, we all know Ping did it! > >> I don't pretend to understand everything you wrote about it but I can >> tell it isn't day patient kind of thing. PD, prayers and best wishes go >> out to you. >> >> Jack > > They're using the spare parts in his leg to bypass clogged arteries > in his chest, and then start to challenge Steve Austin on how fast > he can set off a metal detector at the airport. > > Well, that's what I got out of it. ;-) > > Keane Actually, they're using spare parts from my legs to jumper from my neck to my heart to bypass clogged VEINS in my chest. I've had many years of 'issues' with metal detectors due to other reasons, so this won't be anything new in that area. -- Not 'THAT' Ed TDC Royal Inspector of the Pork Loins, Guardian of the Rub and Taste Tester for Boma
From: Keane on 27 Jun 2010 09:10 On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:53:33 -0700 (PDT), "Sue/WDW1972" <wdw1972(a)aol.com> wrote: >Gainesville??? Wow - I'll be there too, but not at the VA Hospital. >I'm moving to Gainesville full time on Tuesday. Gainesville certainly >has alot of choices for medical care, and I understand it's a good >place to receive medical care. Best wishes for a full & the speediest >possible recovery. > >Sometime after you I'll be *enjoying* my own surgical adventure, but >not at the VA Hospital. I'll be at either N FL Regional Medical Ctr >or Shands' cancer center. They'll be removing my breast, carving out >a big chunk of my abdomen, using the ab tissue to form a new breast >and then attaching it to my chest. After that I think there are 2 >more stages of additional (but less) work that'll need to be done. >Ah, the price of staying alive....not fun, but necessary. Ugh. Pixie dust your way too. I don't know which I'd hate more. The waiting for the procedure, or having to stay in the hospital afterwards. (I've found the operation itself is unremarkable. It's after you wake up that the un-fun part begins.) Keane -- When stars are born, They possess a gift or two, One of them is this, They have the power to make a wish come true... -- Wishes Visit my site: http://keanespics.com
From: Blossom on 27 Jun 2010 09:42 sue, gobs of pixie dust heading your way (and a strong glug of wine too!) blossom
From: jt august on 27 Jun 2010 13:27 In article <6PKdncqwWs8_nLnRnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d(a)neonova.net>, meshmar <meshmarNOTPARTOFTHIS(a)gtcom.net> wrote: > On July 12 I get admitted to the VA Hospital in Gainesville, FL. On the > 14th I am due to go in for some rather major surgery. May God's blessing, the Force, Pixie Dust and anyting else I can think of be with you. jt
From: kidagain on 27 Jun 2010 15:12
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:53:33 -0700 (PDT), "Sue/WDW1972" <wdw1972(a)aol.com> wrote: >Gainesville??? Wow - I'll be there too, but not at the VA Hospital. >I'm moving to Gainesville full time on Tuesday. Gainesville certainly >has alot of choices for medical care, and I understand it's a good >place to receive medical care. Best wishes for a full & the speediest >possible recovery. > >Sometime after you I'll be *enjoying* my own surgical adventure, but >not at the VA Hospital. I'll be at either N FL Regional Medical Ctr >or Shands' cancer center. They'll be removing my breast, carving out >a big chunk of my abdomen, using the ab tissue to form a new breast >and then attaching it to my chest. After that I think there are 2 >more stages of additional (but less) work that'll need to be done. >Ah, the price of staying alive....not fun, but necessary. > >On a more positive note, I booked Dec 10-12 to see Linda, not >realizing it was the radp weekend! I'm always at WDW over >Thanksgiving weekend, so the timing of radp just never works for me. >But, this year I'll be cruising over Thanksgiving & the following week >so Dec 10-12 will be my WDW "holiday" trip and I'm looking forward to >seeing some old (in terms of having met before - not age) and new >faces from here! > >Sue/WDW1972 Sue, you didn't ask for pixie dust but what the hell I'll send you some anyway. Here's wishing for you a safe and speedy recovery. Bill |