Friday, April 1st

We had 12 inches of snow today!!!! April fool! The roads were terrible to drive on!!! April fool! I went for my CT Scan today - now this isn't an April Fool joke -....I went alone. When I heard the weather forecast for today I called on Thursday to change the time....It was suppose to be at 10 this morning but changed it to 2:30 pm. When I told Charlie...he said he had an interview set up for the same time. I told him that I could go alone...which I did. Again, I'm done with the April Fool jokes....I drank my contrast, took all of the 15 prednisone pills and 1 benedryl pill before leaving for my appointment. While I was doing the scan I sneezed - twice....the nurse got a little worried...seems that sneezing is a reaction....So, after I was done (which takes about 5 minutes) he walked me to the cancer center - which is several doors down. He spoke with one of the nurses and when he came out...I had a little rash on my right hand and another rash beginning on my left arm...no other rashes...but they didn't want me to leave...so they hooked me up for intravenous benedryl and pepcid (a kind of steroid)...took my vitals...my heartbeat was very fast - 135 -but I'm always fast, my ususal resting heartbeat is in the low 100's...then they took my blood pressure and that was up too....but it could have been from the prednisone...anyway, I didn't get sleepy from the benedryl drip - so I was able to drive home. It's after 10 and I'm fine. I took a nap about 7:30 and slept for about 15 minutes. Funny thing is that I got this 'first' reaction when I went alone and now this time - again being alone - got it worse but it was still a 'mild' reaction. Dr. May sat with me for about 10 minutes. I told her that I don't want to do any more scans...but being a doctor, her answer was - take one step at a time...we'll see what the results are from this scan. The scan was done in the afternoon and by the time they read it - they didn't think the center would get the results until Monday....so, now I wait! I go for blood work on Monday at 8 am and I'm sure - as in the past - it's too early for results then. As far as the beginning of my blog...my April Fools jokes - we did get snow...about 1 inch and it only covered the grass...the driveway and roads were just wet. This is the kind of snow I wish we'd get all winter - nothing on the roads and nothing to shovel or get plowed! Wishful thinking!!! But wait, I'm sure that will happen in South Carolina!!!! I'll get my wish! While I was getting my scan I had a different nurse...His name is Kevin and he's been there everytime I've had a scan but this time he was alone. He told me that his wife was on a clinical study and had to get off because her port became infected. I asked what type of cancer she had and it was 'ovarian'....she just passed away about one month ago...and she was only 51...she suffered about 9 months....I felt so bad when he told me that.