Lots of tests, hoping for good results

How was your nice sunny week? Mine was go, go and go some more.

I started out going to get a complete bone scan, I started out the door when I remembered I hadn’t put the freezing on my hand and arm so back in the house I ran, and splatted that all over my hand and arm then off I went to the hospital.

This test uses nuclear medicine, starting with a needle. (I have one good vein left in my hand that they use, this needle can’t go into my port-a-cath.) Then you leave and come back in two hours and lay on the scanning bed and the scanning machine comes up to your head and starts its way down your body – so slowly you worry you will start snoring. I will get the results next week. This test will let me know if the chemo is working, if the cancer is growing or dying – I’m hoping for the latter. If the chemo isn’t working I’m going to be in a bit of trouble, because then we move on to plan C. Keep your fingers crossed.

The next day I had to see the specialist for the bladder, starting with a pap test. This test doesn’t hurt but is a bit embarrassing if you are a very shy person. First you remove your clothing from the waist down, then lie on the examining table. You are told to slide to the bottom of the table so you have nowhere else to go but hit the floor. The doctor sits between you and the table, then takes a gadget like a boot or shoe spreader. He inserts it in you then opens it. Woo, that’s the part that hurts for a minute, then the nurse gives him what looks like a super long Q-tip and he takes swabs, which are tested for bad cells. Then out comes the spreader, woohoo. Then the doctor inserts a couple of fingers and with his other hand presses down on your stomach to make sure the bladder is in place and everything feels like it should.

The doctor set up a test for my bladder to see how much pressure I have and how much I can hold. The hardest part of that test will be to getting to the appointment without peeing myself. I think I will take a change of clothes. Oh happy day, I will tell how that went.

The next test was in Halifax for a cardiogram. My heart is a little low again from taking the chemo, but it is still working well enough to keep taking it. Woohoo. I take a pill to keep my heart working at a good rate. I could stop taking them, but the chemo will cause the heart to have problems in time so, yup, I’m going to keep taking them.

Tomorrow is the day I get to sleep in, finally – as my friends know I’m not a morning person anymore. Since I stopped working I’m making up for all the years I had to get up at 4 a.m. I still haven’t caught up, ha.

I stopped in Truro to see dad and Janet, while there I met a reader, Mary and family, very nice people. It was nice meeting you.

I went with Vicky to healing touch, which is now over for the summer. I really like going – you lie in a chair after meditation, and a qualified person starts to revive your energy with their energy, getting rid of bad energy and replacing it with their strong energy. I like the hands-on, which most healers don’t do. I feel the difference next day.

Congratulations to all the graduates and children who graded. Have a great summer, and be safe. Weight-wise – 138, woohoo. Elmo is doing great at his new home, he has another dog with him. I had a hard time with him – after all the work I did with him he was still very hard to deal with. But I miss him so much, I still cry when I think of him gone. So I’m looking for a puppy or a young dog that’s small and lovable. I don’t have a lot of money but if anyone knows of a small cute dog that needs to be loved and a home please call the paper and give them your number and I’ll call you.

Happy 150th birthday Canada. Have a great week folks, happy Canada Day