Jack Russell here has the right idea - and I plan to follow suit this week. Apparently I am not the only one who sees the value in a recliner.
Had a tough night last night - had a lot of 'fullness' and pressure and pain around and just under my right rib cage. It hurt to cough, it hurt to sit up - took me a few hours to get comfortable enough to go to sleep. That was the closest I have come to going to the emergency room in a long time. Of course I googled and all I came up with was references to the gallbladder. I ate steamed broccoli and rice last night with a wee bit of cheese whiz on top - not sure if that had anything to do with it - but that particular meal has never affected me before like this.
I still have a touch of that funny taste - which I likened it to an ammonia taste in my mouth previously - but it is actually more like acetone - it tastes the way nail polish remover smells. Again, don't know what that is about either - I could only google this weekend because I never got a call back from the on-call nurse at my clinic. Bad Nurse! You are on-call for the weekend as someone might actually 'call' you - a patient perhaps. Yes, I am a bit disgruntled that I never heard back from the nurse. This is my first time ever calling the on-call nurse - didn't even know they had one until this weekend - so it isn't like she was purposely trying to dodge my call - or was she :)
Presently I am being held hostage at my desk by a wood spider. It hops on the desk, then hops on the drape - back and forth and driving me nuts. I am a bit scared of some spiders - mostly just the big, black ones that look like they are on steroids. My winter amnesty program for house spiders is now over - and I need to devise a way to get this wood spider away from my desk and out of the house. The downside is that they are quicker than me and like to jump. It just makes me want to scream!
I am naturally on edge this morning - Mr. Wood Spider has now taken refuge under my monitor, I still have that full feeling and some soreness under my right ribs and it is Scan Day. Scan Day always makes me a bit nervous - never had a CT scan I liked - at least the results I didn't like. The scan process isn't bad - just a lot of 'take a deep breath and hold it'. It'll be a long one today - we are capturing Kodak moments of my neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis. Oh the prospects. Naturally, I wonder how big the kidney tumor is now - I'm calling it early at 3.8 cm. We shall see if I am right. Wondering about the liver lesions too - since my liver is enlarged, perhaps I will call the largest lesion at 1.9 cm. Two months ago the kidney was at 2.9 cm and the liver at 1.4 cm. Then, there is the nervousness about finding new things - I don't like it when they find new things - new things cause more problems and excess worry. So - I am hoping the neck is clear, the left kidney will be clean and that there is nothing new to report except for some growth in the right kidney and liver. I will give my play-by-play when I get the report back.
I am utterly bored now as we have wrapped up The West Wing. That was a good show and just left me wanting more. Now I have to think of what series we can move onto next. I have had to put away the chair massager for now - I think I rattled my insides a bit too much over the weekend with it. Despite what the clinic doctor said - putting heat on my flank and right rib cage is not relieving any pain. Fortunately the pain is still bearable - I just know that it won't always be like this - and that scares me. I just don't have much tolerance for pain. My stomach also doesn't like pain meds either - it just spits 'em right back up. So, not sure what my alternatives are going to be down the road.
I got up at 3:30am and am now finding myself sleepy again - perhaps Shannon will let me catch a couple hours of sleep before her breakfast time at 7am. I am off to lay down and pray that this rib cage thing stays at bay. Mr. Spidey is still glaring at me from under the monitor - he knows I am not stupid enough to spray Raid at my lifeline to the outside world just to get rid of him. Perhaps turning off the light and leaving the room will get him away from my desk and somewhere that I can't see him. Out of sight...out of mind. Not really though - I am too paranoid and will spend the rest of the day wondering if he is lurking under my keyboard or hiding in my slippers.
Had a tough night last night - had a lot of 'fullness' and pressure and pain around and just under my right rib cage. It hurt to cough, it hurt to sit up - took me a few hours to get comfortable enough to go to sleep. That was the closest I have come to going to the emergency room in a long time. Of course I googled and all I came up with was references to the gallbladder. I ate steamed broccoli and rice last night with a wee bit of cheese whiz on top - not sure if that had anything to do with it - but that particular meal has never affected me before like this.
I still have a touch of that funny taste - which I likened it to an ammonia taste in my mouth previously - but it is actually more like acetone - it tastes the way nail polish remover smells. Again, don't know what that is about either - I could only google this weekend because I never got a call back from the on-call nurse at my clinic. Bad Nurse! You are on-call for the weekend as someone might actually 'call' you - a patient perhaps. Yes, I am a bit disgruntled that I never heard back from the nurse. This is my first time ever calling the on-call nurse - didn't even know they had one until this weekend - so it isn't like she was purposely trying to dodge my call - or was she :)
Presently I am being held hostage at my desk by a wood spider. It hops on the desk, then hops on the drape - back and forth and driving me nuts. I am a bit scared of some spiders - mostly just the big, black ones that look like they are on steroids. My winter amnesty program for house spiders is now over - and I need to devise a way to get this wood spider away from my desk and out of the house. The downside is that they are quicker than me and like to jump. It just makes me want to scream!
I am naturally on edge this morning - Mr. Wood Spider has now taken refuge under my monitor, I still have that full feeling and some soreness under my right ribs and it is Scan Day. Scan Day always makes me a bit nervous - never had a CT scan I liked - at least the results I didn't like. The scan process isn't bad - just a lot of 'take a deep breath and hold it'. It'll be a long one today - we are capturing Kodak moments of my neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis. Oh the prospects. Naturally, I wonder how big the kidney tumor is now - I'm calling it early at 3.8 cm. We shall see if I am right. Wondering about the liver lesions too - since my liver is enlarged, perhaps I will call the largest lesion at 1.9 cm. Two months ago the kidney was at 2.9 cm and the liver at 1.4 cm. Then, there is the nervousness about finding new things - I don't like it when they find new things - new things cause more problems and excess worry. So - I am hoping the neck is clear, the left kidney will be clean and that there is nothing new to report except for some growth in the right kidney and liver. I will give my play-by-play when I get the report back.
I am utterly bored now as we have wrapped up The West Wing. That was a good show and just left me wanting more. Now I have to think of what series we can move onto next. I have had to put away the chair massager for now - I think I rattled my insides a bit too much over the weekend with it. Despite what the clinic doctor said - putting heat on my flank and right rib cage is not relieving any pain. Fortunately the pain is still bearable - I just know that it won't always be like this - and that scares me. I just don't have much tolerance for pain. My stomach also doesn't like pain meds either - it just spits 'em right back up. So, not sure what my alternatives are going to be down the road.
I got up at 3:30am and am now finding myself sleepy again - perhaps Shannon will let me catch a couple hours of sleep before her breakfast time at 7am. I am off to lay down and pray that this rib cage thing stays at bay. Mr. Spidey is still glaring at me from under the monitor - he knows I am not stupid enough to spray Raid at my lifeline to the outside world just to get rid of him. Perhaps turning off the light and leaving the room will get him away from my desk and somewhere that I can't see him. Out of sight...out of mind. Not really though - I am too paranoid and will spend the rest of the day wondering if he is lurking under my keyboard or hiding in my slippers.