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kml #2916056 03/05/21 09:50 PM
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Hi kml,

I'm praying his second treatment is a success. It sounds terrible to be that son, or his father hearing his son's leg may be amputated, or a friend hearing that about his friend and his friend's son. Great job getting in that walk!

I appreciate your warnings about COVID. I will definitely be as mindful as possible while camping and hiking this weekend. It's a struggle to adjust to 6' social distance. I have to almost be rude sometimes, continually stepping backward as people alternatively remember and then forget about social distancing.

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They got two clots on the second surgery, but he has two more. Spent the night on a blood-thinner drip and is going in back for a third surgery. I'm no vascular surgeon but it sounds pretty bad. All prayers welcome.

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Sending Prayers.

Thank you for sharing your first hand experiences with Covid. My heart goes out to those that have to deal with it on a regular basis. I was able to get the vaccine completed at the beginning of the year. There was no hesitation.

Stay safe and be well.


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Third surgery on my friend's nephew's leg finally got rid of the clot, but he was still in a lot of pain so I'm not sure what's going on there.

Today I felt like an old-timey doc. I saw a charity patient (I occasionally will see a patient for free who can't afford my services but really needs something I can provide). She brought me a large plate of delicious-looking homemade muffins in payment. (I say delicious looking because I can't eat them - gluten! - but my staff said they were wonderful and I'm bringing one home to CMM. She's German so I imagine they're great. )

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I am happily signing up for Medicare - it will save me several hundred dollars a month once it kicks in and I will have much better coverage. smile There are SOME advantages to getting old!

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So - a little bit of a dilemma.

I need some help from my ex with a problem I have with a patient. Just a piece of information from him, about how best to proceed with the HMO that was his long-time employer, with an issue regarding a patient of mine. He knows people I don't know, and has access to information I don't have, and should be able to direct me to the right person.

Usually I try to communicate with him only by email. But I've sent and resent this email to him 3 times now over the last month. At first I just assumed that he might have been out of town, or just missed the email. It's not super -urgent so I was content to wait. I don't really have any friends currently working for that HMO that I could ask. And the patient is a long-time friend of our son's.

Now I have to decide whether it's worth texting him (I HATE texting him because I still get a pit in my stomach when I see messages from him, I much prefer email) or whether I should simply try to find some other avenue of getting the information I need (although I contacted him because I was running into obstacles trying to find the info on my own.)

The kids aren't aware of him traveling anywhere but to be fair, they don't communicate that often so they very well might not know if he was off somewhere remote.

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Send a text.
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Ugh - you're right, bttrfly. I just really hate texting him.

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Ok - just sent "hey, please check your email when you get a chance"

Hopefully then he will respond via email and not text.

I honestly would rather ask anyone else but I just don't have someone on the "inside" like he is that can point me to the right contact.

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Well, got a fairly prompt response: “Will do. smile

Is it weird that him including a smiley face creeps me out? I mean, I’m glad to catch him in a good mood. But long experience of him being overly friendly or polite while sticking a knife in one’s back makes me nervous. I’m hoping to just get an answer to my question without any excessive polite chit chat.

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