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NY surgeon visit
Oct. 5th, 2011 07:39 amWell, that was exciting and I'm certainly glad i went along. Yesterday I took Monique to NYC to see a surgeon to potentially handle her surgery. The trip itself was the biggest problem. Let's just say that timing in many aspects almost made us miss the appointment and in fact we were late. There were a few close meltdown points in there, but I got her through them.
The surgeon himself was very good. I liked him a great deal. He was very understanding and stated things pretty plainly. He didn't try to blow her off. He didn't try to oversell himself. He laid out all the options and non-options. He looked at everything Monique brought and discussed it all in detail. He took time to view the 3 CT scans from the past year and a half.
The bottom line is that he is going to assemble a team of the right surgeons to review and work on the case together, since he disagrees with the current theory of what the problem is, and there will be more tests (and therefore likely visits to NYC) before a course of action is taken.
All in all, it was a positive trip. Thank you to everyone for your well wishes.
The surgeon himself was very good. I liked him a great deal. He was very understanding and stated things pretty plainly. He didn't try to blow her off. He didn't try to oversell himself. He laid out all the options and non-options. He looked at everything Monique brought and discussed it all in detail. He took time to view the 3 CT scans from the past year and a half.
The bottom line is that he is going to assemble a team of the right surgeons to review and work on the case together, since he disagrees with the current theory of what the problem is, and there will be more tests (and therefore likely visits to NYC) before a course of action is taken.
All in all, it was a positive trip. Thank you to everyone for your well wishes.
