Remember when I said we should have a lottery for the date I got my car out of the garage? Well this was it - 7 a.m. Thursday April 5. It could have come out sooner but I didn't have anywhere to go.
My doctor appointment was at 9 a.m. in Pinedale with Dr. Boyle. Got up, showered and did my hair and we got some breakfast. Joe drove me in to the clinic this morning because we didn't know if I would conk out driving on the highway. Well, the records for all my tests had NOT been faxed over from Idaho Falls and I was so sure they would be when I talked to the people over there. Dr. Boyle left the exam room and went and called them right then. So she will get them and take a look at everything and call me. I will need to know if I can take my vacation toward the end of the month and drive myself that far safely.
Dr. Boyle is awesome at diagnosing stuff. From what she knew and from what I told her she thinks I have an enterovirus. (You can Google that if you want - I haven't yet). That is something viral in the brain (she named viral meningitis, for an example - and, no I don't have that). But she said that there had been a bad flu virus going around and it could affect different people much differently. Bottom line she thinks I got the flu virus in my brain. She said the symptoms I had would also fit a neural migraine so that's another option. She ruled out the other few possibilities there are based on facts that I had an elevated white count and a test they did showed something in my liver, and that I had thrown up. I kept telling them I was nauseous. I hadn't felt quite right for a week or so before. This rules out: global transient amnesia; probably a seizure (good news) although we still don't know about the EEG results; and a TIA or mini-stroke (we knew that from the good MRI). So until we get the EEG this isn't totally final, but its starting to "feel right".
We took the winter's recycling stuff in to the recycle center. Saw Sandy at there and said Hi. Went to Faler's got a few groceries and a rib roast for Easter dinner. Also bought a roasted chicken for tonight's dinner so I won't need to cook. Joe bought a new rake as he's in the midst of raking the yard. Went over to the place I get my hair cut, and made an appointment for a haircut. Also a pedicure and manicure. I've only had one other in my life, and thought I deserved it. We had lunch at the Chinese restaurant and came home. Joe wanted me to drive home and I did fine with that. Stopped at the Boulder Post Office to put stuff in the mail and saw my friend the postmistress Debbie. Got to talk to her for a few minutes.
After we got home I had a phone call from Kay, she said on Friday she had seen the ambulance go by - her house is next to the highway -and prayed for whoever was in there. She said the siren was on. Later I got a phone call from Bev and one from Betty.
A semi truck full of potatoes swerved to miss a vehicle over the center line and rolled down off of The Rim north of Pinedale into the creek. They let everyone who would, take the potatoes as they couldn't pull the truck out of the canyon until it had been unloaded. Bad news was that they probably froze. The woman driver was o.k. Not much else to report, except that its a pretty nice day here.
Wednesday April 4 2007
Lars and Suzy brought over warm homemade stew and whole wheat bread early this afternoon. Lars is the cook. He is in charge of a lot of the local BBQs. We had a very nice visit with them and its been a long time since we've seen them. They told us that our neighbor Mark got bucked off his horse and has his shoulder and ribs broken or crushed. But they were out and about, so he must be pretty tough. They took stew to them also. Lars is a great one for cheering you up, and told us some of the funniest jokes to leave us laughing. Thanks you guys. That was so very thoughtful.
Today I received the FrontPage 2003 and Office 2007 software in the mail. This will let Judy and I begin to work together on my website. I also got FrontPage 2003 for Dummies and was startled that it's three times as thick as any other Dummies book I have. Guess all the answers are in there. Makes me wonder if I'm going to have more than I can handle.
I called the computer people in Pinedale who have taken care of my old computer. They can work on the computer on Monday so I had them put me down to bring it in that day and install the software. Not sure they will be able to finish it in one day. I'm sure I could install it myself but I have heard horror stories of how people who know what they are doing install something and it makes the whole computer go kaput and I don't want to deal with that possibility. Besides remember how I have such a long list of errors and issues since I got the thing last fall. I have a very long list of notes I will get typed up in the meantime for the guy to check out, including things like the quicken which I lost the 2nd time I used it. I also want him to check out everything and maybe take some of the things out that I don't need or want. If he will let me maybe I can sit there and learn something as he works.
Tuesday is pretty much over and forgotten, but I know we just did normal routine. Got up before the sun came up, showered, made Joe buttermilk yeast pancakes. Beverly called and they had gotten home. She said she was going to work. I think it was 10 a.m. or something like that here, so they made real good time.
Fed the cats early, and this afternoon think I saw an unfamiliar cat. It was gray with lighter feet and nose than my Smokey, rougher looking with maybe a tinge of brown to its fur. I'm always surprised that they don't seem to fight which is always a concern if they were injured. I would not be able to find or catch them to doctor them.
Called the Clinic and they gave me an appointment to see my Dr. Boyle with all the test results at 9 a.m. on Thursday. I'm not sure Joe will go with me or not. As long as I take some Tylenol a couple times a day I feel close to normal - I've had many times I felt worse than this on a regular basis.
In the afternoon I made a call about getting my EEG test results from Hospital Records in Idaho Falls. Also called and asked Dr. Wagner's office to send over all the records to my Dr. Boyle. Dr. Wagner called me back and we visited a little bit. She sounds like she is one who expects things to be done in a timely manner. I'm pretty sure all tests are on the way or at the clinic by now. I like her. Dr. Wagner said she was wondering if it might be something viral. We still need to learn the results of the final test, the EEG.
Joe went down to the haystack and loaded up a whole truckload of hay and put it in the barn. That might be the end of his haystack. I worked on my pastel still life and it may be to an "acceptable" point. It's not as wonderful as I would like. Paid the bills on line. Ordered some thank you gifts on line for people who deserved them. I walked a little this evening with the dogs, just to see if I still could. If I remember anything important or interesting I'll let you know.......
