I'm Back
I am surviving work. They are being wonderful and finding a lot of sit down things for me to do. I get to spend a few hours on the floor, but they make sure I am just working in one spot, not running all over the store. I can tell each day I am losing a little of what I gained in the pool. I am headed back this weekend for more pool time. Rand has to work the entire weekend. I'm making Willie be my camping/pool buddy. He's been screwing off a bit and calling in to work with a million excuses, instead of say - going to work. As a result he has no work hours this weekend. He thought it meant some real free time with his buddies. I told him it meant camping with the folks. We'll be back at Timberland Campground. I really love it there! (Be sure to check my previous post for my camping diary.)
Happy Birthday
Willie is now 17 - his birthday was yesterday. We had a bunch of his friends over for a barbeque, and the usual cake and ice cream. Grandpa and Grandma came. And even those world wanderers, Rob and Megan, managed to find their way here!
OH NO!
Last year is coming back to haunt me. Not that anything is wrong, but it is time for a recheck to make sure I'm still getting better.
I'm on a medical fast today. I'm so hungry I have a headache! I'm trying to numb it with diet Mt. Dew. I also have taken my colon cleanser: X-Prep. I have an IVP early tomorrow morning. It is a test of my kidney function. This is one of those things where the prep is so much worse than the actual test. After a very long night, I get to arrive at Mercy Hospital at 6:30am; I get to watch radiology people freak out because no one can start an IV on me. Eventually they call in backups. When they finally do find a vein (and proof that yes, I'm actually alive) They will shoot me up with a couple of syringes that are so large - they are the bases for cartoons. Then I get to lie around in a thin gown, on a hard x-ray table, in a cold room, and techs will take pictures for the next few hours. I go directly to my urologist, and he will know the results immediately. By the way - this is the same doctor who last year said I should be dead already. I'm not looking forward to any of this. (Can you tell?)