Since my last post I got to get a massage...it was so nice. She worked out the tension in the left shoulder, which not only helped with my pain but also my anxiety over it. I have still had a temperature...at least once or twice I thought that it had gone away. Sunday I was thinking that maybe I should go to the ER because I've had a temperature a long time and probably have some sort of infection, but decided to wait until after I came back from my Monday appointments in LA. I called my doctor's office again this morning. I actually got to talk to a person and she said she would contact the doctor to see what I should do. They had never returned my phone call from last week which the lady today said she had not heard. So I am waiting for instructions again. If I don't hear from her by noon I'm going to do something else...maybe try my primary doctor.
My trip to LA went smoothly. My flight left at about 6:30 and we landed early, I think about 7:15. I met a couple visiting from Australia while I was waiting for the shuttle. They were very nice and made me want to go visit Australia with their descriptions of it. I caught the 8:00 shuttle and made it to campus about 9. I got my chest x-ray out of the way first then went to the lab where they took....many tubes of blood. Good thing my hands were cold...I put them on my forehead. :) One of the tubes they had to put in a bag of ice...I forgot to ask why, but I thought that was kind of weird. Then I got an EKG, which was surprisingly painless and fast. I really didn't know what to expect. I went to my 11:30 Pulmonary appointment and got there before 11 but they took me back right away. At first the technician was going to have me sit in a little glass box, but after looking at my face said we could use a different machine. Thank goodness I have an expressive face! :) I HATED these tests. They are horrible...."take a deep breath" "blow, blow, blow"....I think I did poorly. The first test I had to repeat after taking puffs of Albuterol. Finally the breathing torture was through and I could move on. I was done about noon and my next appointment was at 1, which I decided to just wait for and then eat afterward. I got called back for my echo which was done in 15 minutes. The screen looked a little different than the other ones I have seen, and he did measurements which reminded me of my ultrasounds with the girls...I missed them. Then I went and ate and was able to get on the 2:00 shuttle back to LAX but my flight wasn't until 6:05. I asked if I could get on an earlier flight, which they said I could, but it would cost an additional $150 ... no thanks! So, I just waited and bought the girls each a present. There was enough daylight left during takeoff that I got to see the ocean when we were flying over it...Yikes! ;) I was so happy to be home and hug my family. Adrian had made dinner and it was yummy. It was nice to be home after a long day!
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