Thank You

I have good news and bad news. The good news is my snippy cardiovascular surgeon got a phone call from my pcp telling him that he had to give me information regarding my aneurysm. I had another visit and the echo showed a 1.7 cm abdominal aneurysm said it’s not bleeding. Next thing he said was “ I have been monitoring your abdominal aneurysm for 10 years and your aneurysm is still 1.7 cm.

No change except it had a small tear in it. Not even worth mentioning it but I will look at it once a year. And he was nice to me because my pcp told him to do it as it’s bothering me not knowing anything.

I had to see an ENT for coughing and constantly clearing my throat plus my voice had become hoarse and it was difficult to talk and my throat hurt.
He stuck an endoscopy down my nose and said “ your right vocal cord is paralyzed.” He immediately sent me for 2 MRI’s, 2 CTscans and a video endoscopy. It’s another trip down my nose to determine what is it that is actually causing me this problem.
Now I have to go to the hospital under mild anesthesia as he is going to do another endoscopy with a camera and microphone attached to the end.
My recent CAT scan showed that my esophagus wich runs from your throat to just above your navel. I never knew it was that long but he has to go all the way down because tests show that my esophagus was narrowed at the abdomen level. There will be an attached balloon as well.
He plans on blowing up the balloon to expand my esophagus because eventually I could choke on my food.
I said ok if I have to by my gastroenterologist. Then he said “first things first “ he said that I had a spot on my right lung so I just came back from having another CT scan and I’m waiting for the results. My pulmonologist had to be called twice. First he said he was going to have a blood draw and hung up.
My ENT called him himself doctor to doctor and he told him that we are not looking for just a blood draw “I need pictures (the CTscan)” not just a blood draw.
A day later my pulmonologist called and said he needs me to get a CTscan. I’m on blood thinners due to my mechanical aortic valve I had replaced years ago.
He wants to see me before my March 4th procedure but he is very hard to pin down as he has admiting privileges for 2 hospitals and he has 5 offices spread out in my state.
I also need dental surgery that will need stitches “as you tend to bleed a lot”

So my hospital endoscopy and my gum surgeries are on hold until I pin him down for an appointment.
I didn’t mean to tell you my life’s problems but once I got started I couldn’t stop.
So that’s it. I’m on hold!

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