Well the day has arrived for Ashley to return from her year
abroad in Amsterdam and I am here at Logan, patiently waiting, catching up on
the never-ending work (but I do love what I do-serving others!).
Interestingly, this day is also accompanied by a 24 hour
urine test – one of the many tests that I repeat to see how my treatment plans
are going and to adjust accordingly.
Fortunately and unfortunately, I continue to be one of those mystery patients
who has puzzling issues, labs to show abnormalities, yet no easy course of
identification. I say both fortunate and
unfortunate because I continue to live and manage well above and beyond
expectation AND I can identify and feel such compassion for the countless
clients who end up on my doorstep with similar challenges – different illnesses
but also ones that do not fit neatly into our current medical paradigm.
Well the humor is captured by needing to carry my “jug” and
the accompanying catch cup and glove in order to be sanitary in the
process. Given that I am also in one of
my gut flares, I am chugging water to initiate “rotor rooter”, you know, moving
that poison out of the body!
Well, the company provided two jugs for those who urinate a
lot, but it is not even half-way through the day and I am into the second
jug. Oh my, what to do! Additionally, I was unsure if I was going to
need to go through the pat-down in order to meet Ash, but thankfully, there is
a large meeting area outside of customs, so no frisking for today. Phew!
Feelin good, excited and just needed to share the
intricacies of modern healthcare. It
certainly requires a sense of humor in order to take care of oneself,
otherwise, you’ll get sick from the angst and anger.
On the road to health and well-being,
Julie
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