Comments on: Next Up: a Bronchoscopy on the 26th

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:26:38 +0000

Maarten,

I just found your blog and have been reading all of your posts because my uncle is going through the same procedure next week. Thank you for the wealth of information!

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I Broadcasted my Broncoscopy « Maartens Journey — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:17:25 +0000

[...] 26, 2008 by Lens-FitzGerald Today i had my bronchoscopy. Lori is in the States and Jos has been my nurse and driver. Because reading books is so boring we [...]

By: Wim

Wim — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:13:49 +0000

Hi Maarten,

We duimen voor je! Kom je nog bij ons eten deze week?

Groeten van de buren.

By: ellen in DC

ellen in DC — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:34:03 +0000

On Nov 26, I’ll be hosting a big party at my house here in dc as part of our traditional party before Thanksgiving plan. I’d like to be able to think its just an advance party for specific thanksgiving coming your way… thanks that you have had the energy and good will to share the fight with allof us, thanks that Lori is there to remind you to be strong when you maybe don’t feel it, thanks that you got some doctors willing to mix it up, thanks that you have options and a plan, and hopefully thanks that you finally beat this and get back to some troublemaking!

By: Lode Broekman

Lode Broekman — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:18:36 +0000

First things first: good luck @VRMevent tomorrow!

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:33:52 +0000

Just checked out the rest of your website. Lens, you continue to amaze the heck out of me. The way that you’ve handled this can be an inspiration to us all. And I’ll close out my comments on this subject with a quotation from that fine movie “Bubba Ho-Tep”: (imagine an older, geriatric Elvis fighting with a bloodthirsty Egyptian bug and saying) “Don’t f*** with the King!” Beat this thing, Lens. Hang in there and say hi to Lori from all of us. And Happy Thanksgiving! Craig

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:25:44 +0000

No worries, Lens. I swallow the camera every two years or so to make sure my reflux is under control. I’ve done it in Amsterdam and Germany with no anesthesia whatsoever — just uncomfortable, but not painful in anyway. In Hong Kong, they give me some knock-out drops that induce a twilight state — still awake so I can follow their instructions (“OK, here it comes, start swallowing”), but afterwards when I come out of it, I have zero recollection of what happened. It’s like waking up from a total anesthesia. Either way, not too bad. In a way, it reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where he wakes up from the anesthesia at the dentist’s office and sees the dental assisant getting dressed again. What the hell just happened? Hang in there. Thinking of you in HK. Craig

By: Bas v/d Zee

Bas v/d Zee — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:31:40 +0000

We will go for the watchfull waiting dr Seuss!

Good to see that you keep busy.

And they are going to make you drink tequila before this procedure? Drowsy, no feeling in your throat? Sounds like it!

Take care,

Bas

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:07:44 +0000

Wauw I love Wiki, this explanes very well what will happen, that must be good to know.
To Lori, I hope you have a good time with your family, we’ll keep an eye on your hubby for you. Give them our love and relax as much as you can.
To Maarten, I will need to get a different phone, mine is only for calling, but there’s a whole new world out there for me to explore.

Love Anita (B)