Medical Update 23 March 2011
For those of you who haven't heard, I am still alive and kicking.
During December 2009, I had surgery to repair two aneurysms, one behind my left knee and one on my left femoral artery. After surgery I developed an infection on the incision. Treatment at the hospital was ineffective and I was discharged to return home but I had to undergo intravenous antibiotic/antiviral treatment for bout a month and a half before the infection finally cleared up. Nearing the end of the regimen, I developed a severe rash as a reaction to the increased dosage the doctor asked me to go to. When the rash bloomed, I immediately stopped all treatment and the infection cleared up immediately afterwards. I did, and still do, have to treat the rash on about a monthly basis with a cream. My personal physician says I will need to do this for the rest of my life.
Then in May 2010, I returned to the Clinic and had surgery to repair an aneurysm behind my right knee and another one on my right femoral artery. At the same time the surgeon did the necessary work at the right femoral site to enable him to perform the required surgery on my upper aortic aneurysm whenever it become large enough to repair.
He will not do this work until then because there are some potential complications that he feels outweigh the need for sped in repairing it. These potentials carry the possibility of paralyzation .
After going back for the nine month checkup (you need to understand there was a three month checkup also), the doctor says there was almost no growth in the aneurysm over the past six months, and I was released until February or March of 2012.
So, thanks for your good wishes. I appreciate them very much.
During December 2009, I had surgery to repair two aneurysms, one behind my left knee and one on my left femoral artery. After surgery I developed an infection on the incision. Treatment at the hospital was ineffective and I was discharged to return home but I had to undergo intravenous antibiotic/antiviral treatment for bout a month and a half before the infection finally cleared up. Nearing the end of the regimen, I developed a severe rash as a reaction to the increased dosage the doctor asked me to go to. When the rash bloomed, I immediately stopped all treatment and the infection cleared up immediately afterwards. I did, and still do, have to treat the rash on about a monthly basis with a cream. My personal physician says I will need to do this for the rest of my life.
Then in May 2010, I returned to the Clinic and had surgery to repair an aneurysm behind my right knee and another one on my right femoral artery. At the same time the surgeon did the necessary work at the right femoral site to enable him to perform the required surgery on my upper aortic aneurysm whenever it become large enough to repair.
He will not do this work until then because there are some potential complications that he feels outweigh the need for sped in repairing it. These potentials carry the possibility of paralyzation .
After going back for the nine month checkup (you need to understand there was a three month checkup also), the doctor says there was almost no growth in the aneurysm over the past six months, and I was released until February or March of 2012.
So, thanks for your good wishes. I appreciate them very much.
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