Just trying to spice things up a bit...

Mary continues with radiation and chemo and thanks to Terry for driving duties today. Peggy (yesterday) and Terry have a long trek just to get to our house to pick Mary up so an extra big thanks to these two Santa Cruz volunteers!

As for the status report, Mary said it best, "I feel like I have a chuck of overcooked meat in my gut. Oh, I guess I do!"

My contribution to spice things up was a trip to see my doctor today because of some symptoms of tingly fingers and quick, sharp pains in my upper left chest area. After an in-office EKG, she sent me on to ER for an enzyme test. Well, ER doesn't just "do" enzyme tests. So another EKG, frontal and lateral x-rays (which I don't really understand since x-rays and soft tissues are not the best of matches, especially since the heart is always moving) and then they slapped me in a bed for observation. Which meant I was hooked up to a pulse monitor, a different set of EKG adhesive sensors, a respiration monitor and who knows what else. And, the last thing they did? Ah, the enzyme test which happens to take 90 minutes to process. So I spent a most enjoyable afternoon and evening being monitored by the good folks at Good Sam. No crash cart, no big needles in the chest cavity, no nothing like that.

While Mary was not able to join me, MaryR did. My Mary determined I needed company more than she did.

The net, net? You are not gonna believe this as I walked out the door to go home, "Take two aspririn and call your doctor in the morning."