Seriously…?

So, my mother arrives on Wednesday, and yes, I am in full on panic mode, yay.

Shes going to be here for 3 weeks, the good side is I will probably get a fuck ton of work done, cause I will have more time to do things, yay.

I had an eye appointment the other day. Luckily it seems all of the damage and leaking fluid stuff is localized to the area thats already gone, so there isnt a pressing need for surgery, yay!  He wants to run some sort of test on me, so I have to go back and do that, but, all in all, its great news.

March is becoming one of my busiest months ever, and one of the most stressful for me.

I had my first CT Scan friday. To those who havent had one done, you dont want to.

I am not prone to being claustrophobic, and I nearly panicked.

One of the things they dont warn you about, being stuck for an iodine injection. Yeah, that was real barrel of monkeys.

My dependable vein that is ALWAYS used for blood work and IVs, it fucking ROLLED… Imagine that pain for a second.

So I had a needle in my right arm, and oh my gods, it hurts.

I’ve never fainted or anything from needles, but I came very close. Hell, I nearly threw up, that was a new one.

CT Scan itself was uneventful, my head was strapped down, and I was put in a tube that smelled of old farts.

It was a masochist’s DREAM.

Course we finally got the immigration medical appointments booked, which involves blood work and an X-ray. Exciting!

Couple my own medical issues with my best friend’s father being in the hospital for heart problems (she left for Alabama the other day, just in case) and its been a rough few days. Luckily her father is on the mend, and the scariest of my medical tests is over with. Its just that this month is SO BUSY.

And now for some boobies!

My appointment with the eye surgeon went a bit better than I hoped. Especially considering I was so sure that he was going to order my face sliced open that day for emergency surgery.

But not today!

Yeah…

Hes ordered a CT-Scan and an Optic X-Ray (I forget the exact term for it), and once those tests are done, I will know what exactly is going to happen.

I hope.

The night before was a terrifying experiance, which involved a nice crying breakdown of truly cowardly amounts.

I threw a tantrum over the idea of going, yeah, I was that scared. It seems that each time I see a doctor lately its something awful and bizarre.

I do feel a bit relieved, a bit of research into this surgeon reveled that he is VERY skilled, I actually saw one of his patients in the waiting room, who had surgery about two weeks ago, and the facial scarring is minimal.

It was a huge weight lifted off, since I was very terrified of having horrible facial scarring. I aint that pretty, but the bits of my face are fairly nice, and I want to keep them that way.

I didnt realize just how vain I was until the terror of horrible facial scars hit me.

But, I will truck on I guess, now that its not AS scary.

Now I just have to wait for Mr. Crankypants to hurry up with reinstalling Photoshop on my machine, I have a pile of sketches that need to scanned and finished.

Okay, so, it seems I get to have an eye exam every few months for the forseeable future, but my prognosis looks fairly good. I dont have a definate answer yet on which disorder I have, but things still point strongly to Coat’s.

He also looked at the mass under my right eye, and say it seems to be a lipid deposit, but surgery is probably more trouble than its worth, considering masses like this can be HUGE and deep. So its just a wait and see on that front also.

So, a day of stress and eye dialates, and having things poked in my eyeballs, all to be told to wait and see. I know what to look for, just in case my eyes worsen, but the chances of that are luckily kinda low.

On the Being Healthy front, I have probably dropped a pants size, I dont know for sure because my pants were already a bit loose. But the coat Mum got me for Xmas, that barely fit, I couldnt zip it over my bum 2 weeks ago, now zips up, and has some room.

That pleases me a lot, since it means that the work I am doing IS paying off.

I started baking bread, using a simple recipe. The results have been very pleasing so far.

The Banana Bread was yummy, if still a smidge doughy. The Blueberry Bread I made yesterday is AMAZING, the kiddo is going nuts over it.

After 14 Days of Wii Fit (really 3 weeks counting the holidays and us being out of town) I have lost about 7 pounds. I rather like that, there are results coming out of it, and I finally nailed down my routine. Hopefully it will help me in the long run.

I also have been WAY watching what I eat, if I feel like snacking, I drink more water, and I switched to diet soda for my ONE glass of caffeine a day. I already feel less hungry all the time.

CttC and OHC have both returned officially with new strips. And I am working towards finishing the strips early. Friday’s strip is half drawn, and I really like it so far. Wensday is going to have a new Epic CttC Character on OHC, and its my fave so far.

Wensday I have my appointment with the specialist about Odin, yes, I am pretty nervous about this. He could decide that I need to have eye surgery, which will probably put me out of comission for a few weeks… And I worry about going nuts from boredom.

I’ll try to keep everyone updated on what the doc says, and everything else. Its just… wow sometimes I am glad for zoloft and sleeping pills.