Moving along....

 Met the interim oncologist last Tuesday.  

He seems nice. He said that my records didn't come across well, though. Some kind of incompatibility between software programs.

Great.

I don't like the impersonal nature of the new clinic, or the doc's nurse.  

They made my appointment for treatment without consulting me about the day or time, and they made appointments for a full day of tests for tomorrow, again, without asking.

So, I had to take all of Wednesday afternoon off to go to treatment.  I am glad there was no long delay between my last treatment and this one, but I really am supposed to give my employer at least some notice when I need to take off work.

Oh well.   I didn't encounter any push back from my boss.

The treatment went fine, and the nurse that I had was able to access my port on the first try.

The "infusion center" is huge, with a rotating staff of nurses.  You get someone different every time, most likely. Not my favorite, given the weirdness of my port.

The only issue was that the bone medication was not given to me because my dentist has to sign off on it.  No one has ever asked my dentist to do that before, so, of course, that was not on file.  

They wanted me to come back for a THIRD TIME last week to get that i.v., after getting the dental release, and I said no.  

I had to skip that treatment a couple of times this past year, due to supply chain issues, and my doctor wasn't concerned, so that's what I told them.  I also said I had already spent two full afternoons at their clinic this week, and I have a job!  

The nurse I had seemed a bit miffed, but that's just too bad.  I was miffed, too, because we had sat there, waiting, for 2 hours wondering what was going on.

Anyway, I sure hope they got my chemo dosage correct.  (The doc asked ME if I knew what my chemo dose was when I was in his office!!)

When I left treatment, they had set up my next appointment-- again, without asking me about the day or time....but I was able to change the time to something more like what I am used to, so that was good.  Less time off work!  I only get so many paid hours off!

We have this coming week off for staycation, so I didn't have to take ALL DAY OFF tomorrow to go for one scan after another.  It kind of ruins our vacation Monday, but it's no big deal.

I just hope our insurance covers everything they're going to do, since I wasn't due for the CT until December.  I'm also having a bone scan, and my 3 month heart echo.

I will be there from 9 am to 4 pm...UGH!!  I am going to get up at 5 and eat something, because I need to be fasting for 4 hours when I arrive. Yuck.

At least that's what I assume....All the nurse said was "This is NPO for 4 hours."  Assuming that I know what NPO means.  She's very abrupt, and doesn't smile, and didn't really explain anything.  

Yuck.

I am glad I won't have to deal with her for very long.

This weekend has been very wet and chilly.  I haven't gotten all of my Halloween decorations up, and it looks like I am not even going to bother.

We are due for a freeze tonight, and the next two nights, and the weather on Halloween is supposed to be awful.... high of 45 and rainy.  

So sad! 

The weather today is freaking me out a little.  It's reminding me of the ice storm of 2020 very vividly..... the leaves are still all on the trees, and it's raining steadily, and only 2 degrees above freezing at the moment.  

Today is the anniversary of the car wreck we were in during the first few days after the power went out that year.... because we had gone somewhere that had power, in an effort to get warm.  Yeah, PTSD is real.

Other than my day long testing tomorrow, we are going to try to get the kittens and mamma fixed this coming week.  The kittens are old enough now to qualify for the free city program and they're tame enough now that Dave is pretty sure he will just be able to scoop them up and put them in carriers.

That's the plan, at least for now.

Then, on Friday, we are going to a concert.  

Hopefully, after tomorrow, the rest of the week will be somewhat fun and relaxing.