Patty's epic adventure

  5/19/24 Today’s Sunday. Last Monday I went to the rheumatologist. He did an exam and then they took a lot of blood. They’re going to run a lot of tests and they will come back at different times. They’re not going to call me until they have them all, however. That will take up to two weeks. He says I definitely have an auto immune disease, He is not exactly sure what it is.   He does not think at this time that I have rheumatoid arthritis, though. He says it doesn’t go to the back, so I reckon that’s pretty good news.  On Tuesday, I went to another doctor for acupuncture. However, when I got there, he said he would like to try needling. I had heard of that before, so I told him I would do it. That was an interesting visit. First, he poked around and then marked my back. He sterilized it and started inserting the needles. About halfway through, I asked him if this was like acupuncture, and he said not really. The needles are different. I asked him if I could see one...

  May 4, 2024 It's Saturday.  I've been sleeping most of the past 4 days.  It hit me on Wednesday and I could hardly stay awake.  Clammy, but no fever.  Didn't want to do anything.  Even get the mail.  Too tired.  Didn't care.  Today is a bit better, but I'm slow.  Needed to schedule stuff, take care of insurance, etc., and I did nothing.  Absolutely nothing.   This morning, I got a call from my oncologist.  The one that retired as of yesterday.  She was sitting in her backyard talking on her cell phone.  She told me to write her number down and keep it.  She said I was special to her and she wanted me to keep in touch.  Wow.  My heart smiled.  She spoke for quite awhile and explained a lot of things.  She told me to take a Covid test.  I did.  It was negative.  She is concerned about my low white count, but told me to eat a lot of protein, etc., and then we'll test it...