Openbah / Journal of a Marine Officer Candidate

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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 2007: Things I will remember & things I wish I could forget

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    The Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox, and Patriots games. I got health insurance for the first time since college! I built some bookshelves and then built a new kitchen. Jennie’s wedding. Jaynemarie’s wedding. Topsfield Fair and the racing pigs. In 2007 I had 8 appointments with my orthopedic surgeon at BMC, an appointment with a surgeon…

  • 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…