We're moving down the line of doctors now - the surgeon du jour today was Dr. Griggs, the general surgery guy who they want to bring in to deal with (or possibly not deal with) my hernia.
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| So... the options could be a lot worse |
Apparently, the hernia was a lot bigger than I had thought it was - he says that looking at the CT/PET scan, it's about 6 cm in diameter, and then the bits that I thought were the actual hernia are just the bits of intestine that have poked through (I know, I know... ewwwww!) Anyway, because the hysterectomy is not a "clean" operation - they have to cut through the mucous membrane to get to it - he's reluctant to try to repair it, since it would need mesh to hold everything in place, and the mesh tends to attract infection. So it looks like the plan will be to have him there during the surgery in case they have to take care of it to get the intestines out of the way for the tummy thing and the hysterectomy, but hope like heck that they will be able to cut around it all. Considering that I've been living with it for 5 or so years now, and it's never given me any trouble, I'm ok with that plan of action.
In other insights... it's just amazing how much nicer doctors treat you when you've lost significant amounts of weight. Or maybe it's just that I'm not feeling as defensive going into the office as I used to, but either way... so much better of an experience.
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