July it is

Apologies for the delayed update – technical glitch behind the scenes which locked me out of the website for the past week. Didn’t make much of a difference though because I didn’t have any information or news to share until yesterday. After several phone calls and frustrated messages, I heard back from Dr. Nauta’s assistant. She said he was finally able to arrange a conversation between himself and the other three surgeons he wanted on my case. Now that they were in agreement about what needed to be done, we were ready to schedule a date.

As we had previously discussed, July seemed to be the best option for many reasons. We decided to try for a Thursday since this was Dr. Nauta’s scheduled Operating Room time and so we knew this piece of the puzzle fit. We ruled out July 3rd because of the holiday and decided to try for either of the following two Thursdays – July 10 or July 17. The problem now will be coordinating the schedules of 4 surgeons to make certain they can all be available. Because Dr. Nauta is Chief of Surgery at Mt. Auburn, he does have some clout and I think this will make some of the other doctors a little more flexible with their time. At least I’d like to think so.

In addition to Dr. Nauta who will be doing the majority of the operation, the other doctors include my urologist, Dr. Karian, a neurosurgeon, Dr. Wells, and another general surgeon, Dr. Vittemberger who was actually the first surgeon at Mt. Auburn to operate on me all those years ago. He still recognizes me and says hello in the hallway when I see him.

I should get a final date from his office by the end of this week, but I feel much better knowing that we are this much closer to getting this over with.

OK, late night, much to do. Back soon.