Scattered Thoughts . . .

D uring the pandemic, my oncologist was only doing televisits for her regular patients.  I'd still go the hospital for all my bloodwork and other tests but our discussions about the every six month test results would be done over the internet on streaming video as well as through messages in the hospital portal. Since the pandemic, we've been back to visits in the hospital.  This was mostly due to my insistence though.  The last time we attempted a televisit, I was sent the wrong link...  or my oncologist was given the wrong link...  which meant it was a missed appointment and a waste of an hour for me since I had logged on early enough to not miss my doctor.  Then I stayed online using the provided link for another 30 minutes after our appointment starting time.  I eventually got a notification for a missed appointment.   Needless to say, I responded to this "missed appointment" notification informing them we (Sheila and me) were indeed onli...

I had my post bone marrow biopsy follow-up appointment with my oncologist today.  We discussed the biopsy procedure, my lingering pain at the site of the biopsy, my lab results and my current condition in a Zoom TeleVisit (seen in photo, at right) which meant we didn't need to drive to the hospital.  The appointment was in our living room.   First we discussed how I have been feeling over the past few months.   My oncologist seemed to be a little surprised that I am still feeling quite lousy since my ambulance ride to the hospital in January and that I am still having great difficulty in doing just small things for a couple of hours.  In order for me to do something for just a couple of hours (ie, grocery shopping, dinner with the grandkids, Kenzie's figure skating, Lukey's hockey, etc) requires planning and closely managing energy.  In order to do any small thing, I need to get extra sleep beforehand and taking extra medications for a day leadin...