{"id":829,"date":"2011-08-01T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/?p=829"},"modified":"2020-07-02T12:13:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T12:13:35","slug":"a-summer-of-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/?p=829","title":{"rendered":"A Summer Of Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last few weeks have been strange. My health may be in jeopardy & it’s worrisome. I’m not losing sleep but it consumes my thoughts when I’m not busy.<\/span><\/p>\n


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About a year ago I mentioned to my doctor I had a cough that just wouldn’t so away. She decided to send me to a radiologist for a chest CAT scan. I’d been coughing for months & couldn’t shake it. Figured it was sinus related. Dr. Jordon put me on Prilosec & Zertec (which have helped quite a bit)—& to make absolutely sure she was covering all the bases, she referred me to an Endocopist (Dr. Ready), in addition to ordering the CAT.<\/span><\/div>\n
Two weeks ago I underwent an endoscopy, where I fell in love with Demerol:) A simple test, pain free with wonderful sleep:) Dr. Ready thought everything looked good. <\/span><\/div>\n
I could have slept on for days:)<\/span><\/div>\n

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By this April I’d had 2 or 3 CAT’s , so last week I had one more. The area, the tiny “spot” they had been watching in the lower half of my right lung, all of a sudden showed up active. A whole .8 mm larger than months before:( The radiologist was alarmed enough to recommend to Dr. Jordon I have a Thoracic surgeon consultation. The test was at 10am, Dr. Jordon was giving me the news by 6pm the same night, & she called personally to relay the results. She said she thought I might be jumping through hoops & going in circles & nothing might come of it, but she urged me to check things out.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The next day Duke Thoracic Surgery, located on Old Wake Forest Road, called, per Dr. Jordon’s request, to set up at appt. <\/span><\/div>\n
By 9am last Thursday I was in Dr. Chang’s office discussing options. He suggested a PET scan, a biopsy, or removal of the mass. We both agreed on the PET scan option as a first step. I’m scheduled to have it this Thursday, August 4th. Hopefully the results will make further decisions easier.<\/span><\/div>\n

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From all I’ve read a PET scan involves an hour of “waiting” beforehand, an hour of scanning, then an hour of “waiting” afterward–I’m not a good “waiter”:(<\/span><\/div>\n

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It’s a comfort that my doctor is on top of things. <\/span><\/div>\n
It’s a comfort so many people are concerned & are praying.<\/span><\/div>\n
The effective, fervent prayers of righteous women avails much. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
(paraphrased from James 5:16)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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I’m scheduled to talk with Dr. Chang Monday morning, August 8th.<\/span><\/div>\n
To be continued…..<\/span><\/div>\n

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The last few weeks have been strange. My health may be in jeopardy & it’s worrisome. I’m not losing sleep but it consumes my thoughts when I’m not busy. About a year ago I mentioned to my doctor I had a cough that just wouldn’t so away. She decided to send me to a radiologist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1215,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/1215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}