The surgeon had told him it would be two months before his strength began to return.
Your surgeon can tell you which side effects to expect.
"The surgeon tells me I have few hours to live," he had written.
When Morgan came, the surgeon told him as much, then moved on to treat those who could be helped.
On the morning of the operation day, the surgeon told me he thought Michael had only a few months to live.
"I've never had questions like this before, and they make me nervous," the surgeon told his wife.
The pressure to do that, many surgeons have told me, is high.
In some cases they are, another surgeon told me, but for others, surgery can be their last hope.
The surgeon had told her she might have some discomfort after the operation.
A few minutes later, the surgeon took his pressure again and told him it was fine.