Sitting in a coffee shop in [former city] as I got into town early. It’s a 3-hour drive if you don’t stop at all, but normally I stop every hour to stretch my legs and let Martini potty (and me too), making it about a 4-hour drive. I decided to drive straight through and got here with plenty of time to spare.
The big reason I didn’t stop at all is that I didn’t want to drive during rush hour, so I got here around 7am before the heavy traffic snarls. I’ll let you do the math to determine what time I left my apartment!! The drivers in this city have been deemed one of the most dangerous in the country. SO AGGRESSIVE! And reckless! So again, getting here before rush hour was important to me, and I just kept driving on since Martini didn’t seem to be in any distress. I petted her the whole time as she sits in a booster bed on the passenger seat.
So now I’ve got time to spare before my oncology appointment. I took the whole day off work, so I’m going to take a walk in this cute little neighborhood, then head to the doc’s office, have my appointment, take myself to a nice lunch, maybe walk the fancy mall, get the dog from her favorite daycare downtown and likely walk the trail this evening and have tacos for dinner. Then check into my cute Airbnb. It’s a pool/guesthouse behind a gorrrrrgeous old historic home.
The rains/storms are supposed to start overnight and alllllll day tomorrow. I’m not looking forward to that. Might be a good day to take myself to the movies after brunch? …I wonder if anyone will even show up to brunch? I know I keep wondering, but the last time I tried to host an event during a thunderstorm in this town, only one other person showed up. And it was fine! So I’m not worried. If nobody shows up, I’ll still have a nice solo brunch. Still, I know it won’t be the “garden party” I was hoping for.
Anyway, today’s oncology appointment is not going to be a “scary” one as I’m not having scans done. They will do bloodwork to check my tumor markers and hopefully I’ll see that my RBC’s have improved since taking an iron supplement? I’ve had low red blood cell count for as long as I can remember, and especially during treatment, so it’ll be interesting. I’ll check in with the oncologist…I think! Or maybe I’ll see his NP? When I was doing chemo I’d see the oncologist one week and the NP the next week and they’d trade off. So I can’t remember if I’m seeing the hot oncologist or not. I have the biggest crush on him and hope I do get to see him.
I am starting to get that tiny twinge of PTSD that I normally do every time I step foot into that building, though. It will be interesting to see what my BP is today. The last time I went to oncology I actually had a visit with my PCP two hours earlier. My BP was a perfect 120/70 at the PCP. Not even two hours later at oncology it was 149/95!! The PTSD is real!
Okay, going to get a move on. I need to walk off the jitters now.
xox,
GS
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