Brigham & Women's in Boston is the place to go. Tell Steve to quit screwing around and get to Beantown before something drastic happens like losing a leg or worse! Hope he gets well soon.

I agree with BassDawg , Why aren't the docs at Kent actively seeking help from Boston or elsewhere.
Get Well Soon Steve !!

thats character !

I hope it all works out for steve . But he needs to LISTEN . blockages are no joke . I have had 2 cleared myself and do a lot to stop them from forming again now. In steves defence its about what he finds comforting . He is comfortable and confident with his doctor .
give him my best

Best wishes to Steve. I hope he can be convinced to seek the best help for this.

At a bare minimum he needs a second opinion from someone at RI Hospital.

Pass on my best also. I ditto the second op. It's BS this is still going on. Try to be persuasive, trust me I know it's a tough situation to be in.

Well at this point, I have to say I am deeply concerned...Steves foot looks well, bad..It has not had blood flow for a long time....I spoke with his daughter and mother last night at length...I am going there at 11am and I am going to try to purswade him the best I can to get the hell out of there and see someone else! I think the foot stuff is permanent at this point, They found two more clots last night, this makes around 6 so far...one of these could have broke off and went to his lung or brain..I just think its russian roulette , third time in kent and no improvement its time to see a different doctor...That cancer thought really scares me and is a possibility according to his family..This is just awefull especially at this time of year..So please everyone pray that he decides to go someplace else asap. Man what a horrible year very depressing, Along with all this I have to have surgery very soon...I just hope I know how to convey what I want to in a way that does not upset him. Ok well, thats that..

Bill, prayers are with you and Steve. Best of luck to the both of you.

Bill,

Thank you.

Keep at it, mate.

People don't come from around the world to go to Kent. They go to the Brigham. I lost a good friend two years ago to cancer because he wouldn't go to Boston -Instead he stayed in New Bedford at St Lukes.
Please tell him if he loves his family he'll go to Boston -sorry it may sound harsh but he's a smart guy, this Doc hasn't done to well yet.
Thoughts and prayers.

Thanks, Bill for the updates, Steve best wishes, get well soon, but get yourself up to Boston, good luck.

hang in there steve,,,

i think this is what needs to be said too, even if he gets really upset. you don't want to look back and play the "what if" game in your head over and over.

but he is lucky to have such a good friend and i hope he feels better soon. hang in there steve!

I hope he gets better soon, thoughts and prayers are with you Steve.

Steve likely needs support more than advice at this point. Hopefully the people close to him will recognize that. Good Luck, Steve, we are all pulling for you.

very sorry to see this, best wishes to Steve and his family,

Bill,
Please send Steve condolances from the entire Bomba family.
If he needs any medical advice, please pm me, or Mikey or DadBomba.
We've got lots of mediacal know how in the direct loop, along with some near misses that led to great saves within the family and professionally as well.
There's lots of doctors in the Bombardier loop that would be sure to either see Steve or give hime some great advice at a moment's notice.
John has my cell, if you need me, I will have it on me all day at work tomorrow.
Later,
Godspeed,
Rick Bombardier

T & P

So sorry this saga continue's I wish Steve all the best, and the best to you Eel Man on your upcoming surgery.

he's right :(

Thoughts for you Steve. Hope things work out. Very sorry to hear this development.

STEVE, GODSPEED..............:wavey:

Bill, let us know if Steve decides to go up to a REAL hospital. Kent Hospital sucks. Tell Steve he's in our thoughts and prayers. Best of luck with your surgery as well.

I think Steve needs some bass talk tough love.. :heybaby:
If hospitals were fishing spots, staying at kent right now would be like staying put at your favorite spot that your confident in, even though you know guys are bangin em a few miles down the road.. You wont leave because you dont know that other spot too well.. Steve I know you would move to that other spot. i know you would. Come on steve.. pack up the plug bag, and move on to the next spot before you loose the tide and the bass move on... You can read the water and you'll know where to cast ;)

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& - I'm a pharma rep and I can tell you for certain that the medical care at Kent really is second rate. They just don't attract or keep the better medical talent. They are fine and competent for the run of the mill stuff, but anything outside of the norms, and he really needs to go elsewhere.
Medicine is like anything else - when the facilities and the pay suck -- you're just not going to get the talent -- and Kent doesn't have either.
I hate to say it, but this is probably most evident in their Cardiology DPT -- I know your telling him this stuff already, but maybe if he sees enough messages telling him to move his butt, it will register.

Good luck Steve.

get him to boston, beth isreal or brigham, whatever it takes. my wife's mother refused to go to boston for cancer care (stuck with a local hospital) and my wife will regret not forcing her to go to boston forever. we're lucky enough to have some of the best hospitals and doctors in the world right here, gotta take advantage.

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, my wife's a cardiac intensive care nurse at Beth Isreal. PM me if you want any specifics on what a hospital with more "tools" could offer that they can't were he is. I'll ask her to write something up. Maybe more convincing than coming from a bunch of fisherman. Some of the stories she tells me about the diagnosis that patients get from some of the local hospitals around here before they end up at BI are scary.

Saw Steve yesterday and the two clots have now broken up but he is still in the ICU...The prblem is that they are not telling him why this is going on, thats what needs to be figured out...Anyway I really laid into him about getting another opinion and how important that is..He did agree that he would, abviously he isnt going to do that right now but when he is released he swears to me he will seek out another opinion, He knows that this is dangerous and said to me that its hard to live knowing something that can kill you keeps forming in his body...So thats the update, I stop in and visit with him daily so I will keep you posted and thanks for the great advice, I have relayed all of it to him!

Thanks Bill.

wishing him well and Gods speed to recover:angel:

It has to suck to have ur life in the hands of others..
I hope he is able to get the help he needs..
Thanks Bill for the update...

Steve is lucky to have a friend like you at this time Bill. Tell him to get healthy so I can finally take him to catch.

Good work, Bill. Getting him to say tha is a major step in the right direction. And good for Steve to agree to it too. It obviously has been difficult for him as well.:claps:

Brings up another thought... Is his PCP (primary care physician involved at this stage? Or is he solely in the hands of the local specialist? The specialist might be reluctant to pass him off.......