Today was a busy but informative day, I feel empowered!
Great news!! For those of you who think I am a bit assertive, watch out, now I’m aggressive!! Lol!
It seemed I was awake all night trying to decide if I should drop my classes at the University. I lay in bed dreaming of someday graduating from the University of Memphis. Believe it or not, it was a very peaceful thought! Keep in mind; I am the mother who was happy my children’s birth certificates said “Germantown,” not Memphis. I was pretty sad about the idea of dropping my classes because I love school, school is therapy for me. I believe dreams frequently make reality more palatable.
So, I decided to take my sister’s advice and email my professors. I sent them “my plan” to complete all the work in due time. One has agreed. I haven’t heard from the other as of now but one class is better than no class. Some may feel this is too much to take on but I think school is a place I can be EVA! Not to mention, people don’t know anything about my “news!” I really am excited! I truly plan to ace the classes too!!
Now for the best part of my day:
I managed to push my doctors to give me the “third” opinion before the second opinion! I’m so excited, I feel like the ball is rolling. Oh ya, my head is rolling too! My phone has been ringing non-stop today. I may even start using my roll over minutes on my cellular phone this month. I never imagined so many tests, so many doctors and so many opinions!!
I’m scheduled to see another surgeon tomorrow at noon, he also specializes in oncology. This is great news for me, I’m so impatient. Waiting until the 18th of Sept. was really getting to me. Oh ya, I heard through those doctors’ grapevines, I’m waiting because the doctor is on vacation. VACATION! Doesn’t he know he gets paid well to NOT take vacations? Hmmm, maybe he is one of those charity case doctors. I can only be so lucky!
I have yet, another nuclear MRI scheduled at 10:00 next Friday. For some reason, they want some imaging of the abdomen. Maybe they really are thinking of giving me that belly job I’ve been begging for!! See, I knew there was a blessing in this adversity! Lol! However, I think next Friday is too long. I have it on my list of questions, “Can you find someone to work my second MRI in sooner?”
While I played “hooky” from school today, I did some research on cancer doctors. I found a team at UT in Houston, Texas that specializes in sarcoma cancer. (we all know I love Texas!) Keep in mind, this is a rare cancer, everyone wants you as their patient/ testing pig. I’ll be sending them some of the test results next week and hope to make them my last and final stop before surgery!! I think I’m really going to like these doctors! One guy was doing a phone assessment today and asked if I had any symptoms. I said, “no.” He said, well your doctors in Memphis have listed; vomiting…I gave my explanation. Blood, I gave my explanation. Fatigue, I gave my explanation and so forth. He got quiet for a second and said, “You REALLY are optimistic, huh.” I was lost for words, yes that is possible for Eva, but he helped turn some numbness to laughter!!
It finally seems like I am in the ring, ready to fight this "Detour in Tennessee!"
It seemed I was awake all night trying to decide if I should drop my classes at the University. I lay in bed dreaming of someday graduating from the University of Memphis. Believe it or not, it was a very peaceful thought! Keep in mind; I am the mother who was happy my children’s birth certificates said “Germantown,” not Memphis. I was pretty sad about the idea of dropping my classes because I love school, school is therapy for me. I believe dreams frequently make reality more palatable.
So, I decided to take my sister’s advice and email my professors. I sent them “my plan” to complete all the work in due time. One has agreed. I haven’t heard from the other as of now but one class is better than no class. Some may feel this is too much to take on but I think school is a place I can be EVA! Not to mention, people don’t know anything about my “news!” I really am excited! I truly plan to ace the classes too!!
Now for the best part of my day:
I managed to push my doctors to give me the “third” opinion before the second opinion! I’m so excited, I feel like the ball is rolling. Oh ya, my head is rolling too! My phone has been ringing non-stop today. I may even start using my roll over minutes on my cellular phone this month. I never imagined so many tests, so many doctors and so many opinions!!
I’m scheduled to see another surgeon tomorrow at noon, he also specializes in oncology. This is great news for me, I’m so impatient. Waiting until the 18th of Sept. was really getting to me. Oh ya, I heard through those doctors’ grapevines, I’m waiting because the doctor is on vacation. VACATION! Doesn’t he know he gets paid well to NOT take vacations? Hmmm, maybe he is one of those charity case doctors. I can only be so lucky!
I have yet, another nuclear MRI scheduled at 10:00 next Friday. For some reason, they want some imaging of the abdomen. Maybe they really are thinking of giving me that belly job I’ve been begging for!! See, I knew there was a blessing in this adversity! Lol! However, I think next Friday is too long. I have it on my list of questions, “Can you find someone to work my second MRI in sooner?”
While I played “hooky” from school today, I did some research on cancer doctors. I found a team at UT in Houston, Texas that specializes in sarcoma cancer. (we all know I love Texas!) Keep in mind, this is a rare cancer, everyone wants you as their patient/ testing pig. I’ll be sending them some of the test results next week and hope to make them my last and final stop before surgery!! I think I’m really going to like these doctors! One guy was doing a phone assessment today and asked if I had any symptoms. I said, “no.” He said, well your doctors in Memphis have listed; vomiting…I gave my explanation. Blood, I gave my explanation. Fatigue, I gave my explanation and so forth. He got quiet for a second and said, “You REALLY are optimistic, huh.” I was lost for words, yes that is possible for Eva, but he helped turn some numbness to laughter!!
It finally seems like I am in the ring, ready to fight this "Detour in Tennessee!"
