Yesterday they sprung me. Monday night, Dr. Schultzel stopped by between surgeries to check on my progress and indicated that it was likely that I would be heading home on Tuesday.  Early Tuesday morning he was back and announced that I would be sprung on that day, and by 11 AM I was in a […]

After that harrowing experience with the tube, one would expect that everything else would seem like a walk in the park, and for the most part it is. Since we had that issue that has kept my here in the hospital far beyond the planned time, my doctor is being cautious with how fast we […]

As if in answer to my plea, the tube has been removed.  

Sunday 9.24 now. I have had this confounded tube up my nose for nearly a week now and between it and the sheer boredom being in the Hospital, I may soon lose the tenuous grip that I have maintained on my sanity. Progress has been made and I remain hopeful that my torment will soon […]

I am now at a week after the surgery and still trying to get the digestive system working right. This is apparently a common problem with open gastric surgery but is nonetheless frustrating to all. We have an NG (Nasal Gastro) installed and have gone through different iterations of having me pumped and having it […]

The surgery went great.  A procedure that was expected to take up to 5 hours was completed i 2 followed by a colonoscopy to check the work. The recovery started off progressing well.  I was up and walking later the same day (Friday) and the catheter was removed on Saturday allowing me to move about […]

Surgery was a complete success. Illi was reversed and tumor removed. Already walking under assistance.

So this is it.  Surgery is going to happen on Friday at 7:15AM. I had the pre-op tests done today.  The surgery will take place at Scripp’s Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, 9888 Genesee Ave.  The surgery is expected to take around 5 hours with another 2 hours in the recovery area and about a […]