FEB 15, 18 .. TODAY THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD
This Post is dated : Thursday the 15th of February 2018.
Wednesday, the 14th of February, the below took place.
Today, right now, THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
IF you are interested, I mean to say that IF you are really interested in Patti and my daily-doings, you will like this Post.
IF you are not interested stop here, delete this, and get on with your life.
“Just a little, Just a small tad manic here our Captain?”
“Yes BUT it sure beats the living Be-Jesus out of being depressed.”
Yesterday was Tuesday the 14th Valentine’s Day 2018.
Bright and early yesterday morning (at 9:10AM) Patti and I set out to drive one full hour across the Phoenix, Arizona, megapolis for my first-of-the-day Mayo Clinic medical procedures.
We left our motel ( left red balloon ) and went North to Loop Road 101 ( center red balloon ) and East and South down to Shea and then East out Shea to the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona, ( right red balloon ).
God was with us. Traffic was flowing (80 miles-per-hour or faster) at and way beyond the 55 mph speed limit. The normal 1-hour trip took us only 40-minutes.
There yours truly had / experienced a Bone Mineral Analysis (BMA) to determine if my (to date) 1-year regimen of Risedronate coupled with Vitamin D / Magnesium / Calcium is doing one-whit of good for my male osteoporosis.
Then back across Phoenix we drove. First from Mayo Scottsdale ( right red balloon ) to the Mayo Clinc Phoenix ( center red balloon ) and finally (it was about 6:15PM) back home to our motel ( left red balloon ).
Oh! I almost forgot to tell you! While I was at the Mayo Clinic Phoenx ( center red balloon ) I took up a full 30-minutes of residence in a Mayo Clinic MRI machine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging
Why? What for? To see what-is-happening with regard to my left kidney.
Let me re-assure you all that a full 30-minute MRI experience is very intense.
After the MRI adventure was finished, Patti and I ate (another) wonderful lunch at the Mayo Phoenix dining room.
The outdoor dining area.
Our table in the back corner.
Our table live-and-up-close.
Oh my goodness. To die for good.
Well?
This is it for yesterday.
Now?
Today, after I publish this, Patti will go to her downtown hotel and sign in for her ladies conference. Tomorrow our Patti, our lady, will be sitting on a discussion panel.
Smiles from Patti and Cap
- FEB 14, 18 .. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO ALL OF YOU YOUNG (AT HEART) LOVERS
- FEB 16, 18 ..PATTI & THE IWC .. LUNCH WITH LORAN
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When do you get the test results? And did you order the same thiing for lunch today as you did yesterday? Are you stuck in a rut? ;)
Yes Oh Yes! I AM ‘stuck in a rut’. Yes indeed I ordered precisely the same thing I ordered yesterday.
My Doctor(s), not I will get the test results. Yesterdays MRI results will go up to Rochester, Minnesota, for review by my Rochester Mayo Clinic Doctor who saw me last September 1st, 2017. His office (I telephoned them today) confirmed that the results are indeed posted for them to review when my Doctor deems it necessary (read : has the time to do so).
When Ken was undergoing treatment for his ailment, he had to endure a one-hour MRI at the Veterans Hospital in San Francisco. I think he fell asleep during the first one. By the time he had the third one, the disease had progressed to the point where they had to cancel the MRI because his body was unable to hold still.
This MRI business is not for the faint-of-heart. I just used my ‘zen mind and got into it mentally. I tried to track all of the sounds that I was hearing. I was keenly aware of the different sounds and differing sound patterns. I am not quite able to comprehend a 1-hour or even longer MRI experinence. They gave me a round rubber ball attached to a hose. I said “What is this?” .. “If you need to get our attention, squeeze the ball.” .. I pushed it away and did not touch it again.
I said, “Do patients ever have an opps-episode while in the MRI machine?” .. “They smiled and said ‘Yes’.” Maybe THAT is why I had to fast and drink no liquids for four hours before the procedure.
They want you to ‘freeze still’ and hold your breath. So if you can’t be still that-is-that. No MRI. Again, many people simply are not able to do the process.