Never say never, but 99% is almost as good.

I talked to Dr. Watkins today on a call that had been scheduled since last November.  November 5 was when I had the first CT scan after the July surgery, and the call was supposed to be about discussing another surgery.

But I'm very happy to report that we did NOT discuss another surgery. In fact,  we talked about NOT having anymore surgeries – at least no surgeries on my aorta. I'm not ruling out certain enhancement surgeries...

But I digress. 

The most recent CT scan I had on February 3, revealed that all the bad stuff that was happening with the false lumen and stents has pretty much been resolved. No leaking, and the aorta is stable and within acceptable margins of enlargement/reduction.

Dr. Watkins is going to conference with her team of surgeons, but she fully expects that they will agree I do not need any more surgeries.

She does want me to go down to Stanford in 3-6 months for another high resolution CT scan to make 100% sure nothing has changed. I'm totally good with that.

What this means is that I can finally start thinking and planning for the long term. Up until now, I've been hesitant to plan anything for fear of impending surgeries and all the wonderful costs associated with them. Now I can get back to planning to be an empty nester and focusing on getting my 2 daughters through college.

So, this might be my last journal entry, but I'll just say that I'm 99% sure you won't hear from me again. I might pop in to say hello if the 1% rears its ugly head.

I wish all of you happiness and good health, and at the risk of being impeached, I urge you to keep up the good fight!