Yesterday Paul and I dropped Gracie off at Sharon and Dave's office, so they could puppysit her while we drove up to Strong Hospital up in Rochester to see the surgeon, to start the ball rolling for my thyroid operation. It takes almost two hours to get there, and my appointment was for 2:15, so we left Sharon's office around noontime.
Everything went like clockwork. There wasn't any wait-time when we got there, so my kindle stayed in my purse the whole time.
The surgeon said that my thyroid had more than doubled in size - from 3 cm to 7 cm. and I definitely should have it removed not just operated on. No date was set for the surgery because it will be scheduled after I see a pulmonalogist. The anesthesiologist requested that because I use a cpap machine. I also needed a letter from my GP stating that he acknowledged the procedure. I guess that's the correct terminology. So I called my GP, gave his nurse the information, and asked them to set me up with the pulmonalogist at their complex in Horseheads. I also had an EKG and a lot of bloodwork done while we were there at the hospital. I'm hoping all the pre-surgery work gets done quickly and all this is completed soon.
It's been a couple of years that I've been dealing with this. . .so . . .let's get it over with! I would imagine within a week or two.
On our way home, after 4:00, we called Sharon to say we were going to go out to eat before we returned to pick up Gracie. We did - at the Canandaiguq Casino - which was right on our way home. We had our dinner at the buffet there, and spent our usual $20 each for fun and games. We almost spent it all. . .we came home with a combined amount of $.05 cents. We had fun!
Gracie did fine with Sharon. We picked her up at 7:30. Sharon said Gracie followed her everywhere at the office up and down the stairs her officeupstairs, to the downstairs. They went to the bank, where she got a half a puppybiscuit, and the pharmacy. She even went to the waterfront park for lunch (she watched, as she doesn't do lunch.) She got a lot of attention, as she usually does. She was glad to see us come home, though. Sharon said she whined when we left, for about 10 minutes, and then started to whine a little bit before we got there to pick her up - as if to say - okay, it's long enough. Come home now. So we did!
Guess that's all the news from around this neck o'the woods. What's happenin'in yours?
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