The man who had the shake and bake is a very private person and unfortunately, is not ready to share his procedure with me, but frankly, I am discounting somewhat what Dr. Ahearne recommends. I do have a link to the patient's family's journal, however, which will be very helpful. I hope to read that tonight.
I have just finished reading all of my Mayo reports, however, I honestly believe I can have the reconnect. . at Mayo perhaps . in January . . .and that leaves plenty of time to recover down there.
Dr. Johnson said, " She asked my opinion about reversal. I see no contraindications. Final decision would be that of surgeon. She asked about recurrent bowel obstruction, which admittedly could occur (even with my colostomy) but I would anticipate with regular CT assessment, the reappearance of disease would be identified earlier and treatment could be started prior to such a dire situation."
So our second opinion will be with a surgeon in January at Mayo.
We see Dr. Lucas here in Asheville on July 25th so we will discuss it with her as well. I clearly do not want to jeopardize my survivability by avoiding the shake and bake, but 90 days is a long, long and painful journey. We'll see. Stay tuned.
ChainFree has occupied a lot of my time these past few days, but we are making headway in the county and Bele Chere and wow. . .fencing of 3 dogs . . and well, it just goes on an on. Good news all around so we are happy with the new staff as the newly revived CFA goes to Buncombe. The ACO in Buncombe told us that it will take a while to get the county turned around but it can happen.
I walked a mile today on the treadmill. I hope to be able to do this (and more) as we go through time.
Cheers!
Peggy
WHAT?!? Doesn't that man know he needs to have a Shake'N Bake Blog to share his story??? :) Really, though, I'm glad you are investigating all of your options and it sounds like you have a great group of doctors. I'm sure that you will work with them to make the best plan! And if it all happens in January then that gives you quite a bit of time right now to enjoy yourself, travel, relax, etc before surgery. You deserve to take it easy for awhile because you've been through so much. It sounds like you are staying busy--great--and having fun and that's what's important!! :) Hope you are having a good week! Michelle
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michelle. . . we are doing very well and other than my tooth ache(drat, another one) in very minor pain. When can we get together? I would love to see you. Jason is due to open his restaurant in August. Let's meet up there at some point when you are free. You can update me on what's what from your life. You are so kind to focus on mine. . I would love to know what is going on with you and the Natalie.
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