The new general surgeon was night and day different from the one that I saw that was incredibly rude and refused to put in my port. He was so kind and helpful!!!! I am going to get my port put in at the local hospital next Wednesday 11/27/13, yes the day before Thanksgiving! I am so excited to get this all set up and ready to go! I already spoke with the pre-surgery nurse this morning so she got all of my information in the computer and what not. I should get a call on Tuesday evening to confirm the time, but as of now my surgery will be at 11 a.m. I will need to be there at about 8:30 or so to receive IV fluids so that I do not get dehydrated like I did after my wrist surgery. I also got a call from the home infusion center yesterday while I was at work, but when I returned their call this morning they didn't answer so now we are playing phone tag.
The fitting for my cervical collar was quick and easy, I just haven't been able to pick it up yet because it is in the town my parents live in and I am an hour away from there. I am going to go get it on Tuesday and then have a nice evening with my parents and my puppies! I will not be with them for thanksgiving this year as we are going to see my Fiance's family so it will be nice to get to spend time with them.
I also got some blood work done yesterday to check the levels of electrolytes in my blood. I have to get this panel, called a basic metabolic panel, done every couple of months because one of the medications I am on, called fludrocortisone, can deplete my body of potassium so we need to keep an eye on that and make sure that I do not need to take a supplement for that. I haven't got the results of that from my neurologists office, but I should shortly.
On the downside I got a call from The Chiari Institute where I am having my surgery done in December and the lady that I have been conversing with finally got a hold of my insurance. The gentleman that she spoke with told her that The Chiari Institute and my doctor are not covered by my insurance. Now when I had spoken with them they had told me they were. Please pray that we get this figured out quickly so that my surgery and visit do not get delayed and/or not covered fully by insurance! I will update again after I hear back from my neurologist and after we contact insurance about the Chiari Institute and the issue that I had last week with my medication.
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