I got the MRI scan yesterday. It wasn't bad, the worst part was getting the IV in for the contrast. Because they cannot use my left arm (due to lymph node removal), they always use my right arm, and all my veins on the right arm have been hiding. There is one decent vein that they like to use, but it turns out that one got a lot of scar tissue, so the nurse yesterday worked for a long time to get the needle in, so here is my wining: it hurt a lot...
Then the MRI part wasn't bad, I know the drill now, bunch of breath holding, lots of noise from the machine, beautiful Vivaldi - 4 seasons playing in the background.
I am going to the Dr. tomorrow to get the results and also have my 2 month check up.
If you have been following the blog, you probably know that I lost my two big toe nails during chemo -- well they didn't totally fall off, but I would say the Podiatrist had to cut off so much that I had only about 1/4 of the nail there. Further more I got fungal infections so I have been using topical fungal medication to get rid of that. I have been very excited because they are almost full grown now. But a few weeks ago it seemed that they were growing into my flesh, so I started occasionally soaking them in warm water and then pushing the skin off the nail's path. Well, yesterday night the nail caught up and the pain woke me up from my sleep at 2:30 am. I had to take an Advil to go back to sleep. Thankfully I could get an appointment with the podiatrist and he cut off the edges of the nails, that took off the immediate pressure. Now we have to make sure that it doesn't get infected.
OK, I better go and get the dinner ready so we can get the girls in bed by 8:30 pm. It is getting harder to get them to bed on time with the days getting longer, but hey I am not complaining, I love coming home and still have it light for a while.
Wishing you all a beautiful spring time!
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