Saturday, October 18, 2008
Birthday!
Any year I continue to suck air has to be cause for celebration. Or at least I certainly hope so.
I'm home, albeit with digestive difficulties (probably from the IV antibiotic). I also have swelly feet, legs and belly. But I'm extremely relieved I don't have to spend my birthday at the hospital.
I am 36 today and have been fêted for almost a week (if you don't count the early gift of the Amazon Kindle). My mom brought stuffed peppers and a Sweet Dreams Bakery cake (much like the one pictured) to the hospital last Sunday. Thursday she took Brian and me to Musashi for dinner, yesterday Brian finished hanging curtains for me and gave me the DVDs The Red Violin and Walk the Line. Today he took down the butt-ugly pool hall style light over the dining room table and is putting up my Ikea octopus light, "Hörby". Tonight he is taking me to a Red Wings (hockey) game. I'm not a hockey fan, but I'm excited and kind of hope there will be much violence.
Not that I have rage issues, or anything.
I'm home, albeit with digestive difficulties (probably from the IV antibiotic). I also have swelly feet, legs and belly. But I'm extremely relieved I don't have to spend my birthday at the hospital.
I am 36 today and have been fêted for almost a week (if you don't count the early gift of the Amazon Kindle). My mom brought stuffed peppers and a Sweet Dreams Bakery cake (much like the one pictured) to the hospital last Sunday. Thursday she took Brian and me to Musashi for dinner, yesterday Brian finished hanging curtains for me and gave me the DVDs The Red Violin and Walk the Line. Today he took down the butt-ugly pool hall style light over the dining room table and is putting up my Ikea octopus light, "Hörby". Tonight he is taking me to a Red Wings (hockey) game. I'm not a hockey fan, but I'm excited and kind of hope there will be much violence. Not that I have rage issues, or anything.
Labels: ascites, birthday, Brian, edema, hospital, mom
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Hi Janet,
I am a lurker on the YSC board. I really enjoy your witty posts and sense of humor! Only a librarian could have found that fertility goddess picture.
I have bc mets myself, which we monitor using PET/CTs. Couldn't that be used to detect your liver tumors better? If they were "active" the PET would light up. At any rate, I just thought I would throw it out there as a suggestion.
Good luck!
Jill
I am a lurker on the YSC board. I really enjoy your witty posts and sense of humor! Only a librarian could have found that fertility goddess picture.
I have bc mets myself, which we monitor using PET/CTs. Couldn't that be used to detect your liver tumors better? If they were "active" the PET would light up. At any rate, I just thought I would throw it out there as a suggestion.
Good luck!
Jill
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: 9:56 PM
Thanks Melissa!
Hi Jill, that was my thinking, too. I think my doctor has a strong preference for CT with iodine contrast, and I haven't had a PET in a couple of years. I'm thinking I may need to ask about that; it seems logical that locating glucose uptake spots would help if the CT scans just aren't good enough.
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Hi Jill, that was my thinking, too. I think my doctor has a strong preference for CT with iodine contrast, and I haven't had a PET in a couple of years. I'm thinking I may need to ask about that; it seems logical that locating glucose uptake spots would help if the CT scans just aren't good enough.
