[nesfa-reading-group] First broadcast after heart surgery

[Shelly Thomas]

Same here.  Looking forward to hearing your opinion on Millennium.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 11:18 PM cjhi newcastle2.com <cjhi at newcastle2.com>
wrote:

> Good to hear you're well enough to rant about hospital food – and to get
> home. Hope to see you at the April discussion.
>
> /CHip
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> *From:* reading-group <reading-group-bounces at lists.nesfa.org> on behalf
> of Wesley Brodsky <wesbrodsky at alum.mit.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:41 PM
> *To:* reading-group at nesfa.org <reading-group at nesfa.org>; NESFA Reading
> Group <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [nesfa-reading-group] First broadcast after heart surgery
>
> Glad you are alive and well. Take it easy.
> It would be good if you could attend the next reading group meeting, if
> you are up to it.
>
> -Wes
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> David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:30 PM
> To: reading-group at nesfa.org
> Subject: [nesfa-reading-group] First broadcast after heart surgery
>
> I wondered if some people in the reading group didn't care enough about my
> existence to read this. But anyone who comes to the reading group meetings
> listens to me speak about books, so here I am.
>
> I'm not sure what is happening with the group in the long run, but it
> looks like I'll be able to attend the April 5th meeting.
>
> This might overlap with other emails I sent (by me sending to multiple
> groups we share, by others forwarding it to such lists).
>
> The original plan was for the operation to occur on March 13, but they
> moved it to March 18. I was released yesterday, March 25.
>
> Every measurement says that I am moving quickly through the recovery
> process.
>
> My calendar has about 40 medical events (office visits, home visits, and
> procedures) scheduled over the next six weeks.
>
> I will be allowed to drive in four weeks and attempt to regain my life in
> six weeks. The two highest-energy items on my list of recovery goals
> (playing trumpet and surviving the batting cage) were explicitly forbidden
> until after the six-week X-ray, CT scan, and surgical review.
>
> They initially told me, "6 hours on the table, 6 total days in the
> hospital, 6 weeks of initial rehab under a restrictive regime, and likely 6
> more weeks before I'm back to what I was last month."
>
> Those first two numbers turned out to be a bit optimistic. I was on the
> table for about 10 hours. They didn't finish until nearly midnight. It was
> a complicated set of surgical procedures, apparently with no significant
> errors.  I spent 7 days in the hospital, 2 in the ICU, and 5 in the "Step
> down unit". I have no idea how the following two six-week intervals will
> work out.
>
> In summary, I am finding more energy each day. I still have to take lots
> of pills, force myself to get up and walk around when I don't feel like it,
> and survive at least six weeks of restrictions.
>
> There are lots of vivid memories. I'll save most of them for another time
> and venue. But hospital food and beds, even at Mass General, reportedly one
> of the best run hospitals in the world, are absolutely horrible. Luckily a
> facility doesn't need a world-class food supply to employ world-class heart
> surgeons.
>
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