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Losing things

Unimatrix Two Posted on November 29, 2009 by MikhailNovember 29, 2009

We went out for dinner tonight, and then Starr asked to swing by the thrift store, and that just about wiped me out. I have to build up some stamina in the next week or so, because I’ll probably be heading back to work shortly thereafter. Must exercise more. When I went in for the surgery, I weighed about 197 pounds, which is not especially unhealthy for my size and build, but it’s not trim either. I weighed myself today and I’m about 180, which is much better if I can keep it there while building my strength back up. … Continue reading →

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Return from the Medical Satellite

Unimatrix Two Posted on November 18, 2009 by MikhailNovember 18, 2009

I am here, and I haz update. Some folks may have heard that I was out of surgery last Wednesday night, and that everything went just as the surgeons had hoped. Assuming I held down solid food Thursday night, they’d be sending me home on Friday. My anaesthesia was much nicer to me this time, with my post-op heaves much better controlled, but it wasn’t enough: my digestion shut down completely, and didn’t choose to restart until Monday. They couldn’t send me home until I handled solid food, so I’ve had nearly a week of being fed through a tube … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged cancer, pain, technology | 112 Replies

Medical team to the bridge

Unimatrix Two Posted on November 10, 2009 by MikhailNovember 10, 2009

11am tomorrow, H-Hour. That’s when I go under the knife. I know it’s a bit over-dramatic, but that’s how I’m feeling right now. I just can’t seem to maintain an even emotional keel at the moment. I’ve had surgery before, my hip replacement decades ago and my gall bladder just weeks ago, but this one has me really worked up. They’re going to make the second biggest incision a surgeon’s ever made in my body, and they are going to take a tennis-ball-sized chunk of one of my organs. The surgeon does dozens of these a year, and has had … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged birthdays, cancer, pain, starr, technology, twitter | 56 Replies

Circling the calendar

Unimatrix Two Posted on October 28, 2009 by MikhailOctober 28, 2009

The doctors have scheduled my surgery for November 11th. I’ll go in in the morning – no idea how long they’ll actually be rooting around inside me. Man, it’s weird knowing that someone’s going to cut me wide open – with my permission, yet.

Posted in Blog | Tagged cancer, pain | 32 Replies

Poorly-copied DNA

Unimatrix Two Posted on October 15, 2009 by MikhailOctober 15, 2009

GM to me: “Roll your Body dice, target number 5, and we’ll see what the doctor says.” Me: “Okay, that’s 3d6 – ” GM: “Inflating your stats a little?” Me: “Shut up. I rolled a 4, a 3, and a 1.” GM: “No successes, huh? Checking the chart… okay. You have kidney cancer.” Unfortunately, the GM isn’t talking about my game character, either; looks like I’ll be going in next month for surgery after all. The surgeon’s very optimistic, and I should still keep the unaffected portion of that kidney. That’s one of a long list of ways I’m fortunate … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged cancer, gaming, humor | 176 Replies

Protected: Somewhat displeased

Unimatrix Two Posted on October 2, 2009 by MikhailOctober 2, 2009

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Hurry up and wait

Unimatrix Two Posted on September 24, 2009 by MikhailSeptember 24, 2009

Back to the doctor again today, where they told me that I’d need another pair of CT scans – with and without contrast dye. On the other hand, the reason they want them is that the kidney surgeon has concluded that it’s a simple cyst, and if it has no cancerous tissue, he doesn’t think it should come out. It will need twice-yearly monitoring, but nothing more. So, everyone please cross your fingers, or send good vibes, or do whatever else you do to encourage the Fates. The surgeon feels there’s a 40% chance it’s a harmless cyst, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged cancer, humor, pain, starr, web video | 16 Replies

More Tales of the Plumbing

Unimatrix Two Posted on September 21, 2009 by MikhailSeptember 21, 2009

I’m startled to see that I didn’t post here about the surgery. Sometimes I have trouble remembering which sites have current updates and which ones don’t. Anyway, I went in on Wednesday morning and sat in pre-op for about an hour, getting more and more nervous. Thankfully, they gave me a bit of anti-anxiety in my IV drip, which helped; we also had a medical student stop by to tell me that she’d be observing the procedure, which Starr said was a good sign; they usually assign students to observe the simple, straightforward, textbook cases. I don’t even remember them … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged cancer, hyundai, pain, world of warcraft | 24 Replies

Data from a eight-foot medical tricorder

Unimatrix Two Posted on September 11, 2009 by MikhailSeptember 11, 2009

The doctors have scheduled me for gall bladder surgery on Wednesday. Everyone is telling me it’s a perfected procedure, I’ll be home that afternoon, and that I’m really not likely to miss it all that much. And y’know, I happen to be married to a registered nurse. So, okay, I’m about as optimistic as one could possibly be about this. But there’s something I didn’t get around to mentioning back on the 28th. The CAT scan that revealed the gallstones also displayed a mass on my kidney, which the doctors wanted to follow up on. Yesterday, I got the lowdown, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged cancer, friends, pain, starr | 24 Replies

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