Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Not just yet...
Kinda weird - tonight "he" went with me and my two other friends (a couple) to watch a softball game and then we all went for a bike ride. Not ready to let my guard down just yet.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Oops!
Wow, time flies, I tell ya. Here's the scoop on me:
MRI: Came back fine, no brain cancer. ENT thinks I might have TMJ (my jaw cracks when I open it) so he sent me to the dentist. Dentist doesn't think it's a major TMJ issue, she recommended getting fitted for a biteguard to wear "whenever I can". Wow, sexy. Ringing in ears is still happening. Lucky me!
Diet: Non-existent. Ok, all hope is not lost, I am still kind of watching what I eat, but not as closely. My cousin Jennifer is doing FABULOUS and she gives me motivation. I just need to focus!
Exercise: Doing well. At least something remains constant in this battle of the bulge!
Vacation: Went to Oscoda last week camping and canoeing. I got totally wasted drunk while canoeing, fell out several times and peed in the water.....alot. It was lots of fun. I went camping with 13 others - all of whom had their partner there...I was the odd wo-man out. That part totally sucked. I really disliked being the "13th wheel" and lucky for me, there was one nice couple I could hang out with that wasn't busy playing kissy-face all week.
The Man Front: Well, it appears that there may be a certain someone interested in me! I am nervous about this, not sure what to think, how to act, what to say. I guess I'll just go with the flow for now. KT can vouch that he is a nice guy, cute, taller than me (big plus!!), considerate, funny. Not my usual "type" - he has no interest in the gym and no interest in sports, which means he doesn't watch baseball (gasp). He is interested in motorcycles and snowmobiles, and so am I. So I guess we'll see where this leads. Heck it might not even go anywhere, but a few of my friends who have seen us together think that we'll hook up. We shall see!
MRI: Came back fine, no brain cancer. ENT thinks I might have TMJ (my jaw cracks when I open it) so he sent me to the dentist. Dentist doesn't think it's a major TMJ issue, she recommended getting fitted for a biteguard to wear "whenever I can". Wow, sexy. Ringing in ears is still happening. Lucky me!
Diet: Non-existent. Ok, all hope is not lost, I am still kind of watching what I eat, but not as closely. My cousin Jennifer is doing FABULOUS and she gives me motivation. I just need to focus!
Exercise: Doing well. At least something remains constant in this battle of the bulge!
Vacation: Went to Oscoda last week camping and canoeing. I got totally wasted drunk while canoeing, fell out several times and peed in the water.....alot. It was lots of fun. I went camping with 13 others - all of whom had their partner there...I was the odd wo-man out. That part totally sucked. I really disliked being the "13th wheel" and lucky for me, there was one nice couple I could hang out with that wasn't busy playing kissy-face all week.
The Man Front: Well, it appears that there may be a certain someone interested in me! I am nervous about this, not sure what to think, how to act, what to say. I guess I'll just go with the flow for now. KT can vouch that he is a nice guy, cute, taller than me (big plus!!), considerate, funny. Not my usual "type" - he has no interest in the gym and no interest in sports, which means he doesn't watch baseball (gasp). He is interested in motorcycles and snowmobiles, and so am I. So I guess we'll see where this leads. Heck it might not even go anywhere, but a few of my friends who have seen us together think that we'll hook up. We shall see!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
MRI
So tonight at 9:15pm (can you believe they take patients until 11:45PM?!) I headed over to the hospital to get an MRI on my head. Yes people, they're checking to see what's wrong in my head...lol....anyways - I didn't really know what to expect, I purposefully did not ask many questions because sometimes, it's just not worth it to know exactly what you're in for. Know what I mean? I figured, "shoot...I had heart surgery, this'll be no problem." Ummm. If I never have to take a test like that in the future, I won't be upset. Let me tell you why:
1.) I was sure that I couldn't fit into that little opening, in fact, I even questioned it. The nurse looked at me, laughed and said, oh you'll be fine, you'll fit! Lemme tell ya, there wasn't much room! How do bigger people get MRI's anyways? If I was a little bigger, probably wouldn't have fit.
2.) When your ears are plugged with ear plugs, plus a cushion on both sides that was pretty thick and you can still hear the machine pretty clearly - you know it must be loud!
3.) When your eyes are shut and you can see blue, green and yellow images, I'm not sure what that's all about, but it can't be good.
4.) When they inject this dye into your arm and you immediately smell something odd, somethin ain't right.
5.) When you get out of the testing area and notice that your vein is bulging where they injected that dye, it makes a person wonder. Come to think of it, where does the dye go? Do I pee it out? If so, what color will it be when it comes out? My friend told m the dye is purple and I think it would be totally cool to pee purple since it would match my brand new cell phone that is...the color purple.
A cool thing though, is that I got the copies of all the films they made. So of course when I got home, I had to pull them out and start self-diagnosing my brain scan. Only I don't really know what I'm looking for, except for the scans I see on House on TV. So according to those, I'm good. Must be TMJ that's causing the incessant, non-stop ringing that never ever ever ever goes away.
So that's it! That's my update! More info to follow once I talk to the doctor again in about a week or so. Happy 4th of July!
1.) I was sure that I couldn't fit into that little opening, in fact, I even questioned it. The nurse looked at me, laughed and said, oh you'll be fine, you'll fit! Lemme tell ya, there wasn't much room! How do bigger people get MRI's anyways? If I was a little bigger, probably wouldn't have fit.
2.) When your ears are plugged with ear plugs, plus a cushion on both sides that was pretty thick and you can still hear the machine pretty clearly - you know it must be loud!
3.) When your eyes are shut and you can see blue, green and yellow images, I'm not sure what that's all about, but it can't be good.
4.) When they inject this dye into your arm and you immediately smell something odd, somethin ain't right.
5.) When you get out of the testing area and notice that your vein is bulging where they injected that dye, it makes a person wonder. Come to think of it, where does the dye go? Do I pee it out? If so, what color will it be when it comes out? My friend told m the dye is purple and I think it would be totally cool to pee purple since it would match my brand new cell phone that is...the color purple.
A cool thing though, is that I got the copies of all the films they made. So of course when I got home, I had to pull them out and start self-diagnosing my brain scan. Only I don't really know what I'm looking for, except for the scans I see on House on TV. So according to those, I'm good. Must be TMJ that's causing the incessant, non-stop ringing that never ever ever ever goes away.
So that's it! That's my update! More info to follow once I talk to the doctor again in about a week or so. Happy 4th of July!
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