Eight years people Eight years of getting CT scans twice a year, I
have watched the contrast go from crappy chalky looking disgusting mixed with
cola, to a clear contrast in lemonade or can be mix with whatever you
bring. Huh?? That is what I said apparently I can bring
whatever I want to drink to mix with my contrast…ugh News to me but apparently
that has been an option for a while. I
think I may be the only Stage IV Breast Cancer patient that started treatment
in the old Cancer Hospital that is now a walkway. My jacked up Immune System and Cancer Requires, like Six Specialist doctor's all with clinic's in different locals around Chapel Hill and really none of them work on the same day. In the end only 1 gets the finally say on all treatments that would be my Oncologist.
Lungs: Tiny subpleural right middle lobe nodule
(4:37) is unchanged. No airspace consolidation or pleural effusion.
BONES:
Stable rounded sclerotic focus in the left glenoid,
likely bone island, since the earliest available CT of December 2012.
What in the Hell is a bone island? I guess I will have to do some googling.
More doctor’s appointments in the next two months, the month
of December will bring forth the eye doctor.
My eyes are the most troubling and quickly becoming as expensive as the damage
done and continued to the teeth. I have
yet to pinpoint what cause the eyes to flare, but it isn’t funny, headache, dizziness
and a trip or two to the porcelain god from the nausea. I have a feeling I have yet another infection
or scratches on my cornea, not really looking forward to the trip. After the other day I am going to have to
find some good blackout curtains that match my decor, cause me and the sunrise
are not good friend and it likes to disturb me by shining right on my freaking
bed.
The month of January will bring forth two more appointments
Dermatology and Rheumatology.
My oncologist
is concerned about some the damage my skin is getting from the prednisone and antibiotics
I have to take to deal with the swelling and inflammation. My skin I believe has become over sensitive,
I literally got contact dermatitis from the tubing that delivered the contrast
thru my port for my CT scan. My oncologist
thinks I may be coming allergic to the contrast as well since my left side was
flushed after the scan. I think some of
the issues was the fact the Nurse that accessed my Port didn’t follow proper
protocol, normally after being accessed
it is flushed with 2 saline syringes, and then the yellow syringe, and should
have been flushed with 2 saline since I was getting blood drawn
afterwards. I told the male nurse when I
got to the blood lab, he told me to call the nurse out next time and to tell
them to follow protocol.
Oh well, then I
will be off to Rheumatology. I am making a whole list for this appointment and hopefully
I will remember to bring said list with me.
I definitely having serious issues with my feet crappy Raynaud’s and
arthritis from Hades.
Apparently from
notes from my first bone scan I have degenerative arthritis in my left knee and
both feet. The cold weather is not
helping the situation, the more I try to walk the more the foot acts up. Funny thing is the pain and stiffness was originally
when I would get up in the middle of the night.
Both feet are about the same but the right is little worse OK may be a
lot since it hurts when you flex aka walking heal to toe. I am pretty sure its is the arthritis and
considering I had 2 surgeries on my right foot as a child may be why that foot
is worse. I have found that my flat
sole wool lined boots are the most comfortable for the foot while also keeping
them cozy and warm. I need to get some
fuzzy cool slippers for the house along with some fuzzy socks.
Oh and sleep where art thou?
Hopefully I will get my sleep back right now it is only a couple of
hours which isn’t good. Lack of sleep
means a painfully day or days on the horizon.
Need my sleep so I can have some energy to finish organizing the workshop
so I can open an ebay and etsy hop to make some extra cash.
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