Well, the ortho guy knows all about Alan's CIDP. He is also an expert in dealing with people with foot ulcers and neuropathy. I made sure of that when I called his office.

Yesterday when Alan went, they talked about his neuropathy. They had a good long talk and Alan explained how long he has had the foot ulcer, and how long he has had the neuropathy. The guy's a surgeon so I will have to put my trust in him.

As for the anasthesia, Alan has had two surgeries so far. The first was the GA for the tailor bunion. He went out like a light. Felt nothing.

The second was the angioplasty. He felt nothing then either.

He has also had light anasthesia when he had the colonoscopy. Felt nothing during that either. Thank goodness.

Now I have no idea if the guy is doing a local for the shaving of the bone, and the calf thing. I really don't think so. The doctor told him yesterday: "Depending on what Dr. Fred and I discuss, you will either have this done at Beth Israel, or on the 4th floor here (it's an annex of the hospital).

Alan said that the ortho said "Because you have a stent, and you are a heart patient, we don't want to take any chances".

So they are at least giving this a lot of thought before they proceed with anything.

I don't have any more information. It's a good thing I didn't go there yesterday. I would have had a page of questions. But I did write down several questions and they were all answered. I wish I would have thought to ask; "Do you do GA or a local". How stupid of me.

Oh well, we shall surely find out. This is all on me. It would have been nice to have family, my son , just SOMEONE to be a support system.

It's lousy when you are alone. All I can say is thanik god Alan has ME, because he'd be up the river, believe me.

About the moving around after the operation. The doctor said 'absolutely no pressure, keep 100% off your feet and only use the crutches. You can't put any pressure on that foot. So I told him that when he's better, he can sit down on the couch and lift weights or something, just to get the blood pumping. And we are going to see if his insurance will cover a wheelchair.

Anybody have any opinions as to the size of the cast?? Because they are going into the calf muscle, do you think the cast will be up to the knee, or up to the thigh???