June 11 Fax #2

Questions

1) your medical assistant said i could drop in for my lab tests. i see from reading on the internet that blood test are performed, but that some doctors also ask for EKG and baseline hormone level tests as well as bone density testing in the event that a hysterectomy is needed.

Which of these test will be done on my visit for lab testing?

2) I heard that morphine may make one very sick. throwing up after surgery is not one of the top 10 things i would like to do be doing.Are there alternatives to this drug?

3) i read that it make take 2-4 weeks before normal activity is resumed. What is considered normal routine.

4) are there any guidelines as to when it is safe to resume baths, driving, sexual intercourse, going back to work?

5)you mentioned during our conversation on friday that you were an oncologist and that myomectomy was not your field of expertise - you perform cancer surgery - and that you had performed between 1-500 of these operations since 1989.

could you narrow this down to say over 100 or under 200. Something to lend weight to your statements.

6) from our talks i found out that you will be performing a vertical cut not a bikini cut. although this is not a problem it did bother me that i would not have known this until after i woke from surgery. Is there anything else i should know about?

7) i read on some sites that there are doctors that use laser for this surgery. i believe it was to make the incisions and keep blood loss to a minimum. Since blood loss is a major concern for you during this surgery will you be using this technique.