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I went to the hospital 7:45 a.m., filled out forms, paid co-pay $500 not $750, which is nice) and read until they were ready for me. Surgery scheduled for 9:45. At 10 am i was told that the operating room was still in use and would be for at least another half hour. At around 10:45 I was seen and questioned by the anesthesiologist and then my doc/surgeon came in with a student. As soon as he came in he drew with marker on my left foot and second toe to ensure surgery would be done on the correct toe (I wondered and worried about that). He drew a picture and a tic tac toe board on the leg.
He had her look at the left foot to say what was wrong. She started to touch it and he said "don't touch, just look"--they discussed how it looked compared to the toes on my right foot. Had her handle the toe and foot etc. We talked about the other doc/surgeon's diagnosis of Morton's Neuroma and the MRI that showed the same and he explained why it was wrong, despite the MRI. Made a lot of sense to me (which is why I decided to go with him and not the first surgeon. Fascinating to listen to him teach. He's a funny guy (more on this later) and seems to know his stuff. Talked about my reading tomorrow and the fact that I'm having lunch pre-reading at Sammy's Chinese with my contributors and editor.
Around 11am I was taken to teh operating room, where they put a blood pressure cuff, iv inserted, plastic thingie on my nose and mouth (O2? Not sure and I didn't bother asking). Put something cold on my side (so I wouldn't get electrocuted????? by what? not sure) but they took a photo of the bottom of my foot. As with when I have colonoscopies, I watched and listened to the docs at my feet and next thing I knew I was awake and thirty around noon in the post-op room. Given cold water to drink. My friend Claire showed up early --12:30 and gave me more water and I asked for something to eat. They gave me a (disgusting) deli Danish of which I ate half. Nurse came in and asked questions and told what I was supposed to do and not do. Got my boot (in my locker) and showed me hot to put it on. I'm supposed to leave it on except when I go to bed. Stay off the foot as much as possible.
Got dressed, given a cane, and walked over to the seating area where I waited to talk to Dr. Herstik again. This was especaily crucial because the nurse said instructions were "NO CHINESE FOOD"--oh noooo. I had to find out what in Chinese food I couldn't eat because of tomorrow and post-KGB dinner at Grand Szechuan. What to do? Eat rice? So anyway, he comes over, I question him and he said he was joking because he knows that's what everyone orders when they're housebound. (I'm not really, but I should stay off the foot as much as possible). Whew. That's good, because of tomorrow. Sunday I'm going to the Big Apple BBQ festival which means I won't be fetching the food, but watching the blanket.
Home now. seated on my couch, with foot/boot up on my cocktail table/desk on pillow with keyboard on my lap and trying to see my monitor-lucky it's large.
Took my first antibiotic pill and anti-inflammatory pill. So far no pain.
He had her look at the left foot to say what was wrong. She started to touch it and he said "don't touch, just look"--they discussed how it looked compared to the toes on my right foot. Had her handle the toe and foot etc. We talked about the other doc/surgeon's diagnosis of Morton's Neuroma and the MRI that showed the same and he explained why it was wrong, despite the MRI. Made a lot of sense to me (which is why I decided to go with him and not the first surgeon. Fascinating to listen to him teach. He's a funny guy (more on this later) and seems to know his stuff. Talked about my reading tomorrow and the fact that I'm having lunch pre-reading at Sammy's Chinese with my contributors and editor.
Around 11am I was taken to teh operating room, where they put a blood pressure cuff, iv inserted, plastic thingie on my nose and mouth (O2? Not sure and I didn't bother asking). Put something cold on my side (so I wouldn't get electrocuted????? by what? not sure) but they took a photo of the bottom of my foot. As with when I have colonoscopies, I watched and listened to the docs at my feet and next thing I knew I was awake and thirty around noon in the post-op room. Given cold water to drink. My friend Claire showed up early --12:30 and gave me more water and I asked for something to eat. They gave me a (disgusting) deli Danish of which I ate half. Nurse came in and asked questions and told what I was supposed to do and not do. Got my boot (in my locker) and showed me hot to put it on. I'm supposed to leave it on except when I go to bed. Stay off the foot as much as possible.
Got dressed, given a cane, and walked over to the seating area where I waited to talk to Dr. Herstik again. This was especaily crucial because the nurse said instructions were "NO CHINESE FOOD"--oh noooo. I had to find out what in Chinese food I couldn't eat because of tomorrow and post-KGB dinner at Grand Szechuan. What to do? Eat rice? So anyway, he comes over, I question him and he said he was joking because he knows that's what everyone orders when they're housebound. (I'm not really, but I should stay off the foot as much as possible). Whew. That's good, because of tomorrow. Sunday I'm going to the Big Apple BBQ festival which means I won't be fetching the food, but watching the blanket.
Home now. seated on my couch, with foot/boot up on my cocktail table/desk on pillow with keyboard on my lap and trying to see my monitor-lucky it's large.
Took my first antibiotic pill and anti-inflammatory pill. So far no pain.