Day of the Docs

We all woke up early this morning and drove to Fishers, Indiana, for Kaylee's first official orthodontic appointment.  They did a full jaw x-ray, then a scan of all her teeth with a machine in her mouth that was bigger than her mouth.  I took us from there to Chick-Fil-A, and then she drove us to her school, where she realized too late that she didn't have any of her stuff with her.  So she drove us home, and back to school, where she arrived in time for her last 3 classes, the hardest of the day.

I got my blood work results, and they all came back great.  Good cholesterol, good glucose (the one I'm scared of), good everything.  The doc left a note "Keep up the great work". Two things were flagged "low".  I looked up both.  One is a test for the liver.  The higher the number the more damage to the liver, so having a slightly low number is actually a better thing, not a bad thing.  The other was low for kidney.  That one isn't so positive from what I can read, but it's only two points below the low end.  Worth keeping an eye on for me, but it didn't concern the doctor any yet.

At 3 pm I picked up Kaylee from school, dropped her off, and then had a mammogram scheduled at 4 pm.  I was out of there by 4:20.  Those ladies are *efficient*.  Anyway.  They have a new machine now, and the nurse was showing me the difference in my scans from last year to this year.  The difference in clarity was remarkable, and I commented on a few things.  She showed me what were the ends of blood vessels, etc., and then she said "This is necrosis right here, a small spot where the tissue was damaged.  Like from a hard hit."  I wanted to say, so badly, "You mean like being crushed within an inch of their lives between two hard sheets?  Say...Crushed?  Ya THINK??"  She warned me the new clarity is causing them to have to call back a lot of people for additional scans but not to panic.  I have no history, and I got called back last year right around Christmas time, and I don't panic, at least not about that, so we'll see if I have to go back, but other than being inconvenient, and a little more exposed than I care to be, I don't care.

Steve had a tag and two moles removed from his back.  The tag and one mole were small and are healing well and quickly.  The second mole came back as basil cell sarcoma, and they took it down fairly deep, so it's taking a little longer to heal up, and he has to go back in so they can do more on it and make sure they get it all.  Other than itching, it's fine.

Guess that's it on the Stants Family Health Update.  :)