Even championship bouts are only five rounds! �Geez� So if you haven�t been following closely, it�s been quite an adventure recently. After five doctors � including two neurosurgeons and an infectious disease specialist � the consensus is that the...
Even championship bouts are only five rounds! �Geez�
So if you haven�t been following closely, it�s been quite an adventure recently. After five doctors � including two neurosurgeons and an infectious disease specialist � the consensus is that the hardware holding my prosthetic in place is infected with colonized bacteria. The only way to remove the infection is to remove the hardware, so I�m headed back, today, for surgery #7.�
The adjusted plan is now to remove the prosthetic and all hardware, wait a few weeks, start chemo, do about a year of chemo, then wait a few months, then go back in and rebuild the skull. Again. I�m actually excited about the plan, and literally cannot wait to get this surgery done. The infection has made me so miserable � headache, burning, itching, fever, swelling, the works � that I�m anxious to get the infection out so that I can start healing normally and start treating the actual cancer.�
Surgery is scheduled for 2:00 today, February 27th, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. It should take about two hours, and I�ll be here at least overnight. The good news is that I think surgery #7 is the one where I get the free set of steak knives�or maybe the gold watch. Can�t wait to see which!
