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$575.00 Yes.

I had surgery 2 wks ago today- this is what I wrote but never posted here-

I’ve been told the dilation was a success although I did not actually get to see Dr M, aside from being very groggy in recovery. I was told I saw him but don’t remember. I find it frustrating to say the least. Yes, I understand he’s a busy man, but I think his patients deserve a little bit of time with him. Heck, Dr N (the AI guy) came to see me TWICE and he’s just consulting. Love that guy. I did see Dr B (the vocal chord guy) before going into the OR. I don’t know if he actually went in- when I saw him he said he was going to be in another OR just down the hall and would be available if needed.

I met a few of the residents this morning and one of them had me blow on his hand and he said the breath felt great. Dr. N was really impressed when he listened to my breathing thru the stethoscope because this time when he listened I didn’t have the wheeze. He’s such a nice man.

The worst I have to report is a fat upper lip from Dr M’s giant hands vs my teeny mouth. And I got epinephrine nebuliser treatments every 4 hours. It was like this aerobic workout withotu exercising. It made my heart go crazy. C my nurse said that it was likely caused because I don’t have much body fat and the med had no where else to go. The smell of those epi treatments gagged me and it was so hard to breathe that stuff in, but I knew it had to be done. I don’t want to smell that stuff for a long, long time.

Dr N told Ray that he felt that the advair will be extremely helpful and I more than likely won’t need another dilation for some time. I’m anxious to hear exactly what Dr M has to say as well. I need to call for a follow up appt but will wait until after the 4th to do that. I’m exhausted right now and want to go to bed.

Apparently I missed some of the ladies from the email list support group I started years ago. I think they may have been up to my floor before I arrived (I got there around noon) and my nurse wouldn’t give Christi any informaiton because C didn’t have my last name and the stupid Hippa rules prevent the staff from releasign anything. I understand the rules are in place for a reason, but I’m irked nevertheless. I was hoping to see them, even for a short time.

For nurses I had L, C (she was a doll!) L overnight and J this morning. Jwas a hoot. He just got back from a cruise to Bermuda with his family and was on his first day back and was having trouble getting into the swing of things.

I got released around 11 0 this morning. We were really anxious to get out of there because Storrow drive was being shut down at noon and that’s the easy way out of the city for us. Otherwise we’d have to go up 93 and around and although we could have done it, it’s not a mindless trip like Storrow drive has become to Ray.

My throat hurts a wee little bit now and I’m feeling a little phlemgy. I’m now seriously wondering if I’m sensitive to dairy, as I was free of phlegm all day yesterday and this morning I had yogurt and started feeling phlegmy a little while later. I don’t know how I could possibly eliminate dairy!

This morning while I was waiting to go back to my floor after a chest xray I was looking at my charts. All of the numbers on my blood tests were normal, except for platelets, which was high. What would this mean? (Aside from the fact that I’d be a good platelet donor) It wasn’t obnoxiously high, but at 455, and the range of “high normal” on the chart was 401

M had a great time at my friends and wound up staying 2 nights. DH was really bummed out that she wanted to stay a 2nd night there, but it really worked out for the better doing it that way. She’d have gone stir crazy waiting for me to be released. It was a slow process this morning.