THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF HOME
Friday, July 1, 2022
Simple Pleasures #45
Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz said it best.
There's no place like home.
Sitting in my comfy chair with my feet on my ottoman I look around at all of my "treasures" and think about when and from where they came into my life.
Some transport me back to childhood.
Others remind me of thrifting adventures.
They each have a special meaning.
Sitting in my home with a cup of tea listening to my favorite music may be simple, but it's the simple pleasures that matter.
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BREATHE AND STAY CALM
Friday, June 24, 2022
Simple Pleasures #44
Last week I wrote about my experience with having brain scans.
I did not have much confidence in the neurologist I was able to see in April, but getting an appointment with a neurologist at the brain center at Emory meant a one-year wait.
If I wasn't already an Emory patient I wouldn't be able to get in at all.
Good grief.
Then there was a miracle of sorts.
While I was on the phone last Friday making an appointment for next June someone canceled an appointment for Monday and I was able to grab it up.
I love my new neurologist. She was thorough, knowledgeable, caring, and she really listened.
I am so glad that I listened to my inner voice telling me the first neurologist I saw did not know what he was doing, but I also found out he had not ordered the correct MRI.
Whaaat??
I need an MRI done for Trigeminal Neuralgia, which is with and without contrast.
I couldn't get an appointment until August 10 so I have a couple of months to figure out my plan to not panic during another 45 minutes of that dreaded machine.
I know I need to breathe and stay calm.
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THIS IS LIFE
Friday, June 17, 2022
Simple Pleasures #43
Is life getting more complicated or is it just me?
Last week I had my brain MRI, head MRA, and neck MRA all rolled into one long session in the MRI machine.
The good news is that everything was normal although I am not sure that everyone would agree that my brain is normal.
I really didn't expect it to show any abnormalities as I know that my trigeminal neuralgia was caused by a dental procedure.
My takeaways from an MRI:
- MRIs are extremely noisy
- Why do they ask you what kind of music you would like to listen to when there is no way that you can hear any music over the banging and clanging (I did hear 5 seconds of the Moody Blues)
- 45 minutes is too long to be inside that machine with your head in a cage (no I am not claustrophobic)
- Be prepared for your nose to itch, your face to itch, and your eyes to itch because you are unable to scratch them.
- Be ready for insane thoughts to start going through your head like the fact that you are the last patient of the day and what if everyone has left and you are in that machine all night.
- I couldn't decide if I felt like an astronaut being shot into space (thank goodness I didn't make that career choice) or Eleven being tortured in the Upside Down (ignore this one if you have never watched Stranger Things)
It's summer and along with fighting with health insurance companies, I want to stop and smell the roses.
My plan is to cut down to one post a week for the foreseeable future.
My pocketbook is already in a nosedive and I need some stress-free days.
I hope you will continue to shop with me so that I can contribute money to the upkeep of that MRI machine.