Upcoming Scans

Hello!
Lots of news to report. My awesome friend Jenn had a wonderful belated birthday party for me last night. All of my great friends turned out, and we had a ton of food, drinks and good conversation. We also wanted a theme to the party, so we did a holiday cookbook exchange. Everyone had fun, and it was great to see my friends. Jenn's condo was decorated to the hilt! Her theme this year was snowmen, and she and her Mom brought over 20 boxes of decorations into the condo.

Tomorrow, beginning at 6:15am, I have ALL of my scans at NMH. I start out the day at 6:15 with a bone density test, and then my PET scan at 6:30. I have a CT of my neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis at 9:00. Then I have a break until 1:45 when I have a Doppler of my leg to see if my blood clot is gone, and an MRI of my spine to gage the compression fracture and the healing from all of the massive tumors I had.

Doing my scans like this equals a really long day, but I would rather go through the hassle of sitting there and doing all of the waiting in one day, rather that two. It is very frustrating, and I know Northwestern is one of the best, but when you have an entity so large, there is so much lack of communication betweeen staff members, and so much waiting.

Oh, and my little period friend has returned. If I am going to be infertile like all of the docs say, then why am I getting my period? It is driving me crazy! I am visiting a new OB-GYN at NMH, so that my doctors are all consistent within the system.

Hope you are having fun getting ready for the holidays and spending time with family and friends!

Love,
Sherrie