Monte's Manic Medical Monday

     I do not make it a practice to post personal information about me on the world wide web. However, I am making an exception this weekend, giving a sample of what my current "work" schedule is like.

     People ask me how I feel, and most of the time, I honestly feel fine and energetic...as long as I don't move faster than a walking pace. A person would HAVE to feel fine, in order to keep the rigid medical schedule that I sometimes have.

     Driving myself to the emergency room because a tube has fallen out my back, or visits to multiple doctors' offices on the same day, are routine for me. Below is an example:         

 

MONTE'S MONDAY ITINERARY
 Just another routine day at the office for me...

*      9:00a.m.--Call Northwest Surgical Specialists in Eugene-Springfield to arrange replacing the  

        nephrostomy tube that FELL OUT of my back early Saturday morning.
*      10:30a.m.--PTScan at Harvard Avenue imaging that was ordered three weeks ago by my Eugene

        surgeon. (These life and death tests take time to schedule.)
*      11:30a.m.--Blood work at Mercy Outpatient lab.
*        1:30p.m.--Appointment with medical oncologist to review blood lab work.
*        2:00-4:00p.m.--Chemo infusion at Community Cancer Center.

        No, I'm not disillusioned YET. I'm just fed up with being a full-time patient.