Previously
in this journal I have written about my successful lung cancer surgery and
recovery. Yet to call it mine is to leave out the major player in the story,
the thoracic surgeon Troy A. Moritz, DO, PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
What impressed
me the most about this man were his people skills. He took the time to know me
before he cut which I believe better enabled me to return to who I was by using
minimally invasive procedures.
Surgery
is scary and maybe more so to those in the waiting room because the unknown is
even scarier. Dr. Moritz made the time when I was unconsciously oblivious to
keep our daughter more than informed almost feeling involved. While I remember
nothing, she got to see pictures of his hand in my lung. J
Enough
of me, how about I let you hear and see him speak for himself in his 2 minute You
Tube video:
Patrick Leer
BLOGS:
Caregivingly Yours, MS Caregiver @ http://caregivinglyyours.blogspot.com/
Lung Cancer Odyssey @ http://lung-cancer-survivor.blogspot.com/
Great to have a physician with that type of expertise and a good bedside approach too! The whole thought of what they can do in surgery these days continues to amaze me with how much things have changed in even a few short years; hope all is going well Patrick :)
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Betty after a quarter century of dealing with Patti's neurologists none of whom apparently have even a concept of bedside manners much less results, it was eye opening to meet a person of medicine that not only believed the practice of medicine should produce results but that the patient matters.
DeletePictures inside Daddy's lung. Yup, scarier.
ReplyDeleteMary, I'm still chasing that picture around the medical records carousel. :) I want to see it!!! It's not fair I slept through the whole thing.
DeleteThanks for sharing your journey with lung surgery. It has been both informational and inspiring. Ron is facing the same surgery and your tips i.e. (down vest) etc. have been helpful. He now has some idea of what to expect and so do I. He was especially interested in the epidural!!
ReplyDeleteGlad I could help. Definitely tell Ron to ask about the epidural, my new motto is "real men get an epidural!" :)
DeleteAnother weird tip I discovered is bracing myself against a door jam to cough or sneeze. Cannot explain why it works but if Ron needs to cough or sneeze in those first days and/or weeks at home get to a door jam and hug it with the non-operated on side of his body - it reduces the pain.
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