boring medical news, and some trivia
Feb. 2nd, 2006 02:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunrabThis morning I had my appointment over at Johns Hopkins with the electrophysiologist that my cardiologist referred me to, and the EP, Dr. Sinha, is quite confident that he can implant the third lead without having to do a thoracotomy, so we went ahead and scheduled the surgery for Thursday, March 2. Johns Hopkins Outpatient Clinic is a large facility, where one has to wait in line twice in the lobby alone, just to be allowed access to the elevators, in order to get to the floor for the department one is aiming toward, at which point one then stands in line for a sort of concierge for that floor, and she points one toward the correct department, where one finally gets in line to sign in for one's appointment. Then one is directed to one of several waiting rooms, each and every one of which has at least half a dozen people waiting, usually at least one more person than there are chairs in that waiting area. The good news from this waiting is that I finished the first of the wrist-warmers from striped sock yarn that I am making for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fadethecat, and the second will go faster, now that I am no longer winging it but rather just following what I've already done in terms of what to cast on, how many rows of ribbing, where to place the thumb hole, etc.
Anyway, once I established that he didn't have to dumb down the language for me, Dr. Sinha and I got along well and rapidly went over all the options, complete with some quick sketches and requisite hand waving to indicate what would be done. It will be simple; although it could be outpatient surgery he usually keeps people over for one night to be on the safe side, and he foresees no problem in getting my insurance company to pay for that; despite my relatively good appearance, my EF alone is prima facie support for the necessity of this procedure. (Medicalese: the ICD/pacemaker is always a "device" and surgery is always a "procedure.") So you will have the gory details of that to look forward to in a month. Since it will be on a Thursday, I won't miss any rehearsals that week, and as long as I don't try to carry the saxophone from the car myself, should be able to pick them up again the following week. The next concert after that isn't till the 19th of March, on the tenor, the smaller/lighter of the two horns, so that should be do-able; the 25th is a concert where I'd be on the baritone sax. (He was perfectly willing to schedule the surgery for, like, next week, but I have a concert to play in on the 12th!! Not enough time to recover and pick up the larger saxophone!)
Meanwhile, I'm almost finished with a modified plaid crocheted afghan, and have started a quick Q-hook afghan in the car. In addition to that long list of people I already owe stuff to, there's the nephew who recently bought a house; I really should give him a housewarming present, so he'll probably get stuck with the apple green plaid, pictures of which will be forthcoming in the next day or two.
fadethecat, and the second will go faster, now that I am no longer winging it but rather just following what I've already done in terms of what to cast on, how many rows of ribbing, where to place the thumb hole, etc.Anyway, once I established that he didn't have to dumb down the language for me, Dr. Sinha and I got along well and rapidly went over all the options, complete with some quick sketches and requisite hand waving to indicate what would be done. It will be simple; although it could be outpatient surgery he usually keeps people over for one night to be on the safe side, and he foresees no problem in getting my insurance company to pay for that; despite my relatively good appearance, my EF alone is prima facie support for the necessity of this procedure. (Medicalese: the ICD/pacemaker is always a "device" and surgery is always a "procedure.") So you will have the gory details of that to look forward to in a month. Since it will be on a Thursday, I won't miss any rehearsals that week, and as long as I don't try to carry the saxophone from the car myself, should be able to pick them up again the following week. The next concert after that isn't till the 19th of March, on the tenor, the smaller/lighter of the two horns, so that should be do-able; the 25th is a concert where I'd be on the baritone sax. (He was perfectly willing to schedule the surgery for, like, next week, but I have a concert to play in on the 12th!! Not enough time to recover and pick up the larger saxophone!)
Meanwhile, I'm almost finished with a modified plaid crocheted afghan, and have started a quick Q-hook afghan in the car. In addition to that long list of people I already owe stuff to, there's the nephew who recently bought a house; I really should give him a housewarming present, so he'll probably get stuck with the apple green plaid, pictures of which will be forthcoming in the next day or two.
