Thursday, May 5, 2016
Today started out a little different than most Thursdays do. First of all, I had that second mammogram appointment today, although not until 1:30. But since I am going down the road, it only made sense that I do other errands as I can, doesn't it? And to do those errands, I have to have money, so I have to start out by going up to Georgetown and getting Ron's check. It's the opposite direction of everything, so that has to figure into the time scheme.
After getting my shower and deciding what to wear, I left home around 11 - sometime between 10:30 and 11, when Ron called me to say he was on his way back to the dump with a box - and the plan worked! We both got there just about the same time. That was a relief, that neither one of us had to wait for the other.
After talking to him for a few minutes (and getting his check from him), I headed back toward Bethel in Ron's truck, leaving him my car. Once in Bethel, I went to the bank, to the library, stopped at Gold Star for a Gorito to eat while going down the road, and finally got going down 125. I stopped at Walmart to put gasoline in the truck, since the gasoline there was $2.06, and it is at least $2.39 in Bethel, Hamersville, and Georgetown. Might as well save a little bit of money where we can!
I made it to the lab for my appointment with plenty of time to spare - I had wondered while driving because people just don't know how to drive...to GO...and I was very glad that I gave myself plenty of time today. You know (if you are a woman) that you don't wear deodorant or lotion or anything when getting a mammogram and I sure didn't want to sweat on the way! But the traffic....I made myself not be worried about it because I had plenty of time.
After the fun of the paperwork, I got called back and the mammogram got done. She told me to wait in the dressing room until the radiologist looks at the film, then someone will be in to talk to me. Well, that someone was that same nurse/technician who told me that the radiologist wants to do an ultrasound to clarify some spots. WHAT?? Are you kidding me? Now I have six million thoughts going through my head that probably shouldn't be in there at all....
I am led to the ultrasound room and that commences. That technician has problems with my boobs - aligning my boobs, I guess - with me lying on my back and my side, so she finally has me sitting up with my arm up over my head while she does the test. UNcomfortable!! But that's the only way she can do or see what she needs to. Damn boobs.
She does her thing, stopping the machine to take pictures and all that every once in a while. She goes and gets a pen to mark little circles on my boobs so she can try again with me lying on my back. She needed to know exactly where to look/wand, so that's why she circled the spot. Damn boobs.
She's finally done, and goes to let the radiologist see the films. Both she and the radiologist come in to talk to me (finally!!) and I am told that she (the radiologist) thinks that these spots are just little benign lymph nodes (in my boobs?) and I need to come back in six months to see if they have grown.
I go to get dressed - get that icky ultrasound gel off of me! - and get the hell outta there!!
They must have scared ten years off my life. At least.
I had made tentative plans with Bert and Teresa to meet at Don Rigo - the Mexican restaurant in the Kroger plaza - for lunch at 2:30, which we figured would be well after my boob squish would be over. Well, Bert decided not to come today (she was watching her great-niece), and now, at 2:30, I am still in the ultrasound! I text Teresa as soon as I could to let her know that I am gonna run late and for her to call Bert to find out her final decision. I got out of the lab at 10 til 3, and made good time getting back up to Amelia. After all, Teresa - and maybe Bert, too - was already waiting! I am the one who is late this time. I'm glad I had a good reason....
We had a wonderful time! I thought that they would have had a bunch of fun stuff going on because of Cinco de Mayo, but they didn't. They had some decorations up, and they had CdM on their shirts, but that was about it. Maybe they had drink specials, but that didn't concern us, so we don't, or didn't, know about those. Oh, well.
It was going on 6:00 when I finally got home, and that was that for the evening. Ron made himself one of his frozen Chinese things for his supper, and I finally made myself chicken noodle soup around 8:30. I did remember to watch Bones tonight, then turned on dead guys.
Tomorrow is a sisters lunch, then grocery shopping. Yay!
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