Gimp Updates: ACL and Thyroid
Just thought I’d throw in a quick update of how things are going with my two gimps. Thyroid Eight days
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Thyroid Surgery- Stitches out!
I’m now 9 days post-op from my left thyroid lobectomy and recovery is going quite well. I’ve been feeling better
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Well, it’s now been over 48 hours after my thyroid surgery. I’m feeling quite good actually. My neck pain has
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My surgery ended around 3pm yesterday. And I am relieved to have it behind me. The tumor turned out to
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Yesterday, after a trip to the Crested Butte Arts Festival with my mom, I headed out for a late afternoon
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In my last two Gimp posts, I discussed the fact that I need to have a Thyroid Lobectomy due to
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So, as promised, I’ll tell you a little bit about the thyroid. For those who are completely clueless, the thyroid
Read moreAnother Gimp Story: Thyroid Lobectomy
When it rains it pours. That’s been my life in 2009. This year will go down as the year that
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Unlucky Lucky – Part 3 – The most painful surgery
On Monday night, I was alone in my room and my spine surgeon came in to visit with me. Some surgeons can be weird, and admittedly, this was one of them. He said that this surgery was going to be painful – more than the last spine surgery, that it might make me worse, and that he would pray for me. I’m sure he was going from and “under-expect but over-perform” standpoint. But, his words didn’t inspire confidence in any way. I would have preferred to hear something like, “You know, there are risks with this surgery, but I have had overwhelming success in similar surgeries” – Or something along those lines. Instead, his words were making me squeamish and more nervous than I already was.
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