Thanks guys. As you all know, I'm a tough old bird. This has relieved some of the worries about cost of transportation.
One of my concerns in having to lay on that stupid slab for so long. I have back issues, and even find CTs difficult with needing breaks. I have limited range of motion in my left arm and I'll need to clasp my hands over my head, arms straight. I was sore for hours after CT scans (unrelated) during a hospitalization at xmas time. I am seriously worried I won't be in good shape after that. In December, taking the bus home from Etobicoke General after a nice relaxed discharge day left me too crippled to get up my stairs, had to crawl up them.
I am also feeling angry as my NP was sent a requisition to send the referral to Lung Diagnostic back in December after a CT Dec 9th. I was in for an appointment about blood pressure March 9th, and she just noticed it then. Oops. She thinks she knows more than specialists, like my vascular surgeon, ortho and psychiatrists. She literally said my vascular surgeon did not have the training she had. She also seems to feel extra strength tylenol should be adequate for any pain, I think because she's not allowed to prescribe them herself. She's violently opposed to my use of cannabis oil which my vascular surgeon prefers over opiates. So my chance of getting her to ask the doctor to prescribe so much as two T-3s is slim.
On the bright side, gyne at the Cancer Centre here told me in January I am now down to once a year for biopsies.
I am really struggling to eat these days, and you all know how I love my food. This appetite thing is not new, but I am usually able to eat without forcing myself.
