Went into the doctors today for a followup on all the test that he ordered last week for my lupus. Sort of a mixed bag. Liver enzymes were back to normal, and the inflamation labs are on their way back down. The x-rays were not to bad.
Then he pulled up the stool, and sat right down in frount of me. (Now I am a Nurse, and I know that is not good news.)He asked me how long ago I quit smoking, and I said 212 days ago. (Ha, I even know to the day, just like most of you) Then he looked me in the eye and said " Just Why did you quit smoking?" I told him because it was time. He wanted to know if I was having any breathing problems, or chest pains, or coughing, etc, etc, etc. Then he told me there was something on the chest x-ray. Looked like it might be a tumor or something. Must have repeated 4-5 times that they couldn't be sure what it was. Had I had my mamogram this year? :quest:
Ok, so we need to get on this right away. How is your schedule for the rest of the day today, and what about tomorrow if we can't get you in today? Oh, and well we need to do a CT of your chest and abdomen. Sometimes these lesions can be caused by a different type of arthritis and we need to check out both areas to see if there are any more, and to find out more about this one that we see.(not an expert you understand, but I have never heard of that one.) :confuse: OK, Let's set it up for this afternoon if it is possible. (This at 9:15 in the morning).
At 3:30 this after noon they did the scan. I got home at 6:30 after being gone since 7Am.
At 8:45 this evening the doctors nurse called me. She wanted to let me know that she had seen the CT results and wanted to talk to me about what they showed. NO Tumor. Some type of calcification lesion, looks like from a lung infection in the past couple of years. Any way she thought she would just call and let me know so that I could sleep tonight
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And so HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
Cheryl
[font=georgia][size=4][color=navy]No Joking, I'm Still Not Smoking![/font][/size][/color]
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/4/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 213
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,114
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $607.05
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 27 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 47 [B]Seconds: