I was Dr. Li's patient on October 3rd

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I was Dr. Li's patient on October 3rd

Posted by JimG on October 07, 2001 at 12:47:19:
You asked: I was it, on October 3.
Shall we say that I feel like a Mac Truck ran into me (procedures were MMA/GA).
I kept Dr. Li et. al. very busy. My surgery took 7 1/4
hours. Dr. Li broke two bone saws on my dense jaw, something he's apparently never done before. His estimate
was that my surgery was going to take 5 1/2 hours. Along the way he removed two lower impacted wisdom teeth. So you
can see how much longer than usual I took. I had UPPP
performed in Boston in February.
Per Dr. Li's recommmendation, I've been walking around
quite a bit: this does seem to have helped keep my temperature under control. I'm glad I got myself back
into decent physical conditition before surgery.
The last several nights I've slept propped up without
CPAP: all things considered (given previous experience)
I slept ok, and this is a hopeful sign. I'm keeping my
fingers crossed.
The care at Standford, particularly in the ICU, was superb.
- Jim

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Re: I was Dr. Li's patient on October 3rd I asked Tom D. 19:09 10/09/01 (1)

Re: I was Dr. Li's patient on October 3rd I asked JimG 16:59 10/10/01 (0)

Re: I was Dr. Li's patient on October 3rd Peter Johnson 05:50 10/08/01 (3)

Re: I was Dr. Li's patient on October 3rd Hipurkat 17:24 10/08/01 (0)

Re: I was Dr. Li's patient on October 3rd JimG 15:12 10/08/01 (0)

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