I keep thinking that I am going to have fewer doctor visits and treatments. Yiddish proverb: "man plans and G-d laughs"

I am going to meet R2D2 tomorrow. About a year ago a papilloma was found during a scope of my throat. Although it hasn't grown the dr wants to remove it as a precaution. He was going to use laser but will be doing it robotically. He has told me that Dr. Iforgethisname from NY - major actor in robtics for Head&Neck - and Dr. Raju Thomas of Tulane will be proctoring (watching). Dr. Thomas devolped the use of robotic surgery for the prostate here and he is the dr I see for my kidney.
I want to take in my camera and take photos for my long term "Still Live Project." This is a collection of drawings, works in different media and photos of the various places, equipment, portraits of medical personel, etc. involved in my long journey.


SCC stage II Partial mandibulectomy w. neck dissection- July 2005. Renal cancer w. partial nephrectomy-Jan 2004. Breast cancer discovered in routine mammogram. Successful lumpectomy, sentinal nodes clear, RT only-2008 Reconstruction of mandible w fibula free flap-Jan 09. TORS removal of begnin pappiloma from esophagus-2010. Masectomy,rt breast 2013.
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