Dear all,
For the newbies, welcome to the update list! Every time I have news to share, I take a soap opera title and mess with it to make an appropriate subject line. Past favorites include: As the Stomach Churns, Gliding Livers, All My Adenomas, etc. I'm not sure that it's on anymore, but today's title is a play on "Passions."
Moving on...so next up for me is my umpteenth MRI, which is scheduled for Tuesday the 9th at 4:00PM (John - this got changed from 7:45PM as I was writing this, so that means you need to pick up the kids that day!) There are two reasons for the MRI. First, they were concerned about some of my bloodwork and they want to make sure that they're not missing anything other than the obvious. Second, and this is really funny, they couldn't open/read the CD that USU sent of my MRI from early September. Seriously? Seriously? Lame! Gee, I wonder why health care costs are out of control?!?!?!
Two days later, on Thursday the 11th, I am having an EGD at USU. (EGD stands for esophagogastroduodenoscopy...I'm thinking EGAD would have been a better shortening of a word THAT long.) Anyway, Dr New Hepatologist (the XYZ hepatologist) wants Dr. Awesome Hepatologist (my USU hepatologist) to do an EGD on me to screen for dilated veins in the food pipe. It's a simple 15 minute procedure but I am required to be sedated. The scope goes down my mouth and into my stomach. Wheeeeee!
XYZ wants me to quit my Marinol, so I am trying a new drug (new to me) for nausea called Phenergan. I took Zofran previously, but it did nothing for me. We'll see how this new one goes. I've only had one pill thusfar and thusfar, I am not impressed, but I'll give it 'til Monday.
So once I have the MRI, they will list me. I wish there were such a job as part-time or full-time patient, cuz I think I'd do very well. Can you guys seriously imagine what my employer would say about all this if I actually had a job? Crazy...
I might send around a really short update about the MRI and EGD next week, but otherwise, I don't think there will be much news to send until I get "THE CALL."
Love to all, and as always, be careful out there, or a part of you may become a part of me!
Foie Gras
For the newbies, welcome to the update list! Every time I have news to share, I take a soap opera title and mess with it to make an appropriate subject line. Past favorites include: As the Stomach Churns, Gliding Livers, All My Adenomas, etc. I'm not sure that it's on anymore, but today's title is a play on "Passions."
Moving on...so next up for me is my umpteenth MRI, which is scheduled for Tuesday the 9th at 4:00PM (John - this got changed from 7:45PM as I was writing this, so that means you need to pick up the kids that day!) There are two reasons for the MRI. First, they were concerned about some of my bloodwork and they want to make sure that they're not missing anything other than the obvious. Second, and this is really funny, they couldn't open/read the CD that USU sent of my MRI from early September. Seriously? Seriously? Lame! Gee, I wonder why health care costs are out of control?!?!?!
Two days later, on Thursday the 11th, I am having an EGD at USU. (EGD stands for esophagogastroduodenoscopy...I'm thinking EGAD would have been a better shortening of a word THAT long.) Anyway, Dr New Hepatologist (the XYZ hepatologist) wants Dr. Awesome Hepatologist (my USU hepatologist) to do an EGD on me to screen for dilated veins in the food pipe. It's a simple 15 minute procedure but I am required to be sedated. The scope goes down my mouth and into my stomach. Wheeeeee!
XYZ wants me to quit my Marinol, so I am trying a new drug (new to me) for nausea called Phenergan. I took Zofran previously, but it did nothing for me. We'll see how this new one goes. I've only had one pill thusfar and thusfar, I am not impressed, but I'll give it 'til Monday.
So once I have the MRI, they will list me. I wish there were such a job as part-time or full-time patient, cuz I think I'd do very well. Can you guys seriously imagine what my employer would say about all this if I actually had a job? Crazy...
I might send around a really short update about the MRI and EGD next week, but otherwise, I don't think there will be much news to send until I get "THE CALL."
Love to all, and as always, be careful out there, or a part of you may become a part of me!
Foie Gras
