We met with Dr. Wadsworth this morning and got a very mixed bag of things to report.
First, he confirmed the need for more surgery. Some of
the native bone the fibula was fused to it has deteriorated from additional ORN, so I have a
small gap. It won’t heal by itself and could get larger, slowly.
The next step will be a new scan to see how much its deteriorated since the
December surgery and to use that to decide the extent of the next
surgery. He described four degrees of surgical complexity that could be
done, depending on the scan and what they find when they go in that day.
They range from taking a little bit of skin and tissue from my chest to plug
the holes, all the way to having a right jaw resection, which would essentially
put me back to where I was last May. There could even be a series of
several smaller surgeries as one option. So, more wait and see, to get
the scan done and then meet with him and Dr. Roser to come up with a plan and
date. Hopefully that can happen in 2-3 weeks.
The bad news is that it’s not going to happen soon, or on a
schedule we have much control over. This guy’s operating schedule is
booked for a few months ahead, and since my situation is not life threatening,
and I’m not in pain, he’s in no great hurry.
The good news is that we can now go up to New York State for Laura and
Mike’s wedding in late May. Terry has been working on the floral arrangements and really wanted to be there in person.
We’ll keep our fingers crossed that this
won’t interfere with going to NH in August for Paul and Tolah’s big day.
Mike
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