I go under the knife!

I just read my long-time friend Mechelle's great limmericks from the last post. I laughed until I had to take a drink. :)

Dr. Patil said that my oncology surgeon, Dr. Wolf has movie star good looks. AND HE DOES! Dr. McDreamieWolf gets to look under my hood! I'm so excited. Well, not really because I have to do one of those 24 hour fasts with a nasty drink to "empty me booty". I said that..."empty me booty". He didn't say that. But he did say that I have a hernia. He said "do you know you have a hernia?", as he was palpating my tummy. And I said "why, no, I didn't". And then he said, "Yes, it's right here. I can fix that for you when I do your carcinoid." And I said "SWEET! Two-fer!" And then we went to the next room and looked at the CT scan which clearly showed that I have either a hernia or a black hole in my belly.

(Hey girls, did you catch that Dr. McDreamieWolf is going to "do" my hernia?)

Dr. Wolf will remove the primary site carcinoid, which is next my small intestine, laprascopically. However, he will also remove the part of the small intestine that it is in contact with. It's just a small section, but I'll have to be in the hospital for 5 to 6 days. After which, I'll be home for possibly the rest of December. At work, they said "Isn't it lucky you can work from home?" I agreed.

The reason for my staying at the hospital for so long is that there is a slight risk that they may have left a hole when the small intestine was stiched back together. Wouldn't that be embarassing for a niece or nephew to be sitting at dinner with their favorite aunt and her suppurating belly?

Anyway, I was informed that my still-existent arm pain will be around for a while. Much of my pain is now gone, but my funny bone will be physically healing for up to a year. The pain is from arm muscles hurting from accommodating my deformation. Speaking of which, I should rest my arm for the coming week.