Oncologist

I get home frustrated from the radiation appointment! It was to late to make calls for an Oncology appointment so that meant another day without anything being done. Again, just mentally exhausted from everything. The next morning I start making calls, there was an available appointment for a couple days later, obviously I took it. Which in turn meant another couple of days to ponder, worry, stress, the whole routine, anyway I did errands and such, tried to keep my mind busy and not overthink. I will say that not overthinking during a cancer diagnosis is almost impossible, at least for me it was. Finally, it is the day of the appointment, Mike was going with me. Gotta give it to that man, he was there, he was present for all of it (other than his Dads service, which I remind him of often) just kidding! We get there and what do you know, paperwork, my favorite (Not!) Answer all the questions, go back through to make sure it is all done, it is amazing everything they ask you, give it back to the lady and sit down to wait. We are called back and taken to a room, the nurse comes in with more questions and then another lady comes in and starts asking if I feel safe at home, and crazy things, I was like why are you asking that, she said it was protocol for care taking, whatever that means. I was laughing but answered the questions, I am not sure if I was laughing because of the questions or because I was a nervous wreck. The doctor comes in, introduces herself, starts going through a whirlwind of things that are about to happen, there were many tests that she was going to need, I thought I was coming here just to see if I needed chemo, again, I was wrong. She took so much blood that I was not sure if I had any left. She also informed me that I needed to sign a waiver for them to use blood and parts of my tumor for additional testing, what the heck! Why would they even still have that at the hospital? I assumed it would get thrown away but again, do not assume with cancer, there are many crazy things that happen, like keeping your blood and apparently your tumor for further tests. After all the blood work, getting the waiver signed, she said that we needed to set up an appointment for the next week to come back for these results and then we would discuss the remaining test, I was thinking dear lord does this ever end?! I felt kinda bad that Mike took more time away from work, only to really not get any answers but again we did not know what was going to happen, he was glad to do it and wanted to be there. Truth be told although I felt bad that he took time away from work, I was so glad that he was there, I needed him close! 

When Life Gives You Lemons…Make Lemonade or Margaritas, whichever suits your fancy!