Openbah / Journal of a Marine Officer Candidate

Category: Medical

  • Giving up on sleep

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    A couple months ago I was feeling like crap every day and realized that I wasn’t sleeping very well. I was constantly being woken up by the pain in my hip. So I started taking 2 Percocets every night in an attempt to sleep better. For a while things improved and I was able to…

  • Surgery pushed back one week

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    So I just got a call from the surgeon’s office in NYC. They are pushing my surgery back a week. Apparently the surgeon called his scheduling office today and told them them to move all his appointments. That means the surgery will now be on February 26th.

  • Surgery three, one month away

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    In one month I will at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC. I’m more excited than I am nervous. Two weeks ago something happened and my leg got a whole lot worse. It began hurting all the time again. I can’t go a day without taking some Motrin, and I can’t sleep much at all without…

  • Two months until my FVFG

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    Two months from today I will be at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC having my free vascularized fibular graft surgery. I’ve been trying to take advantage of being able to walk as often as I can. Thanks to the snow and ice on the ground it’s a little more painful than normal, but I manage…

  • Surgery scheduled

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    Mark your calendars, I have scheduled my surgery for February 19th at Columbia Presbyterian. I’ll be in there for almost a week, so I expect all of my NJ/NY friends to come visit and cause a ruckus in my hospital room. As expected, I am not looking forward to having another surgery. Even worse than…