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Dr. Carl Garabedian.
Yesterday morning I had an appointment with Dr. Goldberg,
my primary cardiologist. And as it happened he had just
received an email a few days earlier from Dr. Garabedian,
the pediatric heart surgeon who will be working on my
pulmonary valve and artery problem.
According to the mail, Dr. Garabedian's old mentor from
Boston will be coming to Spokane in January-February to
do some teaching. During which interval Dr. Garabedian
will be pulling me into the hospital for the stent and
valve replacement with the cardiologist from Boston
(I don't know his name yet, unfortunately).
So even though I don't have a specific date yet I do have
confirmation that the procedure will in fact be done and
I at least have some sort of a time frame. Now I can sit
back and breathe a bit.
Besides the appointment with Dr. Goldberg yesterday I also
hit our annual Pig Out In the Park festival in the afternoon,
hit Auntie's Bookstore and picked up a copy of Hemingway,
had some drinks and talked with some people at The Satellite,
and then made my monthly stop for Thai noodles. It was an
exhausting day. I'm not used to doing so much. Today, I think,
I'm just going to rest.
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A last a real sense of when it is going to happen. Must be a relief to know, Ed. I'm glad to hear that your doc's mentor will be around for the op. Always helps to have as many knowledgeable folks on hand as possible, especially as you are on the cutting edge (no pun intended) with your prospective procedure. Now try to relax! 🙂
@ Richard.Originally posted by musickna:
:lol:And thanks. @ Angeliki.Am actually going to put up an new song in Theme Music. It will be done in an hour or so. I think you will like it. 😀
great to know part of what will follow Eddie…Breathing is good… soft, deep ..you know!enjoy your Saturday! :love:
Hmmm. I wonder what the capacity of the operation room is?I'll have to ask. Then I can calculate how much to charge for the tickets.
If more people want to come see your surgery, I suggest you start selling tickets. I hear e-bay is the place for such… erm… enterprises…
Oops. I decided to do it as a post. That way it will scroll off the Main Page and I will have to worry less about *cough cough* legal issues. :p
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
🙂 yes! :up:
So, only pork and beer for you in a next few months? Poor Ed :awww::devil:
😆 my sister just said that we should call the event Opera-tion.
Opera-tion 😆 😆
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
I would like to come and watch :eyes: :lol:Well, good thing to know the time, even if it is still not set for the exact date. You are going to take a better care of your health before operation, you don`t want it cancelled and postponed because of some stupid cold or flu :left:
One ticket sold! :yes:I am going on a strict program before the operation: No drinking for a week before and no cigarette for 24 hour before. I've already started a new diet to build my body up better — started that last month.
Be careful about the quitting of cigarettes. My dad stopped smoking because he was told quit in connection with his first heart operation, and saw no reason why he should begin again after he left the hospital.
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
ROFL ahahaha she is amazing!I love the title!
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
😆 Clever!!Boston is well known for great doctors and hospitals. In fact, Harvard University Medical School was voted #1 in the land. I wonder if this Boston doctor happens to teach there too?Hope you get to relax a bit.The Pig Out looked fun. Now I'm going to get me something to eat :chef:
I am so glad for you that you've finally been given a time-frame for your surgery, Edward. I know how that has been weighing on you. Now you have time to prepare to give yourself the best possible chance of a quick and full recovery. YAY for you!:up::happy::heart:
Originally posted by gdare:
Darko I don't think that pork and beer would make me stronger. Might make me happier, but not stronger. @ Martin.Oh don't worry. I'll be back on the smokes about 1 minute after I exit the hospital. :up:@ Mags.I keep thinking of M*A*S*H, where they introduce themselves as the "Pros from Dover." :lol:@ Star.Yes, I feel much better now. Hey, I had the Island Noodles at Pig Out. I had them the last time I went, decided to get them again. They are really good. And that Red Rooster sauce that you can pour on top of them is ULTRA hot, like 8-star hot. I'm half tempted to go down today and get some more. But I probably won't.
That is, indeed, a relief Edward. I don't know about you, but not knowing exactly where I stand is the most hated, scary thing in the world to me. It makes me feel I'm not in control, and I don't like that feeling at all. I'm glad you have a ballpark figure now. And it's great that someone even more knowledgeable than your Dr. G will be there for consultation and maybe even assist at the procedure.
Thanks, Linda. Yeah I think the Boston doc probably will assist :yes:
I keep thinking of M*A*S*H, where they introduce themselves as the "Pros from Dover." [/quote]:lol: You're going waaayyyy back in time :psmurf: :pOriginally posted by edwardpiercy:
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Do ya'll get MASH in Serbia Dare. That is one of my all time favorite shows. It is always on cable or satellite on some station or other and I watch it every time I run across it. Even though I have seen every episode at least 10 times, I still laugh every time I watch it. It seems never to get old.
@ Mags. I can't believe you found that!:yes:Ah, great memories.
Originally posted by L2D2:
We had it long time ago and I watched all episodes + movie :yes:
@ Linda. Back during a summer off from school I kinda went on a M*A*S*H binge. They had them on like 4 hours every night.
I think it's the Hallmark channel that periodically shows Mash and they do 4 episodes, one right after the other, so we may have seen the same programming, just at different times.
I haven't watched MASH in eons. I should surf the channels and see if I can find it somewhere.
TVLand? Never heard of it. I went without television for years!! Other than kiddie programs. I'll have to check out the listing.Thanks! :up:
TVLand shows M*A*S*H reruns pretty regularly.:smile: