Wednesday, December 26, 2007

First day back at work after 4 months

First went to the heart center for my scheduled echo. It basically is an ultrasound of the heart and all surrounding plumbing I believe. When I asked the technician what the difference between Muga scan ( where they injected radioactif stuff and then took pix of the heart ) and Echo she said they give the same results but the Echo was more comprehensive.. good and I am also being spared the radiactiv injection!
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As soon as I got in the room took the risk of acting obnoxious and said that I really had lost my trust in ultrasounds since I thought that my c should have been caught on my yearly ultrasounds that I had done along with my mammograms, the lady assured me that she'd be really careful. I somehow do not feel comfortable when a health care provider starts chatting at that point I really want them to focus 110% on their jobs, but my technician had different ideas I guess. After a monologue of 10 minutes she finally understood that I was not up to it and continued silently taking pictures. At one point I also fell asleep, because I had this appointment I had not taken any sleep aids so really needed some zzz...
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Took about 20-30 minutes, I asked whether everything looked ok and whether she would be able to give me the number for the LVEF ( Left Ventricular Ejection fraction) which is the number that the Muga scan spits out ( it was 67%) she said that she could not and I had to discuss it with my doctor in my next appointment. I must have given her the 'sad puppy' look cause just as I was leaving she said ' I would not worry about it' And I have learned so far from the healthcare system that if they see something wrong they want to throw that ball waaaayyy out of their court to yours asap to unload the responsibility. So the ticker is good !
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My first working day was interesting, I felt like I had add and had difficulty focusing on the project that was assigned to me,I will not be doing my regular job for a while and will be working on different things which do not have as much urgency.
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And for the first time in a long time I took a nap on my lunchtime.. unbelievable.. forget about Ambien, Xanax, Ativan, Rozerem.. just go to work, somehow that put me to sleep .. tsk tsk...
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After work went to the 1 hour spinnning class and really was able to push myself hard for the first time in a long time.
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There is a salsa class starting mid January we decided to hit the 8 sessions with Ferit that would be awesome to celebrate the ending of my chemo (last session so far is planned to be on January 10)
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Started a new book - Middlesex very interesting.

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