One Scan Down, One to Go
We went to St. Joe's to have the first of Darcy's two body scans done today. It was quite uneventful, and to my untutored eye, the scan looks OK. We'll get the official version tomorrow, after the final scan. We go in at 9am. Both Darcy and I were nervous driving in, but in good spirits, and it was a sunny day today. We listened to more "Freakanomics" in the car, and learned what the Ku Klux Klan and real estate agents have in common.
One fine feature of St. Joseph's is the coffee shop, run by local folk hotspot the Ginkgo Coffeehouse. Verrry nice. I think I truly annoyed our Nuclear medicine specialist, David. I kept interrupting him in his spiel with questions I had from my research on the internet. You could tell he didn't like to be interrupted. Eventually, he asked me to sit in the hall. Darcy says it was probably because he was trying to protect me from exposure to the radiation. But I think he was trying to get rid of me.
I did not sleep well last night. Amelia's crib toy was going off around 2:30am and after I got up to turn it off, I was up. I came downstairs and worked on coding my latest software program for a while. I didn't make it back to bed until 5:30. So, I'm pretty ragged right now.
5 small pills in the morning, then a 30 minute scan in the afternoon, both of which were easy. And it was so nice to spend some time with Darcy. We'll be seeing each other a lot less the next few days, it's nice to load up now.
Darcy's cell, er room, in the basement is all ready to go, but for the new TiVo we ordered, which should arrive tomorrow or Friday. Got it for a steal off TiVo's website. If you haven't tried TiVo yet, do so. It rocks. Darcy now can't live without it. How else could she watch 5 consecutive Oprah shows? Dr Phil marathon, anyone?
More tomorrow. Thanks for the well wishes. And, sorry to make you cry, everyone :-).
Labels: Darcy, Thyroid Saga
7 Comments:
Bruce, thanks so much for the update; it was good to hear that it seems to be going well.
What DO the Ku Klux Klan and real estate agents have in common??
Apparently, they both abuse their informational advantage to further their own agendas. They are both basically secret societies of those in the know who prey on others who don't have as much .. well, know. And then there's a bunch of statistics and stuff.
The statistic that I remember the most is that the average real estate agent sells his own house for ten thousand dollars more by keeping it on the market an average of 10 days longer. You'd think the real estate agent's comission would be an incentive to go that extra little bit for clients, but in reality they don't get any money at all if they don't close the deal and it's not worth the risk to hold out when even a so-so deal comes along. The KKK leader David Kouresh used his sway to keep a mailng list of KKK members that he sold for upwards of $100,000. He used it to launch his political career and to ask for money when supposedly on the verge of losing his home (in reality he'd just sold it).
My goodness--fascinating connection! I saw the Freakanomics author on The Daily Show, but I haven't managed to catch any regular broadcasting on these theories. Makes me want to read the book...
I'm trying to send out lots of strengthening, healing vibes today to you both, and will be checking back to see what the verdict is about the next step.
I'm sending positive vibes your direction as well. I told them to take the yellow brick road to Minnesota. I also mentioned that they might want to wear ruby red boots instead of slippers...it's starting to get cold (I'm from Kansas now...occasionally you need not so good Wizard of Oz humor, it's true, believe me).
Love ya,
Amanda
Thanks for the update, Bruce. I visit the blog first thing and am anxiously awaiting every word. I'm glad to hear that things appear to be going well.
Jesse and I had lunch at the Japanese restaurant today, and it was so good to see him. It's been a while.
As always, I'm sending lots of healing white light and love.
Thank you for keeping all of us up to date. I wish I could do more than offer these words of support.
I am so glad you have each other through all of this.
I am thinking of you both and sending more healing white light and love your way.
Jill
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