What a nice surprise
@GardenGerty (157555)
United States
February 20, 2019 8:37pm CST
Today Bob was to have a one week follow up appointment after his surgery. He was to see our primary care doctor, in Marion.
Everything makes him tired. Eating, showering, you name it. So he got up, had a good breakfast, took a shower and went to take a nap.
His urologist called. Not an intern, resident, or nurse, the Doctor.
He just wanted to call and see how Bob is doing, and also to let us know the results of the biopsies.
They are all good. He said there did not even seem to be much inflammation in the samples from the bladder. The tissue from the prostate was so necrotic (dead) that it could not be identified in the lab.It had been treated when Bob had radiation in 2017. He is very confident that this has been the problem all along.It was large, and dead, and blocking the urinary tract. It was (possibly) getting injured by the catheters and bleeding. Sorry if this is too much medical information.
We were very suitably impressed that he took the time to call and check on Bob, and also that he did not want us worrying about the biopsy.
Even though we had snow yesterday, the weather was nice today. It was sunny. The birds were singing loudly, like they think Spring may be coming. We at lunch at Subway, as it is right around the corner from the clinic, and we had a gift card.
It has been a pretty nice day.
The primary care was pleased to hear all of this news and get the report.
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24 responses
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Feb 19
That is awesome news.
Tony is always tired too, has Bob had his heart checked? Tony hass AFIB and that is why he is tired, his heart.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Bob has AFib. That is what caused his stroke. The fatigue did not start until he began having all the urological problems. We are in the process of switching cardiologists, and he has an appointment in less than a week. The other doc did not care how much he bled, from blood thinners and had not done a sonogram since Bob got his pacemaker. When he sees other doctors, they listen to his heart. He is always in regular rhythm, but he takes a med for that.
@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
23 Feb 19
@wolfgirl569 New cardiologist, wanting to get some stuff done. Running follow up tests that have not been done in a year and a half. It should be good.
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@wolfgirl569 (95226)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Feb 19
@GardenGerty Hope that is good news also.
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@1creekgirl (40523)
• United States
21 Feb 19
That's such good news! God is still the Great Physician.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
21 Feb 19
That's great news! And very good of the doctor to call and let you know so you don't have to stress over it
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Yes, it was good of that doctor. I am very impressed.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Yes, very nice and professional of him to call.
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@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Feb 19
Good news! Hopefully that's the end of it.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Follow up in a couple of weeks for that. Now we start on the cardiologist.
What awesome news. I'm so glad the results were so good.@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Yes, so were we. I think we were really surprised he called us.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 Feb 19
Glad to hear that is good news for Bob.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
It seems that it is usually the ones from the Veteran's Services that call, although I have had the new local one have her nurse check on him, as well.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
23 Feb 19
@LadyDuck The nurse can call with doctor's orders and ask if he is doing well. They cannot share information to us.
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@LadyDuck (458212)
• Switzerland
23 Feb 19
@GardenGerty For privacy reasons only the doctor is allowed to call the patient to report personally.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Feb 19
The good news must bring a sense of relief.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
It is a relief and it makes the past few months make sense.
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
21 Feb 19
@GardenGerty
I find it very nice when a doctor calls to check up on the patient.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
10 Mar 19
@Hannihar I used to have a doctor I could e mail directly and that was nice.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Around here it is unusual, but I have had the doctors from Veteran's Clinics call. It is a good feeling.
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
24 Feb 19
@GardenGerty
When i need to I call my doctor to ask him to call me back if I cannot talk to him right away. He does usually call but there are times I could not wait up so missed the call and did not hear it.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
21 Feb 19
Glad you both had a good day. Things are looking up.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Yes. In some ways resting is hard, but it is a good thing. This is the doc that ordered six weeks recovery.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
21 Feb 19
Good news ! Like the weather,it 's stopped snowing and cleared up,your worries about the results of the biopsies were completely vanished and you both brightened up.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Yes, it has helped a lot with the worries, especially since the procedure was successful.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Yes, it is a big difference and we look for him to continue improving.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Yes, this doctor has gotten more done in a month than the previous did in nine. And he talks to us.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Yes. This is a great doctor, in our opinion.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Great news and a very kind doctor.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
22 Feb 19
Yes. We were also impressed by the personal attention.
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