On a Roll!

March 20, 2015

First of all, Happy First Day of Spring!  I hope its bright, sunny and flowery where you are :)  Where I am, we still have a good foot of snow on the ground.  I may go out and dig off the flowerbed to see if those daffodils are coming up!  If you don't have flowers blooming yet where you live, here's a pretty picture of some teal tulips to cheer you.

I thought I'd talk a bit about Dr. Savior's recommendations.  We were in total agreement with him and felt that the ball was finally rolling.  His first recommendation was having another CT scan to be certain that everything else looked fine...no other tumors or lesions, etc.  The second recommendation was to remove the mass I had, that was discovered (and ignored) by Dr. Gawd.  Before this was done, we would wait to make sure that the CT scan came back clean.  If no other tumors or masses were present, then my surgery would be a day surgery and I'd be ready to roll again within a few days after that.  If there WAS something else discovered we'd make a new game plan.  He also recommended that I see a geneticist to rule out genetic mutations like the BRAC gene and others he mentioned but can't remember at the moment.  I marvel at how FAST things move in this office!

A couple of days later, I'm at the radiologists office and getting ready for my scan.  It was one of those dye-contrast ones.  I had to chug 2 big bottles of delusionally named Berry Smoothie drinks, one the night before and one the morning of.  As I drank the first one the night before I prayed that I wouldn't throw it up!  It was disgusting.  The good news is my prayer was answered and I didn't.  We could keep a'rollin'!  At any rate, I knew the process for this type of scan and it all went as expected.  With one little hitch!  I don't know if you've ever had a scan but those scan beds you lay on are designed for one purpose only.  To make you look like a first class fool trying to get up off it!  They are stainless steel and slippery.  They are shaped like a trough, presumably to hold you securely and you don't roll off (a purpose that I can attest too that is quite successful).  THEN, they put a SHEET on top of it which is akin to sliding on a slip n' slide from our childhood.  The night before my scan I actually dreamed that I couldn't get off the scan bed because it was so slippery....not to mention that my abdomen is still so weak due to 3 major surgeries.  I have no core strength to rely on.  Anyway, the scan moved along uneventfully.  The tech came and unhooked me from the IV tubes and told me "you're good to go."  He turned and started to walk away.  Naturally, my nightmare came true!  For the life of me, I could not get off that table. Try as I might  I slipped, flopped and floundered like a fish on a riverbank!  After the 3rd attempt, I actually rolled back so hard I hit my head on the bed.  I was SOOOOO embarrassed! The only thing that could've been worse is if my legs had gotten tangled in the sheet and I landed on the floor...so I guess I should be thankful!  The tech had heard my head hit and whirled around as my feet flew up in the air and he quickly came and offered his arm to help me up off that man-eater.  Thank goodness I was fully clothed. In slacks!   I just grabbed my handbag and ran for the door, avoiding all eye contact and pretending that didn't just happen!  Welcome to my world...this is how I roll. Literally!