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It's late & I'm still awake.
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January 29, 2007
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It's been awhile since I've stayed up past midnight. Usually, Mike and I are asleep by 10pmish..
Maybe since Mike is away for the week, I feel like rebelling? Nahhh..
I caught up on some much needed sleep this weekend, and got to have my dog with me to keep me company. He's such a great companion.
2 more days alone, and then I'm off to Savannah. I checked the weather yesterday and today and so far, it looks like there's going to be some rainy weather most of the days I'll be there.
I'm not going to get bummed out though...there are lots of things I've planned to do that are mostly indoors ;)
Anyway... I'm nervous as hell to find out the results from my latest pulmonary appt that I had on Thursday.
The last test I had done was a bone marrow biopsy in November and those results came back negative.
This past Thursday I had a follow-up CT scan of the chest done. The lymphnodes on my lung haven't changed much but the infiltrate has gotten bigger. I retook the PFT (pulmonary function test) and my results (usually being borderline normal) are now above normal. GOOD NEWS!!!
I also had some blood tests done. I'm not sure what tests exactly were done (i should ask more questions when I'm there)...but I think they are repeats of things that were done in the past, plus some.
My pulmonologist was a little concerned with the infiltrate getting larger, since I had a broncoscopy at the end of last year to flush it out. The results from whatever fluid was taken during that procedure...came back negative as well... Not exactly sure what they were testing for though. I guess just any sort of abnormality.
Anyway... My pulm told me they need to be more aggressive now, b/c there is something wrong, we just don't know what and we need to find out. So that day, I went and got a PET Scan done to see if the infiltrate area is 'active'. It was an interesting procedure. They had these nice little private rooms with leather lazy boy recliners, a flat screen wall mounted tv and a remote... I guess they provide these rooms b/c the prep time for these test is kind of long ... (1-2 hours).
I had to drink this huge waterbottle full of Barium (eck - 'cause it was warm) and then they injected me with a radioactive sugar. The scan itself too about 30 minutes. They did the scan from the hips up.
I finally finished all my testing late that night ... having started at 9am after a 1.5 hr commute there and home.
Anyway - I still have to clean up the place before I leave, and still have to pack.
Babysitting my niece tomorrow night so I wonder where I will find the time.
Peace...Labels: health, thoughts, trips |
| posted by Typette @ 12:30 AM |
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Yours Truly
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January 27, 2007
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It just feels weird...
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Mike and his 2 friends left this morning for Maine. They are going to be in Maine for about a week on a ski trip.
I opted out on this trip, b/c I can't stand the cold, and with a high of 3 degrees in Maine, I don't think I'd have a good time, plus... I've only skiid a handful of times in my life.
I'm home with my dog for the weekend, then back to work on Monday and Tuesday.
I've been thinking, that being home alone for a week, will drive me CRAZY!...
So, I've decided to go on a destress vacation by myself. I am going to Savannah, Georgia on Wed and coming back Saturday night. I've never been on a vacation by myself...but I've always wanted to try it.
Priceline.com had great prices, extremely affordable. Airfare, Hotel, Rental Car was all less than $450 for 4 days/3 nights. Truly amazing.
I plan to go to the river walk there and experience the nightlife and live music, Tybee Island and the lighthouse, all the art galleries, and a Day Spa on the day that I leave.
I'm excited, but really --- sooo nervous.
I already miss Mike so much, it just feels weird.Labels: relationships, Solo Vacation |
| posted by Typette @ 2:46 PM |
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I can't stop crying...
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January 21, 2007
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I just watched "The Notebook"... I wound up bawling my eyes out during half the movie. It was such a good movie. Happy tears of course...
It was an amazing movie...Labels: entertainment, thoughts |
| posted by Typette @ 6:05 PM |
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some updates
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January 19, 2007
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So, we're going to Italy in April. The money for the trip is due in February. Ugh.
I still have to get a passport, since I've never had one before.
I should really get on that, I think haha.
Mike and I are going to Italy with the Italian/American Club. We don't belong to it, but some relatives of him do and when we found out about their trip to Italy, we couldn't pass it up!
I'm excited, I've never been out of the country before. I guess I'm a little nervous because of that too.
It finally snowed, If you can really even call it that. There's a dusting on our cars this morning. I'm surprised seeing as it's still in the 40's.
I decided to start up sax lessons again, and I'm going to try this music school around the corner from my house. My first lesson is on Saturday morning. I wonder if it'll be good. I think they think I'm a beginner, but I've played sax since I was 10 years old...(16 yrs total I guess that would mean), but I haven't performed in about 6 years... AHHH!
Mike starts his voice lessons tonight. He is going to be instructed by a Vocal Teacher from Princeton University. (was one of his Christmas gifts from me).
Finally got a response back from my Pulmonologist's fellow. We've been communicating via email for over a month, which started back when I asked -- what's the next step.
Each email she told me how she either couldn't get in touch with the Doc, or he hasn't been able to respond yet. I didn't think it would be that hard to say... "No next step" or "come in for follow up".
Anyway, I got frustrated and let her know. She responded saying that my Doc wants me to come in for Follow ups and repeat lab tests and CT scans. I wonder if the lymphnodes have changed at all.
Still having nightsweats (less frequently though), having dry cough (could be related to onset of chronic sinusitis), ear infections, sore throat etc...
Seeing an ENT to get allergy tested, hopefully that's all it is.
Got paid today - YAY!... It's a hefty check this week, b/c I forgot to hand in my time sheet for the week of christmas and didn't get that in my last paycheck. AHH
I love Affinity FCU as a bank. It's so much better than Commerce, seeing as Commerce likes to charge ppl for random things.
Gotta leave for work, not looking forward to the snowy car I'm going to have to clean off.Labels: health, money, music, thoughts |
| posted by Typette @ 7:41 AM |
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Smart or Stupid?
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January 2, 2007
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