1/10/23

It's Tuesday.  My blog is screwed up this evening and I can't see past entries, to I can't refer to them to see what I've already said.  Oh, well.  The worst case scenario is that you'll read it twice.

My company left this morning and I was SO very sad to see them go.  We had a good time and I enjoyed their company very, very much.  This afternoon, I went to physical therapy and then to my ultrasound.  It didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped.  He says I need a biopsy, but he won't do it until I get cleared by my pulmonologist because I'm on blood thinners.  MD Anderson did a punch biopsy last month without permission and everything went just fine.  I don't get it.  So, it can't be done until next week sometime.  I'm not sure I want him to do it.  I don't care for him too much and have written to my surgeon in Houston to ask her opinion about the whole ordeal.  My new tumor is approx. 1.5 cm in length and kind of looks like a raggedy, raw peanut in the shell.  He wants to do a vacuum assisted core needle biopsy and put in a marker.  I'm going to get a CD with the images on Thursday so I can take them to MD Anderson.  I'll let you know how everything goes.

I don't have any appts. tomorrow.  Free day!  I have 2 on Thursday and then go pick up my CD at the hospital afterwards.  I think we're leaving on Friday morning for Houston to make it in time for my appt. with the sarcoma guy.  No telling when we get to come home.....

I'm fat, but I identify as skinny.

I'm trans-slender.

David told me he saw a deer on the way to Lowe's today.  I asked him how he knew the deer was headed to Lowe's.  He just looked at me funny.....

My physical therapist told me to go to Wal-Mart and buy a camisole called 'Cupid'.  She said they're only about $15 and they may help my lymphedema.  I made it there today and found some.  There were two left and they were both a different size.  I took both into the dressing room.  I figured the smaller one would be the one I'd get because the measurements on the back of the package seemed to match my physique the best.  They're supposed to fit snug and she said the pressure may help my swelling so that I don't have to wear my compression bra (which I hate).  I go the smaller one from the hanger and checked it out before attempting to put it on.  I figured it would stretch quite a bit because the material it was made of was almost entirely elastic/spandex stuff.  I got one arm into the thing and realized I may require assistance to get out of it.  At this point, my brain traveled back in time to the Spanx fiasco in the dressing room in Houston and I nearly panicked.  I tried some deep breathing to get relaxed, but breathing at all proved more difficult than I anticipated.  I looked at myself in the mirror and instantly realized that was a huge mistake.  Good grief.  I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time.  I inched myself out of that evil garment and decided I'd just buy the larger one and not try it on at all in the store, but just take it home and try it there.  I have not done so yet, and I'm not exactly sure when I'm going to attempt it.  I think I'd better do it when David is within earshot.  He'd be much more discreet than say a crew that was sent by a 911 operator...  I'll be sure to keep ya'll updated.

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