Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Heres what went down today

Brewers win! They are still a game and a half behind the Mets with 5 games to go. Personally, I think that they are done. It is just nice to see Ned Yost isn't in the dug out.

On to the reason you people read this thing. I had a PET scan this morning to see if anything shrunk or changed. I was there on time and in a crabby mood since I was only able to muster up a couple of hours sleep. Now for a PET scan they have to do a couple of things. Since it is a radioactive sugar that is put into your body they test your blood sugar and they said I was in the perfect range. One less thing I have to worry about. Then they inject it into your arm through an IV connection is is pretty cold going in then they put you in a room for and hour or so to relax and let it work its way through your system. I was so tired and I still couldn't fall asleep I pretty much sat there staring at a wall. It was entertaining trust me. Then the scan last 20-30 minutes and it is the same thing as a CT scan. From there I went back and forth between two departments to get my immunizations set up because that wasn't done. 45 minutes later they got me in a room waiting to have them done. The nurse walked in and said my HIB shot is on back order and that there is a national shortage on it. Damn pharmacutical companies! They are probably holding out for more $ like they seem to do all of the time. That should be a crime. Then I went to go see Dr.Maddaus for the last time until the surgery on Monday. He walked in the room sat down and looked at me then said,"I am going for full rectration of this thing we are getting everything.". I told him,"What other option do I have?". He did say that he didn't think the spleen should be too bad to remove at all. The chest wall should not be an obsticle for him at all. He said he went back over the scans (including the one from earlier) and isnt sure about the spots on my lung. They are close to my heart and he asked me if they are on the heart would I be against having a cardiac surgeon working on me and I said as long as he is good and gets everything. The other thing was depending upon how deep the spots on my lung are when he gets in there he might have to take the upper part of my lung. Once again I told him to take care of business because I don't want to come back. He also said that I will probably be in ICU after the surgery and that depends upon what happens when they are in there. I am trying to think of good things and how I am due for something good but my history with this shit says otherwise. I am scared. Wouldn't you be with all that is going to be going on and the unknowns? I did ask about the length of the surgery and they said I am booked out for the entire day so 4-8 hours. Lets hope it is on the short end which means everything went smooth. That is what I can remember at the moment. I am so exhausted that I am not thinking straight. Which means this is the end for now.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Justin Just checking in tonight to see how you are doing. I plan to give you a call this weekend. Maybe after 9:00 Friday or sometime on Saturday. I know you have a busy weekend planned I hope you have fun.

Talk to you soon
Cindy E