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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Education
Todays is the only day with appointments scheduled at SCCA this week (so far - always subject to change). Since I broke another tooth last night, the day started with a trip to oral medicine to visit with the dentist. (Chemo must weaken the teeth since I've never broken a tooth in my life.) This man is very good at explaining things but obviously doesn't have much respect for time. Same as last week, for a 5 minute appointment it took me 50 minutes to get out of his office. I was supposed to take the Food Safety Class at 11:30 am but ended up catching the last 10 minutes of the class after I was released from oral medicine. Thankfully, Marc, Jen, Sharon, John and Connie were able to take the entire class so they got the full scope. The class was basically how to prepare my food, what I should avoid, and how to keep me healthy. Then we were off to the transplant clinic for my weekly visit. Again, after waiting 20 minutes, I had to go to the desk to let them know I was supposed to be in another class at 1pm so I was really hoping to get in for this appointment. All went well except the blood pressure was a little high for me - Go Figure!!! Marc and I made it to the Managing Home Care class only 15 minutes late. Again, Jen, Sharon, John and Connie were there for the entire class and hopefully able to absorb all that this will entail. Soooo much information - hope we get this all right! The insurance company called on my way out the door this morning and have approved my transplant (thank God). As soon as SCCA receives written confirmation, a data review meeting will be scheduled with my team to go over the findings from my tests. Then it's full speed ahead!