Saturday, October 18, 2008

Not much news, yet

When I saw the doc, the nurse did the usual thing .... height (Goodness, I've shrunk half an inch!) and weight (30lbs lost since I moved here). My blood pressure is normal, for me (112/76). Then she sticks a thingy on the end of my finger. I thought "Wow! interesting way to take a temp, cool." Only she says 98%. And I'm thinking huh? so I ask "98% of what? Is that good? bad?" She tells me its 98% oxygen, and 100% is perfect. (the song "close enough to perfect for me" runs through my head). That was a first, never had that measured before.

So far, nothing substantial in the way of results of my CT scan, other than the obvious "Yes, there's something there" statement. Well, I could have told them THAT! It's the reason I went to the doc in the first place! lol At this point its just "a mass", according to them. To me, it feels like ..... a flattened out ping pong ball might be the best description. She's sending my scan around to two colleagues, a surgeon and a urologist. And will call me later this week to set up another appointment of some kind, I'm betting. Its not something that's bothering me as in painful. But, I'm also not thrilled having an unknown doing unknown things, ya know? It's on my right side, just below my ribs, and quite frankly could be nothing more than just some scar tissue build up from previous surgeries. Otherwise, I'm as healthy as expected to be given my age. (good grief, I hate that statement!)

Ohh boy, I gotta tell ya tho, docs have come a long way since I started going to them. I've come to expect the white coat over clothes that are .. hmm, both practical and professional at the same time. My new doc came strolling in wearing an electric blue jersey dress that clings to every curve, with a low v-neck, legs that went on forever, and darling stiletto heels!! Her hair was "done up" and she wore the cutest glasses. and no white coat. wow. While there was still a professional feel about the whole thing, there wasn't any anxiety that one can feel when talking to a "white coat".

Will keep everyone posted as I know things.
HUGS to everyone!!

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