well first off, to answer loves to skate, the acela only provided 10 minute less of travel in one direction and none in the other. the train was fine other than neither myself or my husband thought to bring chargers for our iphones and i wish i had my computer with me but...i had not been on a distance train since Italy in 1978 and things have slightly changed. Anyway first off Dr. Rand does not have the most outgoing personality and it was only towards the end of the visit that I saw him smile actually laugh. He suggested for me t3or4 through the pelvis, a 2 operation procedure with 10 days in between spent at rehab up there. He said this is his standard approach to these type of surgeries. The front being the first surgery (i think) with the back as the 2nd. He was positively confident and capable and certainly did not push me at all. He did not talk about surgery as if he had been chosen to be the surgeon but rather he talked about it in general terms saying that when the surgery is done, it will most likely be done in this fashion. Very generic until we said that i wanted him do the surgery. Then he became more specific and probably a bit more smiley. He described how he would do it and explained that he would not undo my previous 3 level fusion. He said he would leave that as it is unless after having the mylogram w/cat scan test he found something different. Yes, I have to get a mylo with staggered cat scan ( i have no real idea what that means but i can guess) and I will get it up there as they are used to doing his diagnostic tests. Out of the 5 docs I have seen, he seemed confident and not arrogant and did not look at my spine as though it was too challenging, which almost everyone else including Boachie did. i have started a list for myself of the stuff i didn't ask him when i was there. we are going to have a phone call set up so that i can ask him what i forgot to ask. i just get so nervous at these visits that my mind goes blank as it does on job interviews, which in some way is how i feel. the surgery is booked and my husband came home last night and asked me why i hadn't seen the scoliosis specialist at abington hospital since it is close to home. my niece saw a scoliosis specialist there and yet i can't find anyone resembling a scoli doc at abington and i have been up since 4:30 looking for him.
thanks and sorry for the length of this
avis
thanks and sorry for the length of this
avis
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