In my continuing quest to be up close & personal w/ the health care debate 
, we're off to Houston Sun. 9/21 for followup scans & bloodwork on Mon. 9/22. Then the latest most-important-Dr.-appt.-of-my-life Tuesday around lunch time to get the restuls of the scans.
Y'all have been so thoughtful & gracious toward this Tidefan in the past; would you please pray for us these next few days?
Sunday - drive from H'burg to Houston (about 8 hours)
Monday - P.E.T. scan & bloodwork
Tuesday - *key* appt. w/ Dr. to get scan results
Wed. - appt. w/ my thoracic surgeon
**I hope the Wed. surgery appt. becomes moot after the medical guy Tuesday says something like "nothing to see here; go home; see you in 6 months..."
The P.E.T. scan itself is no big deal, except for the IV (by my calculations, I was stuck nearly 300 times in 2008, so I can deal w/ an IV...but as B.B. King sings, the thrill is gone...
). The worst part of Monday is...*sigh*...no coffee & no food until after the scans. I'm accustomed to both coffee and food within about 30 min. of opening my eyes. Just know that sometime around 1:30 or 2, I'll be leaning on the coffee bar in the lobby of MDA saying "another refill, please" while totally enjoying the stale donuts & stale cinnamon rolls...:biggrin2:
Seriously, the biggest challenge this trip is the looooooong wait between the scan ending Monday and the Dr. appt. Tuesday. Time absolutely C R A W L S that afternoon/evening/morning...
This is a "routine" followup visit w/ my last one having been *great* 4 months ago. But such visits will never be routine again here @ casa exiled. Metastatic melanoma is such an insidious disease...Use suncreen, boys & girls! Wish I had... :cool2:
Thanks much for the prayers, my Crimson Tide e-friends!
In His Grip,
exiled/Mike
, we're off to Houston Sun. 9/21 for followup scans & bloodwork on Mon. 9/22. Then the latest most-important-Dr.-appt.-of-my-life Tuesday around lunch time to get the restuls of the scans.Y'all have been so thoughtful & gracious toward this Tidefan in the past; would you please pray for us these next few days?
Sunday - drive from H'burg to Houston (about 8 hours)
Monday - P.E.T. scan & bloodwork
Tuesday - *key* appt. w/ Dr. to get scan results
Wed. - appt. w/ my thoracic surgeon
**I hope the Wed. surgery appt. becomes moot after the medical guy Tuesday says something like "nothing to see here; go home; see you in 6 months..."
The P.E.T. scan itself is no big deal, except for the IV (by my calculations, I was stuck nearly 300 times in 2008, so I can deal w/ an IV...but as B.B. King sings, the thrill is gone...
). The worst part of Monday is...*sigh*...no coffee & no food until after the scans. I'm accustomed to both coffee and food within about 30 min. of opening my eyes. Just know that sometime around 1:30 or 2, I'll be leaning on the coffee bar in the lobby of MDA saying "another refill, please" while totally enjoying the stale donuts & stale cinnamon rolls...:biggrin2:Seriously, the biggest challenge this trip is the looooooong wait between the scan ending Monday and the Dr. appt. Tuesday. Time absolutely C R A W L S that afternoon/evening/morning...
This is a "routine" followup visit w/ my last one having been *great* 4 months ago. But such visits will never be routine again here @ casa exiled. Metastatic melanoma is such an insidious disease...Use suncreen, boys & girls! Wish I had... :cool2:
Thanks much for the prayers, my Crimson Tide e-friends!
In His Grip,
exiled/Mike
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