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I had read all about the procedure. I knew what to expect, for the most part. I even watched videos of it on YouTube. None of the videos I watched even came close to what I experienced, but that’s beside the point. I expected to be nervous and have anxiety over the procedure. That’s normal. […]
I know, you’re confused as to why the letter Q on the A-Z challenge is for ventilation-perfusion, right? Well, I was sort of confused when I learned the name of the medical test that the ventilation-perfusion was called by the docs as a V/Q scan. I get that the V is for ventilation, but what’s […]
So the last time I was in the ER, they did a quick EKG on me (test for heart dysfunction), and the doctors said to me at the time, “We reviewed your EKG.” I asked, “Was it fine?” He answered, “Well, it was the same as last time.” I was like, “What does that mean?” […]
Well, it’s been about a month since I got out of the hospital this last time. The first time I was in the hospital, they probably let me go home too soon, and the second time, I felt they I needed out of there faster than they let me go. I had a minor surgery […]
Okay, so I’ve been in the hospital now since Wednesday, I think. I feel like I’ve been here forever. I think about people like my good friend and Ninja Warrior Writer Rissa Watkins, who had to spend over a month in the hospital for cancer treatment, and I wonder how folks handle it. I’m going […]
So I’ve been having trouble getting my Coumadin levels straightened out. For some reason, the finger poke testing doesn’t work on me. It always makes me much higher than what I really am, so they poke my finger, then wait for the results, and then they always make me go to the lab to have […]
It’s taken me over a week to write this blog post. I’ve had it in my head in various incarnations and snippets of thought and emotion, but getting it from my head onto the screen was proving quite difficult. I started writing it several times, but couldn’t ever get into the flow. Then, at like […]
If it’s not one thing, it will always be another, because that’s the way things go… one thing leads to another… (yes, I can hear you singing that ’80s tune in your head now, and if you’re not, then you’ll click that link and go listen and get it stuck in your head and be mad […]
I have a doctor’s appointment this morning in a little while. I don’t want to go. I have to get stuck with needles again, and I don’t want to go. Did I mention that I don’t want to go? Some days, it’s just so hard to make myself go get the bloodwork I need. I’m […]
This is very long… I’m writing it for myself, mostly, a record, a way of purging the thoughts in my head, but also, I know there are others out there like me who are struggling with a diagnosis, struggling with doctors who don’t understand, struggling with family and friends who mean well but don’t ‘get it’… […]
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