3 nights at TMC Clark

[OnMyWay]

Much longer story when I have 2 hands to type with.  7 hours on the table under anesthesia to remove, test and repair a large basal cell carcinoma tumor from my shoulder.  p194,000 after Philhealth contribution.

[robert k]

13 minutes ago, OnMyWay said:

Much longer story when I have 2 hands to type with.  7 hours on the table under anesthesia to remove, test and repair a large basal cell carcinoma tumor from my shoulder.  p194,000 after Philhealth contribution.

Prayers and wish for speedy recovery.

[Arizona Kid]

1 hour ago, OnMyWay said:

Much longer story when I have 2 hands to type with.  7 hours on the table under anesthesia to remove, test and repair a large basal cell carcinoma tumor from my shoulder.  p194,000 after Philhealth contribution.

Sorry for asking. Was it giving you pain?

[OnMyWay]

3 minutes ago, Arizona Kid said:

Sorry for asking. Was it giving you pain?

If you mean the tumor, no, not much pain, but it had to be removed,

[Arizona Kid]

5 minutes ago, OnMyWay said:

If you mean the tumor, no, not much pain, but it had to be removed,

Have they tested it yet for malignancy? I'm asking because I have a small lump near my right shoulder blade that seems to be slowly getting bigger. It's just under the skin though so I;m thinking it's something else. Like DR. Pimple Popper would deal with. Don't know if you have seen her TV show but it's pretty interesting.

[OnMyWay]

1 minute ago, Arizona Kid said:

Have they tested it yet for malignancy?

Get it tested soon.  My whole long story started in 2012 and involves NOT getting properly tested.

I was tested positively for basal cell carcinoma in May, and my surgery included this type of testing during the surgery to remove the tumor:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_section_procedure

[bastonjock]

1 hour ago, OnMyWay said:

Much longer story when I have 2 hands to type with.  7 hours on the table under anesthesia to remove, test and repair a large basal cell carcinoma tumor from my shoulder.  p194,000 after Philhealth contribution.

Hope its all clear and that you mend soon

[Kuya John]

Wishing you a full recovery Don,

Healing,Health and Happiness

[OnMyWay]

I can't do much so will try to do some one finger typing in batches.

It was my first overnight stay in any hospital, anywhere.  I'm happy with my overall experience at TMC Clark. It is new, clean and well organized. I had a deluxe private room for p2800 a night.  Reg private is P1800, a bit smaller, and no frig.  My wife and 3 kids all stayed with me the first two nights and then my BIL the last night.  My meals were more western style than Filipino so I think the make some adjustments for the patient.  Food was ok and they allowed us to use a micro at the nurse's station to re-heat.  Cafeteria is small and not much to write home about.  However, the are some places across the street now.  Family mart, Starbucks, Tapasmaster,  Chinese food and some kiosks.  No problems using Philhealth and they paid 21,300 of the hospital bill and 26,000 of my doctor's fees.

[jimeve]

39 minutes ago, OnMyWay said:

I can't do much so will try to do some one finger typing in batches.

It was my first overnight stay in any hospital, anywhere.  I'm happy with my overall experience at TMC Clark. It is new, clean and well organized. I had a deluxe private room for p2800 a night.  Reg private is P1800, a bit smaller, and no frig.  My wife and 3 kids all stayed with me the first two nights and then my BIL the last night.  My meals were more western style than Filipino so I think the make some adjustments for the patient.  Food was ok and they allowed us to use a micro at the nurse's station to re-heat.  Cafeteria is small and not much to write home about.  However, the are some places across the street now.  Family mart, Starbucks, Tapasmaster,  Chinese food and some kiosks.  No problems using Philhealth and they paid 21,300 of the hospital bill and 26,000 of my doctor's fees.

Hope you have a quick recovery, I had one cut out of the side of my neck. Good thing about it I was living in the UK so treatment was free.