Happy Easter!!

It’s been a good week. Wednesday we saw Dr. Hanto, played up the invalid thing as I struggled to get on the scale, the exam table, etc. Unfortunately it was not really an act – it really is hard to get up on that table with one leg stuck out straight in front of you. At least it forced him to acknowledge the leg damage and he decided he needed to start receiving reports from my physical therapist. Can’t wait to tell Dan that one – there are a few things I know he’d like to say to the doc, though I’m not sure he’ll let loose like he did to me the first time we met.

The appointment went well. All looks good – I’m healing well, blood work was good, no more IV antibiotics, which means I got my port de-accessed as well so I don’t need to Saran Wrap myself in the shower each morning.. Dr. Hanto cautioned me regarding the cystogram I had done today at Mt. Auburn. He reminded me to remind the docs that I have a fragile and small bladder that is easily damaged. I wanted to remind him that Mt. Auburn has never damaged my bladder the way he had, but I didn’t. I get a 2 week reprieve before I have to have another follow up. I’m hoping to be catheter-less by then.

I had the cystogram at Mt. Auburn today and it went well. The doctor there recognized my name and listened to me when I explained the fragile state of my bladder. He was careful when he filled it and I never felt any discomfort which means he didn’t overfill it. I got a pretty good view of the screen as he was taking the x-rays and did not see any contrast outside of the bladder, which should mean that the hole is healed. However, the doctor did not say anything to me, other than to promise to review the x-rays with Dr. Karian this afternoon, so I have no official word yet. I’ll see Dr. Karian Tuesday and if all has gone as expected, the catheter will come out. That would be awesome, but I’m not going to get my hopes up just yet.

The nice weather has gotten me out of the house a bit this week which does wonders for my attitude. I’ve gotten a few good walks in, got out for some ice cream, and even managed to do a little shopping. It’s all good progress. My leg still feels weak and it definitely throbs a lot more after my outings, but I know this just means it’s waking up. I’m doing my exercises twice a day on top of the walking which should all be helping the muscles wake up. It’s all good. Or at least that’s what I keep telling myself. The blooming flowers and warm temps have me fooled that Spring is here, but I’ve looked at weather.com and know that New England April temps will be back next week, so I’ll need to soak in as much sun and warm weather as I can while it lasts. We have beautiful flowers on almost every flat surface in the house so even if the temps drop; I’ll still have some reminders of spring to keep me going.

I hope to get outside a bit more this weekend – maybe help with some errands on Saturday and Sunday we’ll be headed to a friend’s house for a delicious Easter dinner. It’ll be nice to relax and enjoy the company of good friends for a few hours. Pat usually cooks Easter dinner, so this is a nice break for him, though I’ll probably ask him to make some fresh bread which I haven’t had in a while. Mmmm…challah….

Happy Easter everyone!!