Good News/Bad News

 Good news: Got my first round of test results back. The initial blood test and ultrasound came back normal, no indication that my cancer has come back! OMGHAPPYDANCEpeealittleOMGYESTHISISAWESOME peealittlemoreWHATAFUCKINGRELIEF!!

I’m not out of the woods yet, I have two thyrogen shots to get, which will provide a much more accurate result with yet another blood test.  The thyrogen mimics me being off my thyroid medicine. Oh, and I get one in each ass cheek, which is 329 times more fun that getting them in the arm!  You didn’t need to know that? Well, now you do! Deal with it!

 

Ok, bad news: I cut the back of my right hand open on a wine glass Wednesday night (teaches me to do dishes)! No, I was not drunk – and I didn’t even initially use the glass for wine.  I headed to Patient First (urgent care) where they were worried 1. I still had glass in my hand and 2.  I cut a tendon since I couldn’t initially move my pinkie.  An x-ray and tetanus shot later…and when I regained some feeling in my hand after the amount of blood I lost – they determined 1. there was no glass 2. I didn’t cut any tendons. HOORAY!  I was given a tetanus shot in my left arm, two minutes later I passed out (which I believe was due to a combination of blood loss & that I hadn’t eaten in 9 hrs/ the fact that I am anemic, not the tetanus shot).  NOT KA-BLAMO. I got 5 stitches and antibiotics and soon I was living it up stuffing my face (with the use of only my left hand) with Arby’s (which was conveniently located right next to the urgent care center).  This morning I awoke to a swollen left arm, soreness/pain, and flu-like symptoms. The doc says they are all side effects of the shot and I just have to wait them out. FUNFUNFUN.  So, it’s pretty hilarious watching me try to do ANYTHING that involves my upper limbs.  I have a free pass to curse like a sailor at work today…because I said so DAMN IT! 

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Good news definitely outweighs the bad. Hope you enjoyed bloody show & tell!