Medical

  • Family,  Goals,  Medical,  Travel,  Weekend

    Friday Recap, Flight App, August Accomplishments, September Goals, and MRI Readings

    Looking Back at Friday Friday when I left early to go get Mom and get her to the doc appointment, I left: 1) Hot as it was nearly 80 in our office 2) Mad (I won’t blog about it here) 3) Anxious over several things 4) Hungry. Needless to say, I was thankful it was a shorter day to have to be at work. I grabbed a drive thru Wendy’s burger in Mount Juliet before getting on the interstate toward’s Mom and her approaching eye doc appointment. (Q: Why is it when you just order a burger and ice water only, they want to charge you for an entire burger…

  • Medical,  Mental Health,  Psyche

    Getting Thru an MRI Without a Panic Attack

    The MRI’s of brain, neck/spine, and cervix were yesterday. They are done and complete. It will be a “few days” the technician said. I was a little nervous, mainly because I was worried about being in a small space for 20 minutes. I was afraid of a panic attack. And I DID have to talk myself through the process of NOT having one. Things to Remember Before the MRI. How I Got Through the MRI So I was in this thing for about 40 min total. But I had three sessions. The first one was 20 minutes. The next session was two back to back sessions of my brain. One…