Happy Summer!
As my literary alliteration suggests, I had a 6 month follow-up with Dr. Pare, my vascular surgeon who has been monitoring my Abdominal Aeortic Aneurysm (Triple A). I have to be honest, I was a bit nervous and anxious to hear the results of today's ultrasound.
It was very busy in the office, but I hardly waited 5 minutes before being called. I was instructed to follow the medical professional to an all too familiar room with the ultrasound 'thing'. I was told, "Dr. Pare will be right with you."
Shortly after, Dr. Pare arrived and greeted me with an handshake and an inquiry on 'how I was doing'. I had mentioned that since our last visit, I had had cataract surgery. He asked how that went, and I responded, "It went well." Apparently my multiple reconstruction surgeries seemed to be missing from my report, but as I lay down, he noticed my "Cesarean scars" and asked, "What happened here?" I then brought him up to speed.
Dr. Pare 'fired up' the ultrasound and began 'looking around'. Each time he stopped to spend more time in an area I was waiting for a verbal queue or tell-tale utterance that would indicate an unwanted report. It seemed to last an eternity. Finally, he said, "I have good news. No change. Let's take another look in December. Have a great summer."
Fantastic news!
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