Thursday, July 20, 2017

Lyrical: The CAT scan

Chillaxin for next 1.5 hours sipping a barium sulfate smoothie (banana) in the middle of a solid trio of medical appointments..

At 8:30a, ENT ripped band aid off at post opp appointment and cleared me for swimming. Advised no sun to minimize the current duelling scar look.

At 8:45 Oncologist office called to ask "can you be here (Fenway) in an hour?" (Yes, though a bit dicey given traffic (and a Sox day game?). 9:45 prep begins. Sip Barium drink (X-ray absorbent contrast) 10a to 11:30a. Ten minutes on table. Elevator from Floor 1 to Floor 4 to see Oncologist at 11:45

Harvard-Vanguard doctor's offices are just down the street from Fenway Park and about 5 blocks from [Mr & Mrs Blogger's] first apartment in Brookline.  People were already arriving at 9:45am for a 1:20pm day game as I pulled in to the garage. Amazing the prosperity of a country where people can spend all day celebrating an event of no cosmic significance.

Sox traffic would later delay [Mrs Blogger's] arrival, but she was there for the "what treatment will look like"discussion and the blood-drawing  phase of the morning.

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