The day started when I woke up late and got stuck behind a wreck on Hwy 80. So of course I was late to my first appointment. My first appointment was with my endocrinologist, Dr. B. He put me on a new insulin over two months ago and it has been working great for me! My numbers are looking better and are finally staying on track. I'm so happy to finally find the combination that works for me. Plus - I somehow had a credit on my account so I didn't have to pay the full copay. Whoo hoo!
My second appointment of the day was with Dr. R. the gastro DR. Luckily, my gastric symptoms have improved so much, but we are not sure how? He was so happy about my progress and thinks many of the gastric symptoms I had during chemo are finally starting to go away. So now he is going to focus on my liver functions and see if he can try and figure out what the other liver DR tried to find with all the biopsies and scans.
I was starving by then and was happy to get some spaghetti for lunch from the Lots-a-Pasta downstairs. Sweet!
Then I went to my Herceptin infusion - my second to last one! The nurse I had today was super nice and talked a lot with me. It just added to my good mood and made me feel great. She watched SVU with me and joked about driving in Dallas traffic, like I have to do. When I was finished there, it felt great knowing I only have to do that one more time!
My last appointment of the day - of course with Dr. A. He was in such a good mood this visit, so it put me in such a good mood too! Today I wasn't getting another fill since I've reach the right size, so he just checked them today and talked a little bit about the first upcoming surgery. I then told him how badly I wanted to have chin lipo done at some point too - and I would even pay for it myself since insurance won't. Dr. A. seemed unsure at first but then said he would have one of the girls look into adding it to the surgery and give me a call as to what my end would cost. I was ecstatic! This si something I've been wanting since I was like 15 - and it could actually happen now! Ha ha!
Before I left, Dr. A. told me that PA had baked me some cookies, but that I wasn't allowed to have them because I was diabetic. I might have took him seriously if he wasn't eating my cookies right out of the bowl as he said it. I told him to take a few more to save me from eating them myself, so he grabbed some before I took the bowl. Then I reminded them my next appointment is my pre-op visit and time to party after my last infusion! I told Dr. A. I would even bring a vegetable tray to offset the sugary stuff :-P
On the way home, I stopped at the Russell Stover's for some chocolate and then at Bucee's for a large ICEE. By the time I got back home, I was so pooped, but so happy at the same time. It turned out to be a good day after all.
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