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Alan and I finally made it to the surgeon’s follow-up visit after our first appointment was due in the middle of the holidays and then a too snowy day stopped us from making the big drive to Albany early in January. When the surgeon looked at Alan’s incision scars and said, “beautiful”, Alan and I just looked at each other in astonishment. We should have been ready for him to be only concerned in his handiwork and its outcome. We were hoping for more concern about patient comfort! Luckily Alan’s surgery was called a heart port, and not a full opening of his chest so the visible physical scars are small. It’s the emotional and internal healing that has taken quite a while in showing visible progress.
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It took us some time to compile these results/ answer your questions, but here you go. There were many more comments/suggestions, but many overlapped and we attempted to pair them down when possible. If you find your comment was not addressed, please let us know by emailing info(at)astoriacsa(dot)com.

2008 Season Survey Results are after the jump. FYI: We love the positive and encouraging responses we  receive, but for the most part we’ve removed them from this feedback just to make it shorter. But we read them. Thanks!

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