SandyUte
Wife of Chronie (with my own health challenges)
I understand the reading info from the internet too much, Cat. I've tended to look things up too much about my own medical concerns, mostly because of my distrust of (most) doctors with a little to a lot of curiosity thrown in. It has caused some issues a couple of times (especially when I've googled prognosis for pulmonary hypertension, but there were some variables I hadn't taken into account at first). My point is, I think you have good instinct, just take one day at a time and enjoy what you can with Lily.
In regard to my experience yesterday, I need to take a similar approach from an opposite perspective, it's done and over, and I shouldn't stress about it anymore (as I did all night), but I'm convinced more than ever it was a reaction to the contrast dye. I won't go into all of the details here why I think that except to say I've never had problems with panic in MRI or CT scans before, in fact was getting more used to them than ever, plus the timing of when "it" happened. The "it" was something I never want to go through again, it was, to use the word of one of Doug's family members who had about the same thing happen to her, absolutely horrific. (Is there a word stronger than "horrific"?) I also need to learn to be more vocal when something is wrong, which is another story in itself. But the point being, I'm ok now, time to move on. And thanks again for letting me vent here (whether you liked it or not. :ytongue
So, Ron, it sounds like your dinner was nice, (nothing like a good steak and being with those you love), then somewhere you ran into some sports enthusiast who takes things too far. Some people don't realize even the season games are just that, games, sports entertainment, even at a pro level. Sports can motivate and teach people about other aspects of life though, too, one aspect of following sports I immensely enjoy.
So what is everyone up to today? How are all of you feeling? Tony, are you adjusting ok to not having your dog around? Carol, are you still bicycling as well as entertaining us here? Trysha, still enjoying your family and home land? Shanen, I'll wave at you as you observe from your mostly background seat viewing area. :bigwave: Sorry you have to have sedation for your scans. (I might now.) Kirsty, are you any better? Are you still there looking at LOW once in a while? Trev, how about you? Mandy, I'm assuming your still plugging through life, enjoying Jaxon occasionally, still working and being exhausted as many (most) crohnies are. Still, you manage to offer such sweet support and encouragement to those here. There are a lot of people, "LOW lifes" (teehee) I can't mention here because there are so many. I'm also sure I forgot to mention someone I care about immensely, so if I didn't mention you, forgive me. Also, I miss some of the people that used to participate in this forum thread. It sure has evolved and changed over the years, but I really enjoy the "regulars" now.
As for what we are up to, Doug and I (he took off work today, it's Thursday daytime here, but I know it's Friday in NZ, in between most places elsewhere, etc.) are getting ready for what has turned into our weekly day fishing trip tomorrow. We usually go on Fridays as he always has Fridays off (he works 40 hours Monday thru Thursday typically) so we can arrive before the weekend only masses appear. We're going to go to an entirely different lake/region to try our luck. A lot bigger lake, so we'll have to watch for the wakes of motorized boats and stick fairly close to shore. I've discovered it is an ever evolving process to get a kayak modified for fishing, and takes a lot of time, patience, trial and error (and money). I don't think one is ever "done." Who knows, I might catch my first bass tomorrow (though we're both in a trout only fishing contest for August. Next month's tourney includes pretty much all game fish.)
At any rate, happy day to all!
In regard to my experience yesterday, I need to take a similar approach from an opposite perspective, it's done and over, and I shouldn't stress about it anymore (as I did all night), but I'm convinced more than ever it was a reaction to the contrast dye. I won't go into all of the details here why I think that except to say I've never had problems with panic in MRI or CT scans before, in fact was getting more used to them than ever, plus the timing of when "it" happened. The "it" was something I never want to go through again, it was, to use the word of one of Doug's family members who had about the same thing happen to her, absolutely horrific. (Is there a word stronger than "horrific"?) I also need to learn to be more vocal when something is wrong, which is another story in itself. But the point being, I'm ok now, time to move on. And thanks again for letting me vent here (whether you liked it or not. :ytongue
So, Ron, it sounds like your dinner was nice, (nothing like a good steak and being with those you love), then somewhere you ran into some sports enthusiast who takes things too far. Some people don't realize even the season games are just that, games, sports entertainment, even at a pro level. Sports can motivate and teach people about other aspects of life though, too, one aspect of following sports I immensely enjoy.
So what is everyone up to today? How are all of you feeling? Tony, are you adjusting ok to not having your dog around? Carol, are you still bicycling as well as entertaining us here? Trysha, still enjoying your family and home land? Shanen, I'll wave at you as you observe from your mostly background seat viewing area. :bigwave: Sorry you have to have sedation for your scans. (I might now.) Kirsty, are you any better? Are you still there looking at LOW once in a while? Trev, how about you? Mandy, I'm assuming your still plugging through life, enjoying Jaxon occasionally, still working and being exhausted as many (most) crohnies are. Still, you manage to offer such sweet support and encouragement to those here. There are a lot of people, "LOW lifes" (teehee) I can't mention here because there are so many. I'm also sure I forgot to mention someone I care about immensely, so if I didn't mention you, forgive me. Also, I miss some of the people that used to participate in this forum thread. It sure has evolved and changed over the years, but I really enjoy the "regulars" now.
As for what we are up to, Doug and I (he took off work today, it's Thursday daytime here, but I know it's Friday in NZ, in between most places elsewhere, etc.) are getting ready for what has turned into our weekly day fishing trip tomorrow. We usually go on Fridays as he always has Fridays off (he works 40 hours Monday thru Thursday typically) so we can arrive before the weekend only masses appear. We're going to go to an entirely different lake/region to try our luck. A lot bigger lake, so we'll have to watch for the wakes of motorized boats and stick fairly close to shore. I've discovered it is an ever evolving process to get a kayak modified for fishing, and takes a lot of time, patience, trial and error (and money). I don't think one is ever "done." Who knows, I might catch my first bass tomorrow (though we're both in a trout only fishing contest for August. Next month's tourney includes pretty much all game fish.)
At any rate, happy day to all!
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you AWESOME peeps. 🖒❤
) better cameras n a few more bells n whistles than the old one. Plus its not got a cracked screen n piddling about driving me even nutter than i already im 
