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| Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, which I visited Friday night. |
Just wanted to let you folks know what's up.
Last night (Friday), I went at the recommendation of my PCP (primary care physician) to Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, now part of the Brigham and Women's system, to have ultrasounds performed on my left leg in the wake of issues that arose after I had an MRI in West Bridgewater on Wednesday.
That MRI revealed a host of damage to my time-worn left knee -- mostly with the meniscus, as I suspected. A surgical repair will be in the offing in the weeks to come. But I also had a lot of swelling develop in the lower leg in the last few days, hence the ultrasound order.
I'm glad to report that no issues (a blood clot was suspected) were found at B&W Faulkner. I'll be on antibiotics for a while to reduce the swelling.
My most gracious thanks to the pleasant and helpful professionals I met at B&W Faulkner -- including the woman that greeted me at the entrance who was from North Attleboro and was a reader of mine from the local Blue Ribbon Daily days. She was so helpful in getting me to the right place, and I'll be damned if I didn't catch her name. My apologies!
It's a lot more difficult to navigate around an unfamiliar hospital these days, given all of the precautions that must be taken with COVID-19 still lurking around. And I must note that listening to podcasts is a wonderful way to while away the hours awaiting test results. But again, the people who helped me were absolutely terrific -- and given what they've been through during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, I tried to be as cooperative and pleasant as I could be on what was otherwise an relatively quiet night -- quite welcome to them, I'm sure.
Onward and upward -- limping notwithstanding.
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