Today was Part 1 of my fun, three-part pulmonology
adventure! The boring stuff!
First off, labwork. I
originally scheduled my labwork to be done at a lab near my home, but then I
realized that the place I had to go to for my x-ray was way across town, I
rescheduled my labwork for the other lab, near the imaging place. Much better!
It was busy when I got there, but I think I only waited
about 10 minutes for my name to be called (I was also early). The lady who drew my blood was masterful. I
hate getting blood drawn – the draining feeling is too weird… But she talked
the whole time and never gave me that “okay, 3…2…1….” warning which was good
because she just stuck me while I wasn’t paying attention and she was done
before I even realized she stuck me! I complimented her on that, and she says
that, even when a patient requests a countdown, she usually sticks on 2 because
they aren’t expecting it!
After that, I had to figure out where the x-ray place was. I’d
forgotten their address and I couldn’t get any wireless on my iPod. I sat in the car, trying to use the Garmin to
find it, when I happened to look up and across the street…. Yep. It was
literally across the street from where I was now!
So, in I go and I was seen pretty quickly. And I was x-rayed pretty quickly, too. Maybe
a bit too quickly. The tech told me
where to stand and to count to 3 and take a huge deep breath. Well, I got to 3,
and hadn’t even taken a breath when she took the x-ray!
I waited in the lobby for my films (the letter from the
pulmonologist said that I needed the films) and then I was free to go. (Good
thing too, I was getting hungry! I had to fast for the bloodwork, so I’d not
eaten since dinner the night before!)
Once finished, it was time for lunch. A few days ago, I began debating what I
wanted to do for lunch, and both Red Robin and Red Lobster crossed my mind. Thanks
to the Intarwebz, I was able to check nutritional values for each.
Red Robin is calorie hell, y’all. Like, seriously 1000 calories for a
cheeseburger kind of hell. That doesn’t
include the FRIES either!
So, I checked out Red Lobster and decided that if I got the
Pick 2 meal, I would be okay: Fried
scallops, shrimp scampi, baked potato with sour cream and butter AND 2
biscuits, all for I think 800 calories!
So, that’s what I ordered. I forgot it came with a salad, so
I did have a few more calories, but here’s the awesome part – I ate some of the
salad!
You know my picky eating issues… I’m trying to overcome them
and try something new when I can. Today I decided to try some of the lettuce. I
was able to eat it, with some dressing (but not drenched!). I think I ended up eating 4 or 5 pieces
before I gave up, but I did it! Also, I
didn’t pig out on biscuits even though the server brought three (instead of
two). The meal wasn’t as good as I was
hoping, but ironically the potato was excellent!
After that, unfortunately, I had to go back to work.
Next up… Pulmonary Function Tests!
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