Timaeus is scheduled for a high risk, complicated surgery this Wednesday, October 2nd. He wrote a couple diaries about it
here and
here.
Here is a comment Timaeus made in his July 11th diary describing the situation copied and pasted:
I've been vague about my condition since it is so gross. I don't have a disease. This is not a cancer operation. I had a gall bladder surgery 20 years ago that was horribly botched. I spent 2 weeks in ICU and another 3 weeks in the hospital and almost died from septic shock. The upcoming operation is to repair the ENORMOUS hernia that has broken out after the earlier operation. My large and small intestines are grossly protruding through the abdominal wall and pressing against nothing but skin. It's more horrible than you can imagine, if you haven't had this kind of misery. I'll stop there, but it's horrible, and for the last two years causing me so much distress I'm in tears every day, but still doing my best to suck it up and do my duty for my clients. I'm losing it from constant pain
Sara R. wrote a
quilt diary for him. Timaeus wrote a nice thank you diary
here.
Timaeus' community quilt
Please keep Timaeus and his family in your thoughts, prayers, and send positive energy their way for the surgery! We are all wishing him a successful, speedy recovery and hope to see him back on Daily Kos soon as possible! He is very scared!