And so I made an appointment with Dr. Zasik. He �hmmmm�d� and �ahhhh�d� and listened and probed and said he would get me into rehab but I would have to wear O2. O2??? Back to the boards I went. I�m too young for O2! I�m not sick enough for O2! HELP!! Again, gently (well, sometimes not so gently) I was told that O2 was good for my heart, my lungs, my liver, my kidneys, and all those other little organs living inside my body so off I went to rehab...wearing O2. My pcp must have been doing something right for me, though (except I SHOULD have been on O2 much sooner) because Dr. Zasik didn�t change a single med.
The status quo stayed pretty even for the next year or two. One bout of pneumonia landed me in the hospital for 2 weeks in January of 2005 but, contrary to what pulmo doc #1 said, I did come out! Several times during my visits with Dr. Zasik he asked if I�d consider a transplant. Nope; no way, thank you. I was quite happy with the way things were going. Then in November of 2005, he suggested I look into LVRS.
He gave me the name of a doctor at Temple University in Philadelphia but around that time, Dr. Cooper, THE doctor in LVRS, moved to the University of Pennsylvania. Heck, I figured if I was going to be turned down, I might as well be turned down by the best!
Oh, one thing I'd like go add...even if you don't sign my Guestbook, please feel free to read it and note there are several pages to it. If you've ever considered LVRS, there are some very encouraging notes there from people who have "been there; done that".
So, gang, sit tight.....here we go!
