It has been a bit of a whirlwind day. I had to leave the house at 9:30 this morning to go to Topeka for my Endocrinologist appointment.
The drive to Topeka was smooth and easy. I was at the office by 10:40. I didn’t wait long before they called me back. However, I waited over 30 minutes after the nurse was finished checking me in.
I always have an interesting conversation with this Doctor. She is a good listener and is curious. I wish she was my regular doctor. I told her I am still concerned about my rapid heart rate that has been occurring since the incident I had last August. No one has figured out what happened and why it is continuing.
She asked me a bunch of questions and then ordered a 24 hour pee collection test. There is a slight chance that I have an endocrine system malfunction. She said it is rare but worth checking out. I have to stop some of the medication I am taking and be caffeine free for 24 hours before I can start it. I am home all day Wednesday so will do it then.
She did say something today that cancelled out what her PA had told me last time I was in. She said my ten year anniversary of having thyroid cancer is next year which means they can back off doing every six month blood tests and ultrasounds. Her PA had told me they had to continue indefinitely. Guess we will see next year which way they decide to go.
I often forget I had cancer and do not identify as being a cancer survivor or patient. I get surprised when they talk about it. I never claimed the cancer or developed an association with it. Part of that is because they didn’t find it until the thyroid was removed and I didn’t have to have any further treatment. Maybe if they had discovered it and then removed the thyroid I would have gotten attached to it. Whatever! The chances of a reoccurrence after ten years is almost zero so am thinking I am good to go and something else will get me in the end.
My next one year appointment with her is in June, 2027. She is a busy doctor with a huge patient load.
I stopped for gas and then went to Annie’s for lunch. I hadn’t been there for a long time. All the customers in there were over 70 and most were in their 80’s and even 90’s. It is not the place I remember from years ago. The food was OK but not great.
Drove home and came in the house to grab a deposit I needed to make. Went to the bank and made the deposit and then went to the Courthouse for a meeting. The meeting took about 30 minutes and then I came home and melted. It seemed like an intense morning and early afternoon.
Had a chat with a lady that is spearheading the care and comfort of the ICE Detainees at the new Leavenworth ICE facility. She wanted to know what we were doing with Love in Action and get ideas of what she might do in Leavenworth. I also told her about Abide in Love and she was going to attempt to reach them and find out about their program. No use reinventing the wheel when others are doing the same thing.
Tomorrow I have to be in Emporia at 9:00 to do taxes. There are only going to be two volunteers tomorrow as evidently the schedule is light again. Maybe I will get out in time to join Jason for lunch.
Wednesday I have to stay home and collect my pee. I do need to run some stamps and mailing labels up to the Detention Center but hoping I can pee before I leave and get home before I have to pee again. Thursday I may or may not have another tax shift depending on how full the schedule is. Friday I am meeting a couple in Florence for lunch. The weekend looks free and clear at this point.
Have some thank you notes to write and some housekeeping chores to do. Hoping I can find some energy and get those done yet today.
It is too hot for my liking today and too windy. I am particular and like temperatures no higher than 75 and no wind. Kathy was in heaven today with the higher temperatures.
Starting to feel like one of those days where I can’t make anything feel important enough to give it my energy. I get more done when things feel important but maybe I need to learn how to do things that aren’t urgent. We shall see what I get done.
Feeling a bit isolated today for some reason. Part of it is from knowing next week is the last week of doing taxes this season and my calendar is almost empty for the remaining weeks. I do better when I have a bit of structure in my week.
Grateful for a good report from the doctor, grateful for her curiosity and ordering a test none of the other doctors thought about, and grateful for a safe trip to and from Topeka today.