Saturday, August 25, 2012

The day the dr thought I lost my mind

Yesterday I went back and had my bone scan- I got to watch it and as I was watching it, everything that I saw seemed pretty normal, I am watching it move down my body past my rib cage, then on to my hips- there, I noticed it.  A roundish area that was all lit up with the tracer they had injected me with earlier.  Now mind you, this is a bone scan.  At the moment, there is no one with me in the room and I am staring at this screen looking at this roundish/teardrop shape that is all lit up and I am racking my brain trying to think of what round bone I have because for the life of me I can't remember one in that aread.  I am truly racking my brain here....And then I decide I certainly don't have a round bone down there- it must be my cervix- I have had a few questionable pap smears lately, but the last few have been clear, so that's it- my cervix finally gave in and got infested with cancer. damn.  Then I remember that after the tracer they told me to drink lots and lots of liquids, then made sure I went to the restroom to pee before the test.  HAHAHAHAHA- it was my bladder!  Oh my gosh- it was so funny, all the things that had gone through my mind- a round bone. I have really lost it!  It was just then that the woman walked in to the room and I had to tell her- she was like- oops, sorry I forgot to tell you about that! LOL!  Phew!  So, if Dr. Tara is right, I have no bone cancer.  Oh wait- actually if I had cancer in my bone- say my hip bone- I would not have bone cancer.  My hip bone would have breast cancer.  Yes I am completely serious!  Isn't that just weird! 
Anyway- on to the next appointment- I went to see the plastic surgeon.  He walks in and takes the stitches out of my ear.  Then I tell him my story.  I am not really hyperventilating but it is pretty clear that I am freaking out about getting my stupid ear pierced.  I was like- I can't get it done the day of chemo, it will be too much of an infection risk- and I did NOT get my ear fixed to wait until after chemo for this to get done.  He just looked at me and said- is this coming from your doctor, or you??? uhhh well ummmm.  They told me I can't go to the dentist at all during treatment.  If I can't go to the dentist, then I am pretty sure they won't let me get my ears done because of risk of infection.  He kind of laughed and said- no!  Your mouth if filled with germs and is nothing like getting an ear done.  I do this all the time and you will be fine!
I tell him my chemo start date and he says to come back in the next week, and we will pierce then.  WHAT? That week is the week my white cell count will be low.  'Is this safe? are you sure? ' At this point- he knows I have just lost it.   'yes,' he said 'everything will be fine!'  Then he told me he would do my next fill that day too.  Yes, I freaked out about that too.  Are you SURE that is safe?  I mean- really, my cell counts will be really low that week!!!     Now I think that Dr. Ethridge is really, REALLY glad he will be on vacation next week to get away from crazy Tara!   Long story short- I am getting my ear done and my next boob fill the week after my first treatment.
Since I was out there on that end of town, I decided to go ahead and stop at the wig shop in the hospital.  I needed to look at color swatches and talk about the wig that I found online and love- Zara.  Guess what?  They actually had Zara there!  Yeah!  I ended up trying on 4 wigs total.  Zara and Alia ended up being my favorites.  I like the ones I tried at my wig party, and will still buy at least one of them, but I REALLY want something without bangs.  Zara was just too long though.  I really like the idea of a long hair wig but honestly, it feels gross and takes over my whole body and I just don't know what to do with ALL THAT HAIR!  

Alia was a shorter bob- the one I tried on was blonde (which I clearly can not pull off!) but it was almost the same as what my hair is now as far as style and length go.  And it comes in a red that is pretty close to my red! I think I found a winner! 
And yea- it looks pretty messy here but the first time I tried it on, she brushed it out for me and it looked much better! 
They have a stylist on staff in the wig shop so they can trim the lace on my forhead if needed and trim the wig a bit to frame my face if I want.  I don't know if I get a wig stand or not- I think I have to buy that seperate.  What I really want is one of thos mannequine heads!  She would be an awesome addition to my bedroom decor :)

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