It's finally here !!!!

I LOVE I'm mean LOVE the Olympics ! I can not tell you a exact reason why or ramble on about scores and I surely can not correctly say or spell most of their names , all though I might try . I find the whole spirit of the games to be what draws me to them . They all seem so graceful .

Last night I had sister over to watch the opening . I was all excited ! I made a few snacks of a veggie plate and some homemade wings . Yummy ! Her and I waited on baited breath for the festivities to start . I like comparing the different countries outfits . I really like it when the flag bearer has a special outfit that is representative of their culture and traditions . I thought they did a great job with the show . I was glad to see that they didn't try to chase the Torino opening . I think that both were great in their own way . I am super stoked to see how this years games play out .

Earlier in the day I had another M.R.I. ( said with a exasperated voice ) The tech guy told me to go into the dressing room and take off any thing that had metal . I told him I just need to lock up my purse , I quit wearing a bra to the hospital about a month ago because every time I wear one I have to take it off . Now this normally is not a hard task but you add a I.V. in your arm it becomes a bit more tricky . The tech who was doing my told me I was looking better . I asked him if I had seen him before . He laughed and said that it was right after surgery and then the day after my surgery , so he understood me not recognizing him . I said well my excuse for not remembering him was I could not wear my glasses with all the gauze and I was on morphine , but mostly the morphine . So we start the scans . The first was pretty quick about 6 minutes , then they added the contrast . ( I don't know if anyone out there is apart of the few people who gets a weird taste in their mouth when given a shot of something but I am . It is a hard taste to define but I can say that it is not a good taste . ) I make my gross face like a kid who just had to eat lima beans ( which I actually like ) The tech looked at me and said he has has the other techs inject him to see what the taste was like but he does not get it . I told him he was lucky . I go back in the tube for about 10 minutes more and we were all done with the slides . Part 1 done on to part 2 .

I get my purse and head down stairs to the radiology department for my dry run . I check in and give the nurse at the counter a few pens . On a earlier trip in I had talked her about pens and how many I go through on a shift she said she has to gaurd hers with her life . Plus it never hurts to have the people that make your appointment times like you . I get my 2nd " bracellett " and go to the back waiting room = for people getting treatment only . I change into a robe and put my stuff in a locker and get a good magazine . I barely get trhough one article and they call me in . They have me lay on a hard table that is slim . They set a yoga type block ( about the sixe of a quart of milk ) between my feet and wrap 2 rubberbands around them to prevent my feet and legs from moving . Then they snap me into the " plastic " mask . I had to lay there not moving for almost 45 minutes . My legs started to fall asleep and was just all around uncomfortable . They finish fine toning where the lasers should go and the points on the mask . The 3 thech high five each other and tell me way to stay still . I look at they with my now reptile looking face and say thanks . ( I get a latice or reptile skin from the plastic form that hold my head and shoulders in the same postion ) . I got my stuff and walked to the front waiting room and looked at mom and sister and informed them I was over the whole hospital thing and was ready to go .

Karyn had met with my radialogist navagator ( Barb ) while I was getting my MRI done . Barb had done me a favore and was able to get me films of my tumor ! I was so happy . I know doesn't take much . What I want to do is sandwhich the film between two peices of glass and kinda turn it into a suncatcher . I know slightly morbid . It will serve as a little reminder to myself that if I think that something is not right it most likely is not right .

Hahaha I almost forgot since mom likes to tattle on her self I figure I might as well tattle on her too . While I was going trough my dry run mom and sister were in the front waiting room . Mom was working on a puzzle they have out. well she wanted more light so she tries to turn on one of the end table lights and no light . She makes her way around the room trying all the end table lights none of them work ! Mom walks up to the receptionist and informs her that all the end table light are out . The receptionist tell mom well they haven't work since she has been working there . Mom asked how long have you been here . She says about a year and a half . Mo asked her for a light bulb . She finds one . Mom goes around to all the lights to test them out . They all had burnt out lights !!! Mom changed the one and informed the receptionist , ( who had just watched the crazy lady go around the room changing all the bulbs thinking to her self HOW long is her daughter in treatment for ! ) you just need more light bulbs .( Moms face had that kinda proud look a kid gets )