Openbah / Journal of a Marine Officer Candidate

Category: Medical

  • Surgery went well

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    Sorry it has taken me a few days to update you all on my surgery. I’ve been a bit out of it. I was in the OR for 11.5 hours, I know, really long time. The docs said things went very well. They cut out about 8″ of fibula, thinned it down a little, cleared…

  • Surgery tomorrow

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    I’m leaving for NYC in 15 minutes. My mother and I are driving in and staying at a family friend’s condo in Manhattan. My father will drive in tomorrow morning. This past week my stomach has been in a giant knot. It seems no matter how relaxed I pretend to be, it is a true…

  • Surgery date of March 14th finalized

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    I got a call from a resident at my surgeon’s office today. My new surgery date is March 14th. I feel confident that it will not change again. He explained why they’ve been changing the dates. The first time was because they had too many surgeries scheduled that day and wanted more time to spend…

  • New tentative surgery date

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    My NYC surgeon’s office called me at 6PM tonight with some pretty good news. They successfully rescheduled 3 other surgeries so that I could get operated on March 4th. Just one minor issue: the surgeon is leaving for a conference in California the day after my surgery. To be honest, it doesn’t really matter to…

  • Surgery pushed back, again

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    Got a call Friday at 4PM from the surgeon’s office in NYC. I knew immediately what they were going to tell me, I didn’t even need to hear her say it. “You’re going to want to scream,” she says. I tell her she’s probably right. The doctor was looking over the upcoming surgery schedules and…