Latest medical news:

My wife and I are both getting new hearing aids.

https://www.soundly.com/product/oticon-more-3

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I've got another surgery scheduled, on Dec.27th. This is for a bilateral rhizotomy to relieve back pain that got really bad around the beginning of December, when my leg swelling really got to its worst. I've had this operation before, but not a bilateral one - wish me luck.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/rhizotomy

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Just got back from the vascular doctor's office. He's not 100% sure what's causing my edema trouble. He thinks I've got a combination of lymphedema and venous insufficiency, with some other stuff I can't describe thrown in for good measure. He's ordered a CT scan of my legs and lower abdomen to see what's going on. I've also got home health coming out to administer some wraps and some pumps of some kind to my legs. I'll follow up with the doctor at the end of January.

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If things go as planned, my wife is going to buy herself a $449.99 computer today. I hope I haven't guided her wrong. Please advise, CoSo.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/649163/acer-aspire-5-a515-57-52yq-156-laptop-computer-gray

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Seeing as how it's Beethoven's birthday, here's an arrangement of one of his pieces I did quite some time ago:

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata #18 (Op 31 #3, 3rd Mvt)
Arranged for Brass Ensemble by Lee Jackson and performed live in concert by the San Antonio Brass

https://youtu.be/7ElhsuqXx5I

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Reminder: my Bandcamp Christmas special is still good through December 25th. Go to https://leejackson1.bandcamp.com , pick what you want, and enter leejchristmas2022 at checkout to receive 30% off your total! Please grab some of my music today!

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Medical update: my PCP wants me to go back to the heart doctor to do a follow-up exam to the echocardiogram. I've got that scheduled for the 28th.

Update to my pinned pseudoprofile post:

😁 Lee
🇺🇸 Texas
⏰ Born 1963. Old as fsck.
👫 Married, 1 grown kid.
🎸Music composer. I play computer. Cakewalk by Bandlab./ https://leejackson1.bandcamp.com
🐈 Was three, now sadly two indoor cats. God knows how many ferals my wife is a colony manager of.
🌈 Straight, but hey, love the one you're with, fine by me too.
🙏Unitarian. Believe what you want, just don't wipe it on me.
👍Politically: LBJ Democrat
🤓 Geek: I build my own computers. https://dleejackson.lbjackson.com

I've finally heard from my doctor about my echocardiogram. The aorta and left atrium of my heart are enlarged, but not to the point where they're abnormal for someone of "my size." (336lbs/5'8") So, for my edema problems, he's checking me for vascular/circulation issues to see what's causing my swelling. It's apparently not heart related.

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Medical update 2022/12/15:

I've been contacted by my doctor's office about an "urgent" referral to a vascular surgeon in the wake of yesterday's echocardiogram. I still don't have a full readout of the echo's results, so I'm at a loss as to why. I've asked the doctor for the readout while I wait for the referral to go through.

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Do animals have a sense of humor? Discuss.

What's going on over at Birdsite right now...

Starting to get preliminary results from my echocardiogram. Raw data shows enlargement of my left atrium and my aorta, but my doctor says these don't indicate heart failure and are more or less normal for my body size. Still, they worry me, since they're sudden changes over prior echo tests. Now waiting for vascular results to round out the report.

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Ken Lieck
I Kidnapped Santa Claus
https://youtu.be/NerOaTygPvg

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Echocardiogram results are back, but without an interpretation by my doctor. From what I can tell, there's nothing that jumps out and says, "BOO!" at you, but there are a couple of concerning items on the left side of the heart and on the aorta. I'm not going to speculate more than that until I hear from a cardiologist or my primary care physician.

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