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Steve Bobker
One wife, 2 dogs,no job, nothing special.
Interests: Books, cameras, printing photos, Photoshop, sun, pool
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Finally
23 July 2012 My back is finally going to be fixed. I get up at about 2:30 AM since we need to leave at a bit after 4 for our scheduled 5:30AM arrival at Downtown Naples Hospital. I shower using plenty of the special anti-bacterial (and viral, I think) soap... Continue reading
Posted Aug 17, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Why I Really Hate LPG
I wake up early on my first day home, feeling really good. We go to a very enjoyable breakfast at First Watch, where I am careful and bring half my food home for lunch. An hour or so later, we head off to my 11:15 AM appointment with my current... Continue reading
Posted Aug 10, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Almost All Set
Today was a day for following up. All of my appointments, except those for the pre-admit and the actual operation have been successfully cancelled. Unfortunately, Dr. Macaluso has not yet acted on my verbal and written requests for his office to forward my EKG and stress test machine results, along... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Friday the 13th — We Meet Another Surgeon
Five weeks of medical adventures culiminate in a visit t the offices of Dr. Gary Colon in Naples. We actually get seen on time, with no paperwork hassles at the reception area. Dr. Colon is as medical notes say a pleasant-looking man in his 40s. From the beginning he exhibits... Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Almost a Decade Passes — 2009
Charley is in heaven. I’m sure he misses Spunkie who was his first and best dog buddy, but she did run roughshod over him at times. And she was conservative: no toys, eat slow, behave. Charley is the opposite deep down. He’s a wild boy, and now he has us... Continue reading
Posted Jul 10, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Almost a Decade Passes — 2008
Early in the year Boomer's legs start to fail him. His back legs just slip out to the sides when he moves too quickly on the tiles and he splats down. And asks to be helped up. His good nature stays intact. For the moment he's OK on carpet and... Continue reading
Posted Jul 9, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Almost a Decade Passes — 2008
Early in the year Boomer's legs start to fail him. His back legs just slip out to the sides when he moves too quickly on the tiles and he splats down. And asks to be helped up. His good natures stays intact. For the moment he's OK on carpet and... Continue reading
Posted Jul 9, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Where I Am Now– I think
I'm in waiting mode on the kidney mass. The next tests will happen, if I'm not laid up by some back thing, in September. The mass can't be felt, and never could. I think I'm quite safe in regard to it. And Dr. Ornstein, despite his minor part in the... Continue reading
Posted Jul 4, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Surprise – Everything Changes Again
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Posted Jul 3, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Almost a Decade Passes — 2005
My strength comes and goes during the year. For the most part I use only a cane, but walker gets some work. Hilary starts having extremely serious back problems in the spring. She gets what to me is an incredible diagnosis: she has a staph infection in two improperly healed... Continue reading
Posted Jun 28, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Priorities
At this very moment the doctors' plans for are to get and keep my blood sugars under control, which I can do by basically eating a nearly zero carb diets, taking my prescribed meds, and fasting form 3 or 4 PM on daily. Not good, but doable. Then I need... Continue reading
Posted Jun 27, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Another Path
I’m getting very concerned by Hilary’s almost manic insistence that the dogs play or just endlessly bark outside unsupervised as much as possible. I’m very afraid, given the precarious state of the screens around the lanai (and the lack of resources to fix them) that Rufus will, some night see... Continue reading
Posted Jun 27, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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A Little Bit of Luck
I start my calls by calling Dr. Moulton, my primary. I need to get refill of one of my meds issued, and I need to leave her a message, telling her that the Janumet is too expensive, especially fo it its so-so results, and the efficicacy of the Tylenol is... Continue reading
Posted Jun 23, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Pain Returns
Yes sir. The pain is back. It’s just the pain that hobbled me from January 4th to the middle of April. This pain is in two places: my lower back and my knees. Dr. Moulton took me off diclofenac sodium (Voltaren) about 6 weeks ago. She was concerned about the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 22, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Schedules and a New Schedule
Hilary has been moping around for a few days now, ever since we saw the two younger urologists, Daller and Ornstein. They scared her, I think. She is quite sure the kidney mass is a cancerous tumor. No one said as much, but both strongly implied it is likely malignant.... Continue reading
Posted Jun 21, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Thrd Opinion on the Kidney Mass or Mess
Today we had down to Bonita Springs to see a sometime partner of Dr. Daller named Dr. Ornstein. When we get there I decide I need to walk from the parking lot. It's a fairly long walk in 1 shot for me and Hilary beats me to the lobby easily.... Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Wherein I Find Out What Everyone Knows But Won't Tell Me
I've been asked to see Dr. Choudhury at his office between 12:15 pm and 1 PM. He'll be at the hospital in the morning an then will be leaving for a vacation. We arrive at the office at 12:20 PM or so, expecting an empty waiting room and probably a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 18, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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The First Day of Recovery from the Second Back Operation — Not
Posted Jun 10, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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The Day of the Second Back Operation — Hah!
The alarm goes off at 6 and I turn it off and go back to sleep. I don’t need to be up at 6. I finally do rise at 7:45. My first call is to Dr. Lin’s office and by a miracle I get to speak to his office nurse,... Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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The Day Before — Or So We Thought
Today is my day to give Rufus a bath and get all the last minute things that I’ll not be able to do for a while done. Maybe I can even sneak in a haircut. I make some progress on my list, but bog done way too much. By 2:30... Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Colonoscopy Prep Day
One week to the 68th anniversary of the Normanday landings, D-Day, and one week to the repair of my thoracic spine. I still have no middle back pain, and I've never heard back from Dr. Lin on my request for another MRI. Anything to avoid the operation is my idea.... Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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A Week Closer
Posted May 18, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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The Pain
After two weeks of serious pain and serious lack of mobility, I head off to Lee Convenient Care, their walk-in operation. I still have no medical insurance at all and that strangely enough, bothers me. The walk-in fee is $98 and for that I get examined by a doctor, who... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Things Change Fast
Hilary and I go to our regular bridge game at our new home away from home, the McGregor Point Bridge Club (MPBC), on January 4th, 2012. About halfway though the session, I rather suddenly feel a sharp pain in my back, off center and about two-thirds of the way down.... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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Almost a Decade Passes — 2007
We move, permanently, to Fort Myers, Florida in March 2007. We made the move because Hilary's job up in Philadelphia was moved to China, and my job was disappeared by an Administration that wanted some revenge on the IRS operation in Philadelphia. Moving to Fort Myers, or Paradise as we... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2012 at Back Again — A Medical Comedy in Many Acts
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