From Dr. Skelebones to Dr. Twatbeams & Dr. Bitsblobs

[azurelunatic]

Dr. Skelebones says that at this point she's not doing surgery, and in fact is handing me over to colleagues because of reasons.


* The bone that's got holes in is one of the lesser bones, and doesn't yet look super fragile.
* The tumor is Son of Endometrial Cancer, and not per se a bone cancer, and it's equal odds whether this outpost started from a cancer that got into the bone, or started from a cancer that got into the abdomen and then started chewing on the bone.
* It is inconveniently placed, and getting it out would involve both my entire right hip and be right under a big juicy blood vessel that supplies most of my entire right leg's blood
* Because the rest of my hip is in such good shape, she doesn't want to replace the whole thing.
* She will be monitoring the bone, and getting say an x-ray 3 months from now.
* If the bone starts to look too fragile, it's Screws O'Clock.

So because of all of that, I'm getting handed "back" to Gyn-Oncology. ("Back" here is in scare quotes on account of the whole 2016 thing was in a different state and through a different medical group.)

I have appointments with Dr. Bitsblobs and Dr. Twatbeams on the 16th. As new patient appointments, those appointments can be telehealth. So I've got an hour of video chat with the first bone, half an hour to recruit my forces and refresh my drinks, and then another hour of video. I suspect that I won't be kept waiting for an hour on the video appointment.

Comments

[senmut]

Well, it could be worse?

[azurelunatic]

Yup! And this has the feel of proceeding right along, rather than Provider Plinko which was what I was feeling through June.

[sraun]

Congratulations?

FWIW, my wife had a cyst hanging (?) from her uterus. When she had her hysterectomy, they left it in, because it was really close to a big nerve trunk and a big blood vessel. They did try to sever all the blood vessels connected to it. Less than two years later, it had over doubled in diameter. She ended up seeing - I believe at the original surgeon's recommendation - a gynecological oncology surgeon, who got the thing out with no bad side-effects.

I hope that when the time comes, you have as good a surgeon, and as good an experience!

[azurelunatic]

I'm hopeful that an actual gyn-onc surgeon will be able to remove at least some of the fucker.

[castiron]

Crossing fingers for further things to go as well as possible, both medically and bureaucratically.

[azurelunatic]

Thank you.

[kore]

I am sorry but "Dr. Bitsblobs and Dr. Twatbeams" really just knocked me out. TWATBEAMS.

it's equal odds whether this outpost started from a cancer that got into the bone, or started from a cancer that got into the abdomen and then started chewing on the bone.

DDDDDDDDDDDD:

[azurelunatic]

TWATBEAMS!!!

I was very unhappy to learn that it is Son of Endometrium, yup.

[lokiofsassgaard]

Christ, what a nightmare. The starting over is the part that when I went through something similar last year, made me want to put my head through a wall. Just the, “well, it’s not immediately deadly, but i’unno, go see this other guy about it cuz I’m out of ideas.”

[azurelunatic]

I'm not feeling quite that level of frustration here, mostly because the handoff was pretty quick, and the other doctors seem pleased that I've already had these tests.

[wibbble]

I think this reads as overall positive news? Fucking cancer. Stupid replication errors.

[azurelunatic]

Yeah, on balance I'm pleased to not spend a great amount of time going down an unproductive avenue.

[siderea]

Ah, fucking hell. Wishing you the best.

[azurelunatic]

Thank you.

[pauamma]

Here's hoping the appointments are productive.

[azurelunatic]

Thank you.

[redsixwing]

Fucking cancer.

I'm really glad the Provider Plinko is done. What a miserable game.

That said, Drs Bitsblobs and Twatbeams SENT me. /lmao

[azurelunatic]

If I can't entertain myself while posting about it, why bother posting in public? :D :D

[silveradept]

This at least has the feel of well-oiled roller skates, even if we might hope for Yeager's rocket sled.

[vass]

Your professionals sound reasonable. The cancer, however, seems entirely unnecessary and unhelpful.

[azurelunatic]

I may hafta call the clinic and ask if their corporate Zoom is part of the Zoom AI or not, because WHAT THE FUCK