Comments on: My Very Emotional Day

By: Cynthia K. Dalton

Cynthia K. Dalton — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:54:26 +0000

Good luck with your test tommorow, remember they’re serious about a full bladder and will make you wait and drink water if it isn’t.

By: emma

emma — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:25:05 +0000

Steff - Thank you so much for sharing all the thoughts that are zipping around your head. I can completely relate. A friend recently died of complications to a sprained ankle; now every twinge that I or a friend feels sends me into momentary but very real panic. Fear is a crazy bugger. The quicker you acknowledge it and accept it, the easier it is to let it go. Since that is exactly what you are doing, I'd say "Brava!" Will be sending lots of good juju your way on Saturday. Doctor crap is never fun. emma’s last blog post..One-Two Punch

By: Catherine Winters

Catherine Winters — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:57:38 +0000

Hey Steff... that's pretty scary. I'm glad you're taking care of yourself though, and thanks for posting this. A friend of mine had a bit of a health scare recently, and while hers turned out to be nothing, she said it helped that I pointed out that at no time in history has there ever been a better --or at least less crappy-- time to be sick. "We have the technology!" Catherine Winters’s last blog post..Catherine Winters in… The Case of Too Many Catherine Winters!

By: myself

myself — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:59:56 +0000

oh wow that was really nice of her to write and tell you that. and you've got the right attitude going there.... myself’s last blog post..procrastination

By: A Scribe Called Steff

A Scribe Called Steff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:59:49 +0000

Thanks, Myself. :)

And I’m not freaking out, I think, on reflection, it brought up a lot of aspects of my mom’s decline into death that I hadn’t thought about in years, so I think it hit on some notes I couldn’t have anticipated, and no matter how much we think we’re past these things, I think some aspects of death/loss we never really heal from, if the situations are right to induce reactions.

Today I feel much better. I think / hope. Heh.

By: A Scribe Called Steff

A Scribe Called Steff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:57:39 +0000

Had a GREAT woman who’s a local nurse drop me a line late last night, and that’s a lovely email to get, and she cleared up a couple speculations for me — and today I’m not going to sit around pouting and wondering, I’m ASSUMING I’m fine and having a great personal day:

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KELLI WROTE:
I am a Perinatal Nurse, with many years experience/education in women’s health – in VanCity. That wait for U/S is NORMAL, and getting one on a Saturday is NORMAL. If they suspect anything they will most likely call in a radiologist, and you would know by Monday if they need more testing. If they suspect Cancer – they get involved ASAP. Also, your worry is NORMAL in lieu of your Mom. Sounds like you are doing a the right things. Thanks for blogging about it.

By: myself

myself — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:47:30 +0000

Oookay. No pussyfooting around here k? If there wasn't a cancellation, you go the call up quickly due to your mom's illness, no question, you are totally considered high risk and a misbehaving ovary is a total clue that there *may* be something wrong. However. I know it's fucking worrisome, no question, but at this point, whatever the outcome of the ultrasound, it is what it is. There is no use in freaking over it until you know what you're dealing with (which potentially is absolutely nothing). Good o on the doc for getting you an early appointment though. Sis in law passed away a year ago at 37 from cancer, and getting MRI/CT/etc etc etc scans was a bitch and a half and she was already diagnosed. Socialized health care, while we don't pay monetarily, sometimes we pay in other ways. I'll be thinking about you. myself’s last blog post..procrastination