Category: Surgery

It’s 413 days ATN and 13 days since the surgery to reverse the ileostomy. Still Kicking This is just a quick update to let you all know that I’m still alive. For the most part anyway. The ileostomy reversal is a fairly simple procedure compared to the rectal resection a few months ago. We initially… Continue reading Still Kicking

It’s 400(!) days ATN and 92 days since the surgery that removed the tumor. Reconnecting the Plumbing The ileostomy reversal is TOMORROW! By some coincidence it’ll be exactly three months from the surgery date that created the ileostomy. The expectation was that I’d have the ileostomy for 6-8 weeks. I have a sneaking suspicion my… Continue reading Reconnecting the Plumbing

It’s 329 days ATN and 20 days into Life With an Ostomy. It’s also my 21st birthday! (That’s 21b26. At some point you just start adjusting the base. For those of you not so mathematically inclined the Earth loops around the sun roughly 53 times in that time.) Many years ago I couldn’t imagine being… Continue reading Everybody Poops – But Not In The Same Way (Life With an Ostomy)

It’s 314 ATN and two days since the hospital staff decided they’d had enough of my company and allowed JT to take me home. So much has happened in the last week, yet so much of it seems like it was in another world. It’s sort of like going on an exotic trip and returning… Continue reading Preparing for Surgery; Surgery Day: Day 0; The Day After: Day 1; The Day After The Day After: Day 2; Discharge Day! Day 3

It’s Sunday, 305 days ATN and four days til surgery. There were three things I wanted to accomplish before surgery: a trip to Honolulu, attend the National Association of Broadcaster’s conference in Las Vegas (more on that below), and attend a celebration of life for a good friend’s wife. All three have been done. So… Continue reading Countdown to Surgery; On the Road to NAB 2022

It’s Saturday, 296 days ATN and 12 days to surgery. It seems just like yesterday I was still dealing with the side-effects of radiation and wondering whether I’d be able to make any of the trips I’d been planning. But here we are nearly two months after the last radiation fraction and less than two… Continue reading The Surgeon, Part Deux; Honolulu