Scheduling Desk

Have you ever tried to schedule a CT scan, blood work, and an appointment with your doctor all on the same day? Let me tell you, it is not an easy task - and I didn't even have to do it. Dr. Beck's secretary, Trish, is an amazing woman, and she has scheduled me three times for these tests, and has finally found one when I am not reading grants for the US Department of Education.

Caren and I head off to IU Hospital on Thursday. Usually, you have your tests done and meet with the doctor. However, Dr. Beck really wants to meet with me, so we will meet with him at 1:00, and then I go and drink the stuff for my CT scan (I have a feeling it will NOT taste like a chocolate shake). Then the stuff flows through my body doing all sorts of unusual things (I wonder if I will GLOW when finished?) and then I have the CT scan later that afternoon. As the gigantic "device" is whirling around me, I promise not to start shouting, "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" After that, we are free to go. However, if someone from the Psych Department wanders by, it could be that Caren will be the only one "free to go."

Dr. Beck will call on Friday with the results. The purpose of these results is to find out if the cancer has spread beyond the confines of Leon's former residence. As soon as we hear something, we will pass the news along.

In other news, I ventured beyond the confines of my residence today for the first time since the operation. I was a big brave boy (okay, Caren went with me but I got to drive!) and went to the post office, the bank, and to Sonic for two Route 44 Diet Cherry Limeades (one of our favorites, and they have to be Route 44s - anything else is for wimps). I have to be honest, I was worn out when I got home, and the Ghost of Leon was hurting some.

It was a good practice run for Thursday, as the IU Hospital is finishing up a huge construction project (a new cancer center) and to get to Dr. Beck's office you have to make quite a hike. It is an unusual trek through the catacombs of the hospital as it involves taking the "special" elevator to the basement and then following the yellow signs. The basement of a hospital is, shall we say, interesting. Of course, the way I am walking, I will have to make sure I have a good 20 minutes to get to my appointment or get a wheelchair and make Caren push with me singing the theme to The Love Boat at the top of my lungs. Jack Jones wrote and sang the original theme, but no one sings it better than Charro. Click here to find out!