The New Oncologist's Office Called

They called but it wasn't on Tuesday when I almost stayed home all day waiting for their call. I had a chance to have lunch with 2 friends I haven't seen for a while. So I called the Oncologist's office and left a message on the phone of my "handler" or my "scheduler" that I would be away from home from 11:30 till 1:00 but they could reach me by my cell phone. No call came that day either before, during or after lunch. So then I worried which is something I majored in that maybe I had missed my call window. But in the back of my mind I remembered that nurse telling me a few days before that Tuesday they would have double the appointments because of the Monday holiday. That was also what the caller mentioned at 4:30 p.m. She was calling for my handler who had been too busy with patients to make the appointments. Anyway she called the next day and my appointment for a Brain MRI and CT Scan have a check in time at noon on Monday in Scottsdale. Now I don't know my way in Scottsdale so I am forever grateful to Gary and Diane for giving me a Tom Tom to find my way around. I think they came up with the idea when I went to Tucson a couple of years ago and came close to the Mexican border. Diane has a head for directions so she helped me get back on track to Tucson.

After my two tests I'll be going to the new Oncologist's office for blood work and other tests. Hopefully I'll get my calendar of when I have to be in their office on a weekly basis. Right now my life is in limbo because I don't know what days will be open and what days I'll be in Scottsdale.

Now it's for sure my cough is no better since they drained my lung. This is 5 months of hacking. I'm surprised I haven't been barred from most restaurants and other public places. I think hacking coughs are annoying for everyone in the room and lately I understand if you cough around some people they pull out a mask and put it on their faces. It also affects my sleeping because I can only sleep on my back not on the sides or my stomach. Those positions cause more coughing.

I wasn't able to get to two of my workout classes: one because the class was canceled because of the holiday and the other because the nausea came back for a day. I did get to David's weight training class and Julie's cardio class.

This week I may be able to go to Kickboxing on Monday before I go to Scottsdale. I'll definitely try because the more classes I do the better I feel.