Yes, folks, I get to spend some time asleep while a doctor does something to me.
I'd been having knee trouble for a few months, and finally, I went to an orthopedist today. He examined my knee, pressed on several points, rotated my foot while pressing on several other points, and told me I need arthroscopic surgery.
"I perform surgery every Monday," he told me helpfully.
I have to have my knee X-rayed before I see him again (on Thursday), plus have all the pre-op tests I had before - blood tests, ECG, the works. I doubt that I'll be able to fit all that in by the coming Monday, so it'll probably be the Monday after that. And this guy wants to get it done soon, which makes me uneasy. I have a trip coming up at the end of June, and he told me I'll be ready to travel by then.
I called my manager, and he was fabulous. "Don't worry about the scheduling, or who's going to be away," he said. "It's your knee and it's your health, and that's the important thing."
It turns out that he's had the same surgery, though under local anesthetic (they're giving me a general), and he knows how it is. He told me that while working from home is fine, he thinks I'll need some time off just to get used to the discomfort.
We're going to get it all worked out this week, I think, while I'm running around getting papers and X-rays and hoping the phlebotomist can find a vein in my arm. My veins are so hard to find that several medical staff have resorted to using the one in the back of my hand, and that HURTS.
Wish me luck!
I'd been having knee trouble for a few months, and finally, I went to an orthopedist today. He examined my knee, pressed on several points, rotated my foot while pressing on several other points, and told me I need arthroscopic surgery.
"I perform surgery every Monday," he told me helpfully.
I have to have my knee X-rayed before I see him again (on Thursday), plus have all the pre-op tests I had before - blood tests, ECG, the works. I doubt that I'll be able to fit all that in by the coming Monday, so it'll probably be the Monday after that. And this guy wants to get it done soon, which makes me uneasy. I have a trip coming up at the end of June, and he told me I'll be ready to travel by then.
I called my manager, and he was fabulous. "Don't worry about the scheduling, or who's going to be away," he said. "It's your knee and it's your health, and that's the important thing."
It turns out that he's had the same surgery, though under local anesthetic (they're giving me a general), and he knows how it is. He told me that while working from home is fine, he thinks I'll need some time off just to get used to the discomfort.
We're going to get it all worked out this week, I think, while I'm running around getting papers and X-rays and hoping the phlebotomist can find a vein in my arm. My veins are so hard to find that several medical staff have resorted to using the one in the back of my hand, and that HURTS.
Wish me luck!
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