MRI Experience

MRI.. ever done one of those before.. The number one reason for reading the paperwork they give you before a test. Well, I was scheduled this test just yesterday so I had no preparation for it. I had NO IDEA that they were going to put me in a tunnel where all kind of random banging noises hung out around my head and body. AHHHHHHH... well, I freaked out at first and they had to pull me out of said "tunnel". I realized I just drove 50 miles to get this test that probally cost's like 4 grand, so I better pull up my bootstraps and just DEAL... well, I did, with a lot of help from the washcloth that they put over my face so I could keep my eyes closed the entire time and just "trick" my brain into thinking that I was NOT shoved 8 feet into a tunnel that I could feel on either side, and on my stomach!

My body is also starting to get mad... my veins did not cooperated with the dye that they had to inject 1/2 way through my wonderful MRI experience. My veins said "NO.. NO MORE DYES.... I AM NOT LETTING YOU IN.. ANYMORE!!" They fought hard too, but the tech. finally defeted a vein in my hand.. ouch! I go for a port consult next tues. so I will have a port in my chest where they can put the chemo and get all the blood from me that their hearts desire.

I also went to my third support group meeting last night and I think I have a new friend "Jackie". She will be 50 soon and I just adore her, she's from Scotland and she is just full of spunk and life! She's also amazingly beautiful! I also met someone else who sat just to my left, but she is a much more gentle soul so I forgot her name. Jackie is just like me.. loud and bubblie :)!! I was a wreck at the beginning of the meeting.. I mean, I was just told I might have stage 4 cancer so I was crying and it was just such a nice place to gain my composure. I am so thankful of the Gilda Rander organization for all that they do.

I am hoping that the Lord is bringing me through this just so I can step into the world of cancer and serve him (for 66 more years on this lovely planet that he created so beautifully). That is my goal... 66 more years. I have decided that I would like to be 99 when I die, and I would like to die in my sleep :).

Christmas is just around the corner, we have a full weekend of fun family and friend activities!!!

Life is GREAT and God is GOOD! Blessings to you today!