today i had an appointment with my plastic surgeon. i actually do not mind going to their office- well, except for that one time i had to have "in office"surgery. it is a small office, not too small though. but unlike the oncologists office, you can actually see from one end of the waiting room to the other. and another thing, i thought perhaps i had lost my mind, but whenever i go to the oncologists office i get nauseous. my husband told me that he has read that patients who have had their chemotherapy in the office, that would be me, associate the building with the nausea they experienced from the chemotherapy. that makes me feel somewhat like a lab rat, though. you know the ones who scream or something when they hear the bell? perhaps i am just a participant in some nefarious lab experiment?
i thought that today would be my last day at the plastic surgeon's office, and that he would release me. of course, things never go quite as you might like, but it was not a bad appointment. i made some cupcakes for everyone last night, and i brought those along. everyone in the surgeon's office conducts themselves in a professional manner, but the office has a comforting family feel to it. i usually bring my doctor and his staff some cookies, muffins, or something homemade. i like to cook, and this way i can give most of what i cook away and i do not end up eating it!
the outcome today was that i have to return in two months. that one trouble maker side is still not completely healed up. the surgeon said that he should be able to release me in two months. maybe my doctor and his staff just want some more cupcakes? at any rate, at least i am making some progress and not going backwards. i still have some lifting restrictions, but basically he said to do what i want, but if it hurts stop. sage advice for anyone.
i am already getting nervous about thursday's appointment with the oncologist. they will do blood work, and thanks to state of the art equipment, they will have the results in just a few minutes. that really amazes me. always having to wait on results from blood work from my family doctor, or even my endocrinologist in raleigh, makes me wish every doctor had this technology. i also have an office visit with my oncologist after my blood work has been finished. he will schedule the appointment for my CAT scan, which will be done next month. i had a short reprieve from doctors, needles,etc. but looks like we are all back in business for a while. my big thyroid cancer check up comes up next month,too. i really can not have any more cancers! this is getting to be too much for me to keep up with.
my husband and i have planned a trip on thursday, just as soon as we can escape from the oncologists office. we are going to nashville ( i have never been) to see john prine and iris dement. we would like to tour the grand ole opry while we are there.this is part of an early celebration marking our 39th wedding anniversary. we happen to be working this year on the actual day of our anniversary, which will be on april 2nd. last year on that day, we both were in the general surgeon's office and i received the "official " news that i had breast cancer. i am hoping for better news this year, and while i will not be going to the beach, i am heading out of town. and that is a beautiful thing.
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