Katie Cunion

I spent all day yesterday at the Cleveland Clinic for all of my regular tests and appointments. Bill's folks watched Will and my mom and brother, John, went with me. The day did not start of too well when I showed up for my Cat scan. The receptionist asked me if I had had anything to eat or drink in the last 4 hours -- of course as she is asking me this I am slurping down a big diet coke -- I told her yes. She said I wasn't suppose to eat or drink for 4 hours prior to the test. I informed her that I didn't know this and that I had just finished eating lunch 10 minutes ago. So...they said they would squeeze me in at the end of the day when I was finished with my other appointments. I threw away the diet coke and headed to my next appointment feeling like a total ding-bat.

My next appointment was my chest x-ray. They were really backed up so it took forever!! Finally, with chest films in hand I headed to my appointment with my Orthopedic Surgeon. Good news!!! The chest x-ray was clear!! He did a physical exam of my residual limb and said everything looked great.

Next up was my Oncologist. We were running really late because my other appointments had been behind & unfortunately my next appointment was several buildings away. If you've every been to the Clinic then you know that you can get to all buildings indoors through skyways, but they are really spread out. John told me to hop into a wheel chair and he would run me -- let's face it, I don't walk that fast. He took off! We were laughing so hard. We finally got to my appointment only a few minutes late. My Onclogist was glad to see that the chest x-ray was clear. He did a physical exam and said that everything looked really good. He said I could call in the next day for my Cat scan results.

Finally, I headed to my last appointment - Cat scan. I hate the dye they inject you with because it gives you a horrible metallic taste in your mouth and a very warm feeling all over your body. With that completed my day was done. All that was left was to get the Cat scan results.

I called my Oncologist's office earlier today to get the Cat scan results. The scan showed that my lungs are clear! No signs of metastatic disease in my lungs or lymph nodes!! Unfortunately the scan found a nodule/mass in one of my breasts. My Oncologist requested that I get a Mammogram ASAP so they squeezed me in on Tuesday. I will have the test on Tuesday and get the results on Wednesday. Although I am sure that everything is going to be fine, I would appreciate your prayers.

Tomorrow Will and I head on to my folks in PA for a few days. I will try to post updates as I get a chance but will definately post one Wednesday with my test results.