One thing about my timing for this surgery – I will get to enjoy something besides awful daytime TV while laying around recovering (I’m doing a lot of laying around, can’t you tell?). The Winter Olympics are on! Always love watching the Olympics. Malcolm is old enough this year to understand them, and appreciate aContinue reading “Winter Olympics 2014”
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Surgery: the nitty gritty
So, I keep mentioning my upcoming surgery. Lots of people are asking what it is for and how long I’ll be recovering. All that good stuff. I haven’t elaborated a lot, because frankly we weren’t certain of the details until very recently. When I had my surgery back in March, the reason it turned intoContinue reading “Surgery: the nitty gritty”
Surgery: Short & Sweet
So, you want the basics, but not all the details? This is for you .. . if you want all this and then some, move on to “the nitty gritty”. Date: Thursday, January 23 (checking into the hospital on Wednesday morning for prep) Where: Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, MD What: colon removal & checkContinue reading “Surgery: Short & Sweet”
Choo! Choo!
Here we go again! Headed up to Maryland to visit the Oncologic Surgeon one last time before game day next week. So glad I discovered the train – allows me to relax and be productive, while still making it up and back in one day for an appointment like this.
Baltimore and My Colon
Yep, you read that right. Last Friday afternoon we drove up to Baltimore so I could have a colonoscopy Saturday morning. They were primarily checking to see if my colon was still suffering from some severe inflammation that was found in October. I have Crohn’s Disease and it seems it is causing a lot ofContinue reading “Baltimore and My Colon”