 |
 |
Dear Deborah, My prayers and best wishes are with you. Come out of the hospital and tell us lots of tales. Take care Lavanya ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Setzer" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 1:36 AM Subject: Scared s*less (Read, you'll understand) > Folks, > > I'm scared to death. Things are moving at such a fast pace, I can't catch > my breath. My doc here in Charlotte, Dr. Levesque in L.A. and Dr. Milhorat > in Long Island and the neurologists who did the PET scans all seemed to find > the time to get their heads together at some point today. They have deemed > me critical and we have to leave for NYC tomorrow (Saturday). I get checked > into the hospital on Monday and am scheduled for surgery Wednesday. My > doctor here in Charlotte handed Robert my entire medical file and said there > is no time for photocopies. > > I'll try to add what little bit of humor that I can find... they didn't > even give me time to become an expert on this disorder before all of this. > > It normally takes 3 months to get in to see the surgeon in NY and it takes > about a month to get all of the tests needed and results. It then takes > another month to be scheduled for surgery, after you see the doctor. In the > best case scenario, it takes 4 months to get to where I got in one day. I > don't know what their main fear is but it can't be good if this is what is > happening. Glad that this time I do have competent doctors communicating > about my case. > > Don't know when I'll be back online. I'll try to keep the laptop with me > in the hospital. They said that I will be there for 2 - 3 weeks. Deep > breath...lots of prayer please. Usually I have the time to work up the > courage to go through with things, this time, there is no time and I am in > tears. Faith that God is watching out for me is all I have to hold on to > right now. > > Hugs, > Deborah aka Tenacity > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn