Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Weight 164.4

It was in the 90s again yesterday so I stopped for a scoop of chocolate and peanut butter ice cream. It was heavenly and better than bringing a pint or larger into my house.

I typed this out in the VSG daily menu thread yesterday, but it's still so amazing to me it bears repeating here... I had my surgical pre-clearance with my new doctor yesterday. I felt like I'd walked into a medical dream world. The office manager and nurse stood and shook my hand, the doctor was right there (no doctor coat or scrubs on anyone) and introduced himself as "James" and whisked me right into an exam room. We sat at a table with flowers and talked about my health goals. They did the EKG, he did an exam, the nurse drew all my blood and the doctor's wife (who is the other doctor in their practice) was there and introduced herself and shook my hand. Such nice people!

They don't have a waiting room per se. It's a big room with a long table and couches and desks for the nurse and office manager, but no walls or counter. One doctor was working at the long table rather than having an office. They had two exam rooms off of that. But basically it was like meeting folks in your living room. He said I can text, email, or video conference anytime I have a question and they can usually accommodate same day appts. My whole appt lasted an hour and 20 minutes and zero seconds of that was me waiting for anyone. Amazing. What a breath of fresh air! I was the only patient in the office that whole time.

One of the things for my pre-op check was a chest x-ray. The doctor will explain it to me later today, but it showed "degenerative changes in the thoracic spine" (apparently, I'm getting old and arthritic!) and "mild bibsilar atelectasis", which is a partially collapsed lung commonly from general anesthesia. That's why they have you do the incentive spirometer, which I did after my surgeries, but it hurt so I can't say I was as diligent as I could have been. Oops. I will ask if there is any way to reinflate me with breathing exercises or something. Isn't it funny how you feel totally normal but tests might show you're not as great as you thought you were? No wonder doctor's advise against random diagnostic tests... I'm hoping this doesn't affect my clearance. I feel fine, so I hope not.

Pilates and painting today, maybe with a Costco trip in the mix. Hope you all have a super day!

Sounds like you have the right doctors Cecily! DS

No weight today.

--OT Vent--

I'm still trying to accept the great likelihood that DH will be let go. It's not even the money or looking for a job that upsets me so much--I think he'll find another job, maybe even better. He's had offers in the past that he hardly entertained because he loves this company so much. So it's the feeling of betrayal that he and I are having a hard time accepting. In fact, a friend whose husband works for the same company brought me breakfast today and she became very upset and panicked at the idea that DH isn't safe--because he has a lot of respect (at least from those he's managed, maybe not the higher ups, apparently) and visibility at this company.

Of course that's the good thing in all of this. We have lots of friends and many people who will put in a good word for DH. And he will get a good severance.

First and foremost, que sera sera. And secondly, we will be okay. In the world of disappointments, this is probably pretty minor.

But it sucks. And I especially hate it happening to someone I love rather than myself. Someone I think the world of. There is no more intelligent, honest, hard-working, motivated, optimistic person and I HATE that something like this will tear a little of that away from him. Next time, he won't be as loyal or optimistic :(

It is so unfortunate that companies have stopped being loyal to their good people. That's why everyone is jumping around from job to job these days. I used to love working for my company but I'm glad to be gone as it has changed so much in the same way.

Such a stressful situation!

BB sorry for your DH issues. Years ago I went through the blow up of a prominent law firm in which I was a partner. some of it was hell but we ended up landing on our feet, doing really well financially,, making the bad guys look like idiots publicly and all and all came out far better off. So sometimes there is indeed lemonade. Hope thats the case but the uncertainty is no fun. DS