If you follow me at all you know that I am not in the best of health. I’ve, apart from a week here or there, been in the hospital pretty much full time since the month of November.
I am dealing with a few major health issues that have hit suddenly, all at the wrong time. I am supposed to have chron’s related surgery in the last two weeks, surgery that has been put on hold. I have been diagnosed with severe platelet loss, and it is looking lie the only option that I have for treatment is spleen removal. And to top it off my heart has decided to act up so I might need surgery to correct an electrical issue in the heart.
Then in the last two days I have been hit with a kidney stone that does not seem to want to pass.
So I have had 5 MD appointments scheduled in the next week or so, with 2 earlier this week. One appointment that I had, that was in real time, was with my cardiologist who had to clear me for the crohn’s surgery, was an eye opener. My cardiologist, who as you will be able to tell from the following exchange, is very forward with me. He said, in his own words that if I got the coronavirus I would be a “done deal” due to all the other co-morbid conditions that I have.
So what am I to do? All the urgent appointments that I need to prevent/prepare for everything coming up are now supposed to be done via video-chat or over the telephone.
I am supposed to learn tomorrow if I will be allowed to have the surgery….if it is emergent enough to have done or if I can put it off or not.
It has gotten to the point where I have to balance the risk of coronavirus exposure vs, needed surgery and medical care.
What pisses me off the most are (Of course not all youth, but some)..who are out in Florida beaches acting as if their actions do not impact others.
Thank G-d most people are taking this seriously and acting as such.