KIDNEY STONE SURGERY/LUNG SURGERY

quincy said...
Surreal, solemn, and humble seems to sum it up 🥺...i didnt realise about the smouldering wreckage, but makes sense. I heard about the resulting illnesses, and it's amazing that the 9/11 fund is available.

Congratulations on the blood test results!!
That's news worth waiting for 😊

q

When I went back to work, I decided to walk as close as I could to the World Trade Center because I still couldn't believe it. The further I walked up, the hotter it got and the ground was just like sand. The Trade Center burned for quite a few months after 9/11. And that, my friend, was how I got involved with bomb dogs. I fell in love with them.

The 9/11 Victims compensation fund is amazing. I'm told that once you are approved, you can wait a very long time for compensation and the amount depends on the illness.

quincy said...
That does make sense in a heartfelt and emotional way.
Please tell me about your involvement with bomb dogs...they and all search type dogs are invaluable!
q

When I returned to work after 9/11, they started using bomb dogs, mostly labradors. The one in my building was a chocolate labrador named Gus. That's when I fell in love. I would bag up carrots for the week and when I went to work, I got to know all the bomb dogs and they all got carrots. I got the nickname "the carrot lady". LOL

One bomb dog I co-own. His name is Colby. He comes to my apartment whenever his handler goes on vacation. Colby just retired so I'll be having him at my place a lot more.

These dogs are amazing. I was told how to keep them "scent" trained. Whenever Colby would come to my place, I would take the scent disk and hide it outside. Then, I would walk Colby and give the command "smell". As soon as he got to the scent disk, he stops, and stays like a statue. He would get rewarded with a treat.

These dogs are extremely well behaved, although a few of them can be feisty. I used to play with one of them before work, and I'd go into work with cuts and scrapes on my hands and people at my job thought I got attacked. LOL...

It's very hard when they pass away from old age. I always get a text message from one of the guys when one of the dogs passed. It's heartbreaking.

I had a chihuahua for 19 years. Colby met my dog and they got along great. When my dog passed away, Colby came over and was smelling all the places where I had my dogs bed. I used to keep two beds for him. Colby was looking for my dog. It was so sad.

Michele, love hearing about the bomb dogs. Nice to hear that you found special relationships after such a dark time.

CCinPA said...
Michele, love hearing about the bomb dogs. Nice to hear that you found special relationships after such a dark time.

Those dogs helped so many people dealing with that horrible day. They still do!

Congrats on the blood test and on the funding assistance.

When my son was in high school a team brought their dogs to the school. I was delivering something to him. The handlers were all in black suits and the dogs all had vests on. I remember trying to talk to them and the humans and the dogs were practicing "work mode" and they totally ignored me. I remember the people had on sunglasses and I thought they were bringing their seeing eye dogs in for like a show and tell .... I even complimented them on educating the kids. .. lol... But they were a mixture of dogs and handlers--seeing eye dogs, bomb dogs, narcotic dogs, search and rescue, and even one that could "smell" cancer--brought in to show the kids possibilities and to get them used to having one dog race thru our school once a week searching for drugs. They were all amazing.

Growing up my Dad owned restaurants and we had some police trained guard dogs. They were amazing...but the ones from the school were just.... unbelievably majestic.

Clo

clo2014 said...
Congrats on the blood test and on the funding assistance.

When my son was in high school a team brought their dogs to the school. I was delivering something to him. The handlers were all in black suits and the dogs all had vests on. I remember trying to talk to them and the humans and the dogs were practicing "work mode" and they totally ignored me. I remember the people had on sunglasses and I thought they were bringing their seeing eye dogs in for like a show and tell .... I even complimented them on educating the kids. .. lol... But they were a mixture of dogs and handlers--seeing eye dogs, bomb dogs, narcotic dogs, search and rescue, and even one that could "smell" cancer--brought in to show the kids possibilities and to get them used to having one dog race thru our school once a week searching for drugs. They were all amazing.

Growing up my Dad owned restaurants and we had some police trained guard dogs. They were amazing...but the ones from the school were just.... unbelievably majestic.

Clo

That is an amazing story!!!

quincy said...
Michele...understandable, because for you it was up close and personal.
q

Yes........I hope I never see anything like that again.

So, I go for a cat scan in November and then a visit to the Oncologist. Coughing has subsided a lot but not completely. I still get the acid reflux but not as much. Those pills are helping. I never had acid reflux before this surgery.

quincy said...
It's possible the breathing tube during surgery did a bit of damage during insertion, and the pain meds changed the acidity of your stomach causing continued irritation. Although, many don't realise they have reflux until symptoms are noticeable. It's good the med is helping, because you dont want damage of the esophagus. You might consider to have an upper scope when you have your next c-scope to check it out anyway.

Hope all continues clear on your next scope!
q

Can anything be picked up with a cat scan? I'm having a cat scan in November of the lungs. I'm not crazy about going "under" again for another test.

quincy said...
I don't know...but it can't do biopsies. When is your next c-scope?
q

cat scan of lung is in November. Ultra sound of kidneys in November. I don't have anything planned for a colonoscopy scope at all.

quincy said...
Understandable you need a break from tests and appointments. However, if it does persist and is uncomfortable, it might be worth asking for just that.

q

You are right.

Awesome upate, and I hope all continues to be clear!

q

clo2014 said...
So very glad things are going better!

Please let us know how it goes.

Clo

I will and thank you!