"TIMES A WASTIN"

I'm marking today down on the "good day" list.  Not because anything has miraculously changed today, but rather as a choice.  It WAS a nice quieter day, no appts., just time at the house w/ my family all working on our own things.  Ending the day with a delicious homemade lasagna by our dear Joanne Panzetta.   Thanks!!

Made some appts. for next week for Pet/CT and Echocardiogram.  Not looking forward to the tests themselves, but very much looking forward to getting to see my workmates, techs and students, at Lake Medical Imaging in the Villages.  This was one of my clinical sites that I had been working at for the last year, a great place with great people that I miss, including Paul the "B.E. KING".  I was disappointed that I was so close to getting my barium enema comp before my schooling had to be put on hold.   I'm sure for the average person reading this,  "comping" a barium enema procedure on a patient doesn't sound like anything to be getting excited over...but you'd just have to be a first year rad tech student to understand the humorous accomplishment rush of checking that one off your comp list and moving on.  Some of you are smiling!

Dissecting a cat in A&P II

Regarding school, many have asked about my plans in light of the current setback.  After battling over the decision the first weeks after diagnosis and even attending the first two classes back at school this Fall, I finally accepted that it would be the greater good for my health AND my education quality for me to take a medical leave of absence from my program and rejoin as a senior next August.  I so wanted to graduate with my classmates in May, 2012.  This was one of the most crushing aspects of this whole mess to me at first because I'd felt like I'd worked SO hard at school for the last two years or more and didn't want to interrupt my mojo and the goals I had set for myself.  Don't forget, I'm 44, "times a wastin".  I know, I know, just kidding.  But really, I'm now at peace with the delay and have to thank my school directors and friends for going out of their way to work with me in any way possible to make things work.  It was a huge blessing and encouragement.

I think we've about figured out the technical issue w/ some people's comments.  More to come!  I've enjoyed the appreciative comments.  Thanks for taking the time.