Had my 3 month follow up with my Surgeon today. This was the first time I had a chance to speak/meet with him directly, since the surgery, so I got to ask all my questions
It was a great meeting. My one concern was the upgrade from G6 to g7 (3+4). He told me with negative margins and everything, I should be celebrating. He said that of all his patients with the same pathology as me, less than 5% have needed further treatment, and he's never lost one. (whew, that's a relief
)
So all good.
One thing that was interesting, he said he was pretty sure going in, based on my MRI that I would be upgraded to G7, and that whenever he thinks, after looking at the MRI that a patient is likely a G6, he considers carefully whether surgery is really necessary. It was interesting to hear, coming from a Surgeon.
I do know that he manages patients on AS, so I guess it shouldn't have come as a surprise.
He also told me my follow ups would be every 3 months for the first year, then we go to every 6 months. That was good news, because I had thought it would be 3 month visits for 2 years.
I told him I was so happy I chose surgery, and that I chose him as my surgeon, and I meant it.
I walked out of there, feeling more confident about
the future than I have since this whole s**tstorm started 6 months ago.