USC medical center, here I come...(maybe)

[scaeagles]

I am a hamster. I have a shiny wheel in my cage. I run on it. I run hard. I don't get anywhere except back to the place I was before.

Well, at least the surgeon I saw today (who trained at Mayo) didn't think I need an esophageal resection. She actually thought that was a bit ridiculous. Good news. She thinks I need a redo of my first surgery (Heller myotomy) to extend the weakening of the muscles around the esophagus. I have also developed a hiatal hernia (top of the stomach starts extending above the diaphragm) that can be easily fixed when the redo is done. Apparently, that's not uncommon after a heller myotomy.

This surgeon feels unqualified to do a redo of a heller myotomy. Much trickier than the first. She's never done one. So she recommended the SAME SURGEON I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE AT THE MAYO CLINIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a hamster. I have a shiny wheel in my cage. I run on it. I run hard. I don't get anywhere except back to the place I was before.

I have a message in with my insurance case manager. I wonder if the insurance will finally approve me going to see a surgeon at Mayo Clinic. When the surgeons they send me to tell me that the only people that can do it are at Mayo, and the doctor I saw at Mayo says the only people that can do it are at Mayo, maybe the insurance will figure out the there IS NO OTHER FLIPPIN' OPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a hamster. I have a shiny wheel in my cage. I run on it. I run hard. I don't get anywhere except back to the place I was before.

(takes a deep, cleansing breath. takes several. is OK now.)