What a morning! It’s one of those days… TMI warning… I was burping like a trooper after breakfast, hey, I burp a lot after eating food in general since I was in the Flinders Hospital last year but one of the doctor’s ordered Gaviscon… yay! That settled the reflux after lunch.

This morning, I was switched back to intravenous Frusomide, to get rid of the fluid in my legs. I was switched several days ago to the tablets but that wasn’t shifting the fluid and I was gaining weight with the fluid in my legs again. The intravenous Fluid meds because they work so well in peeing out all the excess fluid, I have nicknamed it “The Floozy Doozy meds”.

Then this morning, I was taken down to the fifth floor for a third time for the thyroid biopsy… success this time. Pathology were available to test the samples in real time as the doctor took the biopsy sample needed from my neck. At least they numbed the area before sticking the needle in.

They also did an ultrasound on my left leg as the doctor who saw me this morning, she noticed that my left leg was a little warm under touch, so she wanted to see if it was an infection starting, or a blood clot forming as cancer loves clotting blood, even though I’m on a high dose of blood thinning injections twice a day.

I also had a CT scan with the contrast dye as the doctor when she took blood tests this morning as she had to use the ultrasound to guide a new cannula into my arm, and she took blood tests at the same time. The blood tests came back with my lactose levels high, so she wanted to find out if that was a new infection forming or what was causing that. So I’m back on high dose of intravenous antibiotics as well.

As the doctor joked, she’s just making sure I don’t die sooner than when it will happen. I appreciate her dark sense of humour haha.

I had a visit from one of the hospital’s Spiritual Team this afternoon, that was a good chat.

A student doctor came and took another blood test this afternoon while I was hooked up to antibiotics IV for two hours.

A manager of where I used to work came in and helped me with some stuff that was superannuation related. Or tried to help me, unfortunately the website wasn’t that helpful but she will come back next week.

I’m surprising and amazing people everywhere about my positive attitude, good humour and acceptance of what is happening. What is the alternative though? Being in denial and going through all of it regardless? Having a woe is me attitude that doesn’t help in the long run? Of course I have had my pity parties but I can’t change what it happening, I just need to trust the journey and the advice given, making my own informed decisions and hope I make the good and the right choices for me.

No one really knows how long they have to live on this earth, so have the attitude of every day on the right side of the dirt, is a good day.

Until next time

Kaye