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The name of the game to day is 'batten down the hatches' as a very bad clipper heading our way from Alberta complete with extremely strong winds and a huge dump of snow. It seems to me this happens every year about this time.
 

Aneeda72 said:
Today I did this, did that and finally decided to take an afternoon nap. My leg has been hurting for a couple days, I started getting sharp pain in the middle of the front of my lower leg plus the calf that’s been hurting.

I sit up, reach down to rub the spot, and feel a bump. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I consult Dr. Google. Yup, he agrees, a blood clot. Wake husband up, who is taking HIS afternoon nap, and tell him we have to go to the instant care. I may have a blood clot and it is nothing to mess around with.

See the doctor, who also thinks it is a DVT. I have to go to the hospital for an ultrasound. Off I go to the ER, tell them I need to check in as an outpatient, and get the test. All goes well. I am having the ultrasound when the tech says “there are two”. Hmm, two blood clots?

Two spots, a smaller one under the larger one. Can you have two blood clots? Cause I Think they are blood clots. Yes she says but I do not know what it is, but there is a smaller spot. Ok. Finishes the test, goes and sees the vascular doctor on call, and tells me he will get the results, and call the doctor at the instance care, and she will call me at the hospital, so answer the phone when it rings.

😧. This can not be good. I have never had a doctor call me at the hospital, in the hospital room to give me results.

I get the call. She does not want to talk about the large swelling I felt, none of them mention it, even though I ask. They want to talk about the small soft tissue solid spot that they found. Not good. Not a blood clot, not a fatty tumor, not a cyst, not an infection, not anything that they can put a name to and tell me what it is.

I hit the nail on the head, and ask “Is it cancer?”, she replies I can only tell you what it is not. I want to wait till the official report is done. I will call you later. She just called. The report is not done yet, she will call me tomorrow when it posts. Meanwhile call my doctor in the morning. Get an appointment to see her. Any changes, at all, come back to the clinic right away. 😳

You are going to need a CT scan and probably an MRI as soon as possible. 😧. Well, definitely not taking a trip to Texas anytime soon. So, hurry up and wait to see if it’s nothing or if I have cancer in my leg. Lovely.

I say to my husband “where’s that package of gummy bears I gave you?” I eat the gummies. Then I eat a shortbread Easter cookie, (got them for my son), and a roll with butter for dinner. A few of my favorite things to ease the pain in my leg and the anger in my brain at yet another medical issue that I have to deal with.

And, of course, now I am mad at myself for, once again, eating my pain and anger. I am still in pain. I am still angry. Anyway, that’s what I did today. Felt sorry for myself and overate a bunch of crap. 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️ 😢
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I sent a message to the doctor asking did I need an appointment. Answer, yes. I called for an appointment and the receptionist said she has an appointment at the end of May or an appointment at the end of April with the PA.

I said I think they want in in before that, but if not I already have an appointment in June and will wait till then. She says I’ll send a message to the doctor and see what she wants to do. Doctors office just called me back, she wants to see me in an hour and half. It’s an hours drive to the doctor. Woke my husband, we got to go.

Report still has not posted to my health. 😮. Sometimes when the reports don’t post it means they want to tell you in person. Ok, I admit it. I am a tad nervous. It’s nothing, I am sure it’s nothing. But I am being treated strangely, amd I don’t like strangely.

So, today, I am off to the doctor, again. 😢
 

hollydolly said:
Aneeda...good luck, I hope it's nowhere nearly as bad as you fear. Surely they would have called you, instead of you calling them if it was too bad, so good luck..drive safely, .
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Yes, thanks, I am overreacting for sure. 🤪. But I changed my undies, just in case. 😂. This is the growth I have on my left ankle which I am waiting to get a cat scan on and no one is upset about. You can even see the picture on the right of the place. The left was non cancer 10years ago and has gotten bigger lately.
 

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In a few minutes I am off to see the dermatologist and get this awful looking squamous related thing removed from my left arm. It looked like a boil when it first popped up a few weeks ago, but it is in the skin cancer family. It is ugly as the devil, but they tell me that it is common and not as dangerous as regular squamous.

Isn't getting old fun??

So Aneeda, maybe we can both have growths removed together, .... in different places of course. Good luck with yours.
 
Pecos said:
In a few minutes I am off to see the dermatologist and get this awful looking squamous related thing removed from my left arm. It looked like a boil when it first popped up a few weeks ago, but it is in the skin cancer family. It is ugly as the devil, but they tell me that it is common and not as dangerous as regular squamous.

Isn't getting old fun??

So Aneeda, maybe we can both have growths removed together, .... in different places of course. Good luck with yours.
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Good luck Pecos..... hope it's not too painful
 
Pecos said:
In a few minutes I am off to see the dermatologist and get this awful looking squamous related thing removed from my left arm. It looked like a boil when it first popped up a few weeks ago, but it is in the skin cancer family. It is ugly as the devil, but they tell me that it is common and not as dangerous as regular squamous.

Isn't getting old fun??

So Aneeda, maybe we can both have growths removed together, .... in different places of course. Good luck with yours.
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I am back home and the surgery only took 45 minutes from the time I walked in the door until I walked out. The good news is that with all these stitches, my left arm is in "rest" mode for the next three weeks and all heavy chores are hereby cancelled.

LOL, The bad news is that these chores will still be waiting for me.

Aneeda, how is it going for you? Please keep us informed.
 
Pecos said:
In a few minutes I am off to see the dermatologist and get this awful looking squamous related thing removed from my left arm. It looked like a boil when it first popped up a few weeks ago, but it is in the skin cancer family. It is ugly as the devil, but they tell me that it is common and not as dangerous as regular squamous.

Isn't getting old fun??

So Aneeda, maybe we can both have growths removed together, .... in different places of course. Good luck with yours.
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That’s what my husband had on his eyelid, they are really nasty looking, at least his was 🤮
 
Pecos said:
I am back home and the surgery only took 45 minutes from the time I walked in the door until I walked out. The good news is that with all these stitches, my left arm is in "rest" mode for the next three weeks and all heavy chores are hereby cancelled.

LOL, The bad news is that these chores will still be waiting for me.

Aneeda, how is it going for you? Please keep us informed.
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Glad you are ok and I am sure you will hate taking it easy. You and @hollydolly work far too much where I am normally a nope I’ll just sit here person. But not lately 😂. whatever you guys have, I have caught it, unfortunately. But it should fade soon.

Saw doctor, she said she’s always happy to see me, hmm, can’t say the same🤣. Anyway, she felt it up 🤪 and said “so they said it’s not a blood clot”. Yup. Hmm, it’s more swollen I say, and she says it’s definitely a vein, but they said it’s not a clot. Yup. Not a clot, can you hear me now? 🤦🏻‍♀️ Yes, I am a bit irrational about this whole thing. 😳

Not a clot, not a this not a that. Hmm. Then she feels the spot between and notices, I swear, a new swollen spot that I had also noticed but did not want to bring for fear I made myself look like the baby I apparently am. This also looks like a vein problem also, she says. Well, at least her and Dr. Google agree.

Maybe veracious veins? She said. Nope, that’s one of the things they said no to. Hmm. Well, I need to see the report. The report is not on line, she looks, it isn't. It still isn't. 😡

So, just waiting. 🤦🏻‍♀️

But had Jersey mike subs for lunch, first time, very good, ate in car. Then frozen yogurt with almonds and, yes, gummy bears, for dessert. So, I am good. 😁. And just waiting, and waiting, and waiting.
 
Went down to the laundry room at 5:30 a.m. which is actually a little late for me. I like to make sure I'm down there and done before anyone else comes down. I loaded the dishwasher and dried my clothes in my apartment dryer and put them away (usually I don't bother until the next day). I walked to the post office to pick up my meds but the line was too long, so I came back home, grabbed a tote and grocery bag then walked over to the supermarket to pick up a couple of items. I relaxed played Words With Friends, watched an episode of The Equalizer and a couple of episodes of HGTV beach front home buying shows. My son popped in today for a very short visit. Now I'm catching up on some social networking, then I'll watch a little more T.V. this evening.
 
Pecos said:
Oh, I cannot imagine what it would be like to have one of those on my eyelid. I would freak out.
Saying that they are really nasty looking is a real understatement.
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I freaked out. Made him see the doctor, 🤦🏻‍♀️, it was removed and he had to have plastic surgery after it healed to repair the eyelid. How are you feeling? Does it hurt a lot?
 
Aneeda72 said:
I freaked out. Made him see the doctor, 🤦🏻‍♀️, it was removed and he had to have plastic surgery after it healed to repair the eyelid. How are you feeling? Does it hurt a lot?
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It is tender, and certain movements of my arm will stretch the skin and remind me very quickly to ease off. I suspect that I will have to take a couple of Tylenol before bedtime tonight if I want to sleep.

You had to make him see a Doctor, are you kidding? What was he going to do, just watch it grow? Those things grow pretty fast and the eyelid is a very sensitive area to begin with. Does he have any scarring on his eyelid?
 
Pecos said:
It is tender, and certain movements of my arm will stretch the skin and remind me very quickly to ease off. I suspect that I will have to take a couple of Tylenol before bedtime tonight if I want to sleep.

You had to make him see a Doctor, are you kidding? What was he going to do, just watch it grow? Those things grow pretty fast and the eyelid is a very sensitive area to begin with. Does he have any scarring on his eyelid?
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Well, be careful, you don’t want to pull the stitches out. Are you going to sleep in a chair?

Yes, it took two weeks to make, and I mean make him go. He was just watching it grow. We fought a lot over it. He went just to “shut me up”. 🤦🏻‍♀️ He was very very angry with me, as he always is.

It did grow very fast and he looked disgusting. But this is a man who refused to go to the dentist and when his teeth rotted in his mouth, he reached up and pulled them out. A lot of guys are like him, guys who were in a field hospital in Vietnam. He’s only been going to the doctor by himself for about ten years. And that’s because I don't let him lie to the docs and so he decided to not include me. I’ve decided this is fine for the most part. I’m tired of being his mom, but like with the eye, I still get involved sometimes.

His eyelid would not close all the way after the surgery which is why there was plastic surgery. Yes, a little scarring but not noticeable.
 
I am up early, as usual. I didn’t get my salad made yesterday evening, part of my new year resolution situation, so decided to start the salad before I made my breakfast. Took me a while to put the food processor together as I am unfamiliar with this appliance.

Finally got it ready, got my vegetables ready to be sliced into nice even thin slices, so excited, although might have been nice if I had put the blade in 🤦🏻‍♀️. Oh, well, take it apart, put it back together, make my breakfast, eat. Now have to take care of Bella. The veggies can wait a bit.
 
Ok, put blade in, reassemble, put veggies in, press button that says slice/shred, and briefly wonder how the machine knows if you want it to shred or slice, cause I want slice. Oh, well, in for a penny, in for a pound, and watched the machine shred my veggies. 😮. Hmm, well, ok.

Probably should have read the instructions, but hey, shredded squash and zucchini is ok. Take it apart, dump the shred into the salad with the lettuce and realize the veggies are pretty wet. 😳. Hmm, probably should have put the shred on paper towels, wrung them out and then added to the lettuce. Oh, well, a bit of a wet salad will be just like fast food. 😂

Now that I have the blade, and take a good look at it, I realize it says shred on one side and slice on the other. I had the blade in upside down. Turn it over, reassemble, put the cucumber in the slot, and, like me, it’s too fat. Take it out, cut in half, hit the button, and Bob’s your uncle, sliced cucumber.

Clean everything up, put salad in fridge, and realize I forgot to slice the celery. Ok, I’ll slice it by hand. Had enough of the food processor for now. It’s a process. 😂. And that’s what I’ve done this morning.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Ok, put blade in, reassemble, put veggies in, press button that says slice/shred, aThat's quite a morningnd briefly wonder how the machine knows if you want it to shred or slice, cause I want slice. Oh, well, in for a penny, in for a pound, and watched the machine shred my veggies. 😮. Hmm, well, ok.

Probably should have read the instructions, but hey, shredded squash and zucchini is ok. Take it apart, dump the shred into the salad with the lettuce and realize the veggies are pretty wet. 😳. Hmm, probably should have put the shred on paper towels, wrung them out and then added to the lettuce. Oh, well, a bit of a wet salad will be just like fast food. 😂

Now that I have the blade, and take a good look at it, I realize it says shred on one side and slice on the other. I had the blade in upside down. Turn it over, reassemble, put the cucumber in the slot, and, like me, it’s too fat. Take it out, cut in half, hit the button, and Bob’s your uncle, sliced cucumber.

Clean everything up, put salad in fridge, and realize I forgot to slice the celery. Ok, I’ll slice it by hand. Had enough of the food processor for now. It’s a process. 😂. And that’s what I’ve done this morning.
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That's quite a morning, Aneeda, probably wasn't funny at the time, hope the rest of the day goes better.
 
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