I’ve been keeping this a secret…not to…bring about suspicion or worry…or attention or pity.
A month ago, I went to the doctor for Problem A. While problem A has since been resolved, they have identified problems B and C.
This is why last month was so stressful…I went in for Problem A but that was like, nothing compared to B and C…well, let’s just say C. B may/may not be anything.
So anyways, with this problem C, they’re still trying to identify what it is. A couple of weeks ago, I signed up for an MRI (on a Thursday). The following Wednesday, I had the MRI….a 6 day wait for an MRI is pretty unprecedented. I read that in BC, people wait 8-18 months for an MRI. I got mine is 6 days. I’m so thankful for such speedy results. It did worry me that such a rush MRI was due to a major health concern…but FYI – the MRI results came back and…well, the docs still not sure what I have but it looks to be benign or…non-threatening, which is a good thing.
The MRI was an interesting experience…my appointment was at 7:45am so I was waking up at 5:45am that day -_-; They hooked me up to an IV…and I went into the MRI machine. Just like in House! :D You know the sound the washing machine makes if it’s muffled (by a door or something?), that’s the sound the MRI made for the 45m-1hour I was in there. There were beeps and stuff and they told me to take big breaths, and hold them while they did…stuff. I’m not claustrophobic at all but it was…not very comfortable to not really be able to move for 45 minutes. To open your eyes and see the exact same thing…about 15 cm away from your face. I almost fell asleep twice inside the MRI but I wasn’t able to because they kept instructing me to breath normally or hold my breath. When I came out of the MRI, I was so groggy…I wouldn’t mind sleeping in an MRI…except that you can’t lift your head that far. I imagine it’s pretty similar to a coffin…but hopefully by the time I’m in a coffin, I’ll be…y’know, dead. And I won’t have to worry about such trivialities!
On a side note, I’ve been eating much better since the news of Problem B and C. While they told me to eat better, I’m going a bit to an extreme, I haven’t had beef in weeks and I haven’t really eaten anything fried in weeks. Well…I tried my best not to eat anything fried.
The food I’ve eaten within the last two weeks primarily consist of only these items
Low Fat Double Berry Muffin from Tim Hortons
Extra Large Steeped tea w/ 1 Milk + 2 Splenda from Tim Hortons
Large Chicken Salad (Chicken + Salad + Parmesan cheese) w/ Italian Dressing from the grocery store
Salmon sashimi/Salmon roll/Salmon Teriyaki w/ Rice
Large Turkey Breast sub on Whole Wheat w/ Veggies, Pepper and Mustard from Subway
40% Less Fat Triscuits
Kellogg’s All-Bran Bars
Activia Probiotic Yogurt
Coke Zero
Granted, I’ve cut some corners…had Fish and Chips (not really by choice)…but to my knowledge, my intake of unhealthy foods has been pretty minor since lately.
Let’s face it, I’ve eaten unhealthy for many, many years and it really took a good scare to straighten me out. I mean, I let the unhealthiness ride for as long as I could/as long as it did. It was a good ride but it’s over. Maximize the good eating and when things are better, take some liberties with my food here and there. When things are better. That’s my plan at least.
And yeah, also learning about Harvey and possible mouth surgery…I’ve had doctor appointments like, 1-3 times per week every week, it’s really been interfering with my work.
Anyways, after a month, things are better. I don’t have problem A, I never felt anything wrong with problem B and C so I feel…normal. I’m starting to de-stress. It feels nice. I still have dentist appointments and doctor appointments, specialists, oral surgeons (for Harvey) to deal with though. Looks like it’ll be a while before things settle down back to normal.
/off to sleep :D I think I’m out of blog topics for now…I’m trying not to blog more than once per day so I had this MRI post and Harvey post “saved” since Feb (cuz my 1st is the accomplishments post and my 2nd is my monthly WTB post).
This weekend I have 3 main goals + a few others:
1. Start study ASP.NET 4.0
2. Play Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Do some ASP development (for work)
4. Back up the irreplaceable items (like pictures) somewhere
5. Put my music onto the Macbook Pro, along with iTunes…and maybe my Photoshp stuff
Glad to hear everything’s all right. Yo, can you unblock me on Twitter? I’m not going to go all crazy again.
I had plenty of MRIs taken when I was in the hospital. Like I’m pretty sure they did a full body MRI to see what exactly was broken. But this all happened in the time I don’t remember. And be glad the IV was only in a little bit, try having one for weeks and weeks…
And kind of ironic, but it appears we both started eating better at the same time. After the accident my tastes for foods has changed. I can’t drink pop anymore, something about the carbonation in it bothers my mouth. Which you know for me, is kind of a big deal. I haven’t had any chips, or anything considered ‘junk food’ either. The only real thing that could be bad is I have haagen dazs icecream now and then. And sort of funny about the beef, I’ve had TONS of beef/meat since the accident. Since I got like 20 bones that need healing I need as much protein as possible. That was actually a big concern in the hospital, that I wasn’t eating enough/properly, so they put me on protein drinks and am now hooked. I’m drinking this stuff called Carnation Breakfast Anytime and they have this flavour that is exactly like chocolate milk. Pretty good! Maybe you should try it :o (They also have vanilla if you don’t want chocolate)
And hope everything is alright! I get what it’s like to be worried about your health and stuff :(
@Salanth – your reply is coming. it’s just a bit more…difficult to write.
@Karol – So you were totally out when they were doing these MRIs? Just unconscious or concussion?
I find it so odd that you can’t drink pop anymore. Karol w/o pop is like… :O Mindbending!
Hah…protein drink for me? Hmm…I’ll give it a try maybe but it’s not like I really need it. I’m still eating salmon or turkey breast or chicken so I’m still getting my protein. It’s just trying to avoid the bad protein, like a burger or ribs or something. Er, not bad protein, but the stuff that comes with eating that kinda protein. Grease and fat and stuff. Still, I have cravings already for a nice burger or steak :'(
*I* hope everything’s alright with you! I was gonna email you recently but…uh, I didn’t. Whatever I have shouldn’t be too bad and it sounds like you’re recovering nicely. I agree, it’s coincidental….we were both pretty unhealthy (in different ways) a year ago. I think your reality check is a bit earlier than you needed it to be while mine is a bit later than it should have been though….I see Pros and Cons to both :P
Well Carnation doesn’t just have protein, looking at the bottle it also has calcium, iron and vitamin C. So it’s more like a… nutritional drink.
I’m doing better now. Walking around quite a bit! But I still can’t walk to the mailbox or anything yet. Still got a ways to go until I can even think about that. But you know, I’m on less pain killers and stuff is healing now so I’m slowly going back to normal. And the neck brace comes off on Thursday which I’m so excited about. I can finally go out in public without getting stared at again -.- The neck brace and wheelchair/crutches is like wearing a big ‘LOOK AT ME!’ sign.
But yeah, I’m probably going to go back to some unhealthy food once school starts, but I don’t think it’ll be as bad as it was before.
When I had an MRI, I got lavender essential oil and an eye towel to help me relax. I pretty much almost dozed off.
@Salanth – You are now unblocked on Twitter. Let me explain the reasons you were blocked because I would rather let you know than have you unawarely repeat what I disliked.
1. You dominated my @mentions page. Unfollowing you will take you off my Twitter page which, don’t feel bad about, but your tweets were not relevant to my interests. But you were still dominating my @mentions to the point where 90% of that page was you. Now, again, this isn’t your fault as maybe I just don’t get enough @mentions… :S But I was a bit overwhelmed with your tweets to me.
2. If you are responding to a tweet that I send to my friend(s), please respond directly to me, not to my friend(s) as well. I mean, to see that tweet with my friend, you would have to go directly to my twitter page to see it (since you were not following my friend as well). And that’s okay I guess…but you had commented on my tweet to my friend but sent the comment to both of us. It’s just very weird to have you talking to my friend of whom you have no relation to. I really didn’t like it and that’s pretty much the reason why you were blocked.