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No pap smear, etc, on account of starting my period this morning, but I'm calling the visit to my GP a win since it resulted in a Xanax prescription. She also had a pet medical student with her, and so we went over my case history and he got to feel my lump. He did manage to contain his excitement but you just know he was totally bragging over lunch (it looked like everyone had a student today). While everyone else was talking about the sniffles cases and whatnot, he got to lean back in his chair and look smug and go 'Oh, well I got a cancer patient who initially presented with hives. And I got to touch her lump. Suck on it.' Or maybe that's just what I would do in his shoes.
I also asked for more information about the PET scan tomorrow, and mostly it can either clear me or it can lead to more tests since the thing lights up inflammation and infection as well as tumors. This just makes me tired, since if it doesn't come back clear it means more testing and waiting. But I have Xanax now, and I'm not afraid to use it.
Third full day with the meal delivery stuff and, despite the intitial hiccups, it is tasty stuff, really quite nice. And extra nice not to have to worry about what I'm eating, just opening the designated meal. I have also not had any diet Coke since Monday, just water and juice. And I'm going to buy my nicotine patches this weekend, official quit date of Monday. Med student today said to me during discussion of quitting, 'It helps to have a strong motivation'...I kind of blinked at him a few times, pointed in the general direction of my lump and said "Yeah, I think I've got one of those.'
I also asked for more information about the PET scan tomorrow, and mostly it can either clear me or it can lead to more tests since the thing lights up inflammation and infection as well as tumors. This just makes me tired, since if it doesn't come back clear it means more testing and waiting. But I have Xanax now, and I'm not afraid to use it.
Third full day with the meal delivery stuff and, despite the intitial hiccups, it is tasty stuff, really quite nice. And extra nice not to have to worry about what I'm eating, just opening the designated meal. I have also not had any diet Coke since Monday, just water and juice. And I'm going to buy my nicotine patches this weekend, official quit date of Monday. Med student today said to me during discussion of quitting, 'It helps to have a strong motivation'...I kind of blinked at him a few times, pointed in the general direction of my lump and said "Yeah, I think I've got one of those.'